Krapkowice (; ; ) is a town in southern

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with 16,301 inhabitants (2019), situated in the

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, straddling both banks of the

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at the point where it joins with the

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. It is the regional capital of

Krapkowice County __NOTOC__ Krapkowice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 199 ...

. Traditionally this

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n town was a centre for leather, paper and cement manufacturing. Today only the

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and

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industries remain. For example, in Krapkowice the toilet paper brand Mola is produced by a major job provider, Metsä. Historically, it was known in Polish as ''Krapkowice, Chrapkowice'' and ''Krapowice''.

Notable people

* Mikuláš Albert z Kaménka (c.1547–1617), Czech priest and translator * Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917), gynecologistJewish Encyclopedia
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Ottomar Rosenbach Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach (4 January 1851 in Krappitz, Silesia – 20 March 1907) was a German physician. Krappitz was a Silesian city where his father, Samuel Rosenbach, practised medicine. He received his education at the universities of Be ...

(1851–1907), German physician *

Hertha Pohl Hermine "Hertha" Pohl (24 July 1889 – 4 October 1954) was a German writer. She wrote twelve published books between 1922 and 1950. Life Private Hertha Pohl was born on 24 July 1889 in Krappitz, Upper Silesia, the daughter of a house pa ...

(1889–1954), writer *

Krzysztof Zwoliński Krzysztof Zwoliński (born 2 January 1959 in Krapkowice) was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a Polish 60 metre indoor champion in 1986. He competed for Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Unio ...

(born 1959), Polish athlete * Alice Bota (born 1979), Polish-German journalist

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Krapkowice.

References

External links

Official town webpage

KRAPKOWICE.net - Portal of Krapkowice County

KRAPKOWICE.NET.PL - Krapkowicki Weekly

Jewish Community in Krapkowice
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