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Krapkowice ([krapkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (listen); 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.

Krapkowice
Market square
Flag Coat of arms
Krapkowice
Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°58′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Krapkowice
Gmina	Krapkowice
Government
• Mayor	Piotr Solloch
Area
• Total	20.91 km2 (8.07 sq mi)
Population  (2019-06-30[1])
• Total	16,301
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47-300 and 47-303 for Otmęt district
Car plates	OKR
Website	https://krapkowice.pl

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

На других языках

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[de] Krapkowice

Krapkowice [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}krapkɔ'vʲitsɛ] (deutsch Krappitz) ist eine Stadt in der Woiwodschaft Opole in Polen. Sie ist Kreisstadt des Powiat Krapkowice und Sitz der gleichnamigen Stadt-und-Land-Gemeinde. Die Stadt liegt an beiden Ufern der Oder.

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- [en] Krapkowice

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[ru] Крапковице

Крапковице (польск. Krapkowice, нем. Krappitz) — город в Польше, входит в Опольское воеводство, Крапковицкий повят. Имеет статус городско-сельской гмины. Занимает площадь 20,91 км². Население — 18 298 человек (на 2004 год).

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