Przemków (german: Primkenau) is a town in
Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the
administrative district
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...
called
Gmina Przemków
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Gmina Przemków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Przemków, which lies approximately west of Polkowice, and north-west of ...
. The town lies approximately west of
Polkowice
Polkowice (german: Polkwitz) is a town in south-western Poland. It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The town is the seat of Polkowice County and of Gmina Polkowice.
Geography
Polkowice is located in historic Lower Silesia, about north ...
, and northwest of regional capital
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
.
As of 2019, the town has a population of 6,107.
Przemków gives its name to the nearby
protected area
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called
Przemków Landscape Park
Scenic Park of Przemkow (''Przemkowski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area (Landscape Park (Poland), Landscape Park) in western Poland, established in 1997, covering an area of .
The Park lies within Lower Silesian Voivodeship: in Bolesławi ...
.
Notable people
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Adolf Ernst (1832–1899), scientist
*
Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Albert John Charles Frederick Alfred George; 26 February 1869 – 27 April 1931), was a grandson of Queen Victoria. He was the second son of Victoria's daughter Princess Helena by her husband Prince Christian ...
(1869–1931), died at Primkenau palace
*
Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
(1863–1921), died at Primkenau palace
Image:Schloss Primkenau Sammlung Duncker.jpg, Palace Primkenau around 1860, Edition by Alexander Duncker
Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (February 18, 1813 – August 23, 1879) was a German publisher and bookseller.
Life and family
He was descended from a successful Berlin family of booksellers, born in Berlin, the son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm ...
Image:Schloß Primkenau.jpg, Palace Primkenau
References
Cities and towns in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Polkowice County
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