Krapkowice (; german: Krappitz; szl, Krapkowicy) is a town in southern
Poland with 16,301 inhabitants (2019), situated in the
Opole Voivodeship, straddling both banks of the
Oder River
The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows thr ...
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)
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(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
KRAPKOWICE.NET.PL - Krapkowicki Weekly
Jewish Community in Krapkowice
on Virtual Shtetl
Cities in Silesia
Shtetls
Cities and towns in Opole Voivodeship
Krapkowice County
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