Krapkowice (; german: Krappitz; szl, Krapkowicy) is a town in southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

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

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Si ...

, straddling both banks of the Oder River at the point where it joins with the

Osobłoga Osobloga ( pl, Osobłoga, cs, Osoblaha, german: Hotzenplotz or Austrian German: ''Ossa'') is a river of the Czech Republic and Poland. The river originates as ''Petrovický potok'' (german: Petersbach) near the village Petrovice, Czech Republi ...

. It is the regional capital of

Krapkowice County __NOTOC__ Krapkowice County ( pl, powiat krapkowicki) 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 governmen ...

. Traditionally this

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...

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

paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distrib ...

and

leather Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffalo, pigs and hog ...

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 Mikulas may refer to: Slovak geography * Borský Mikuláš * Liptovský Mikuláš * Liptovský Mikuláš District * Plavecký Mikuláš Sports * Zimný štadión Liptovský Mikuláš, arena in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia * MHk 32 Liptovský ...

(c.1547–1617), Czech priest and translator *

Wilhelm Alexander Freund Wilhelm Alexander Freund (26 August 1833 – 24 December 1917) was a German gynecologist who was a native of Krappitz, Silesia. Born into a Jewish family, in 1855 he earned his medical degree at the University of Breslau, afterwards practicing g ...

(1833–1917)Jewish Encyclopedia
/ref> * Ottomar Rosenbach (1851–1907), German physician *

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

(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 Alice Bota (born 15 December 1979) is a German journalist, presently working for the weekly ''Die Zeit'', and a book author. Born in Poland, she studied in both Germany and Poland and focuses on topics of Eastern Europe. Career Born in Krapkowi ...

(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 {{Opole-geo-stub