Krapkowice

50°28′N 17°58′E / 50.467°N 17.967°E / 50.467; 17.967Country PolandVoivodeshipOpoleCountyKrapkowiceGminaKrapkowiceGovernment • MayorPiotr SollochArea • Total20.91 km² (8.07 sq mi)Population • Total16,301 • Density780/km² (2,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeCar platesOKRWebsitehttps://krapkowice.pl

Krapkowice ([krapkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] ^ⓘ; German: Krappitz; Silesian: Krapkowicy) is a town in southern Poland with 16,301 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship, straddling both banks of the Oder River at the point where it joins with the Osobłoga. It is the regional capital of Krapkowice County.

Traditionally this Upper Silesian town was a centre for leather, paper and cement manufacturing. Today only the paper and leather industries remain. For example, in Krapkowice the toilet paper brand Mola is produced by a major job provider, Metsä.

Notable people

• Mikuláš Albert z Kaménka (c.1547–1617), Czech priest and translator
• Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917)^[2]
• Ottomar Rosenbach (1851–1907), German physician
• Hertha Pohl (1889–1954), writer
• Krzysztof Zwoliński (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 (in Polish)
• KRAPKOWICE.NET.PL - Krapkowicki Weekly (in Polish)
• Jewish Community in Krapkowice on Virtual Shtetl