Krotoszyn is a town in central
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
with 30,010 inhabitants . It has been part of the
Greater Poland VoivodeshipGreater Poland Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
since 1999; it was within
Kalisz Voivodeship- Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998 :Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998 was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.Capital city: Kalisz...
from 1975 to 1998.
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Krotoszyn is a town in central
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
with 30,010 inhabitants . It has been part of the
Greater Poland VoivodeshipGreater Poland Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
since 1999; it was within
Kalisz Voivodeship- Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998 :Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998 was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.Capital city: Kalisz...
from 1975 to 1998.
In the German era, this town was in the
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province of PosenPosen was the southern of two Prussian administrative regions, or Regierungsbezirke , of the Grand Duchy of Posen and its successor, the Province of Posen...
. The dominant trade is in grain and seeds, and the headquarters of the Polish branch of
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is located there. The castle of Krotoszyn was the center of a mediatized principality formed in 1819 out of the holdings of the Prussian crown and granted to the prince of Thurn and Taxis in compensation for his relinquishing control over the Prussian postal system.
Notable people
- Georg Huth
Georg Huth was a German Orientalist and explorer.Huth was born in Krotoszyn in the Province of Posen, Prussia. In 1885 he entered the University of Berlin, and he graduated at the University of Leipzig in 1889. In 1891 he established himself at Berlin University as lecturer in Central Asiatic...
-German OrientalistOrientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists. An "Orientalist" may be a person engaged in these activities, but it is also the traditional term for any scholar of Oriental studies...
.
- Isidor Kalisch
Isidor Kalisch was a rabbi who wrote both in prose and verse.He was born at Krotoschin in Prussia, and was educated at Berlin, Breslau and Prague. In 1848 he came to London, but passed on in 1849 to the United States, where he ministered as rabbi in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Detroit and...
-Reform rabbi.
- Theodor Kullak
Theodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer, and teacher.Kullak was born in Krotoschin in the Grand Duchy of Posen. He began his piano studies as a pupil of Albrecht Agthe in Posen . He progressed sufficiently to excite the interest of the artistic Prince Anton Radziwill in his eighth year...
-Pianist and composer born in Krotoszyn.
- Marian Langiewicz
Marian Langiewicz, full name Marian Antoni Melchior Langiewicz, , was a Polish patriot notable as a military leader of the January Uprising in 1863.-Biography:...
-A military leader of the January UprisingThe January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
.
- Katarzyna Grochola-Famous polish writer
A writer is anyone who creates a written work, though the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms.-Profession:...
- Olivier Janiak-TV presenter
Sister cities
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,
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, The Netherlands Fontenay le Comte,
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