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, 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 t ...

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 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 distribu ...

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 (c.1547–1617), Czech priest and translator * Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917)Jewish Encyclopedia
/ref> * 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

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