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Prudnik is a town in
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...
, located in the southern part of
Opole VoivodeshipOpole Voivodeship is a Polish voivodeship, or province, created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Częstochowa Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
. Its population numbers 26,400 inhabitants (2005). It is the capital of
Prudnik CountyPrudnik County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is...
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Education
Major Corporations
- Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego Frotex (http://www.frotex.com.pl/)
- Prudnickie Zakłady Obuwia Primus
- Fabryka Mebli Prudnik
People
- Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld (1582-1656), historian
- Matthäus Apelt (1594-1648), composer
- Karl Heinisch (1847-1923), painter
- Eugen Fraenkel
Eugen Fraenkel was born on September 28, 1853, in Neustadt, now Prudnik, Poland, and died in Hamburg, Germany, on December 20, 1925.Eugen Fraenkel worked as pathologist and bacteriologist researcher at the Eppendorf Hospital affiliated with the University of Hamburg where he discovered the gas...
(1853-1925), pathologist and bacteriologist
- Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981), archbishop
- Bernd Scholz (1911-1969), composer
- Walter Odersky (born 1931), politician
- Tadeusz Madziarczyk
Tadeusz Madziarczyk is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8068 votes in 1 Legnica district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.-External links:...
(born 1961), politician
- Jan Góra
Jan Wojciech Góra OP – Dominican, Roman Catholic Priest, Doctor of Theology, academic chaplain. Since 1997, he has been the organiser of the Polish Youth Meeting Lednica 2000 at the Lednica Fields. Animator for the academic chaplaincy centre "Respublica Dominicana" in Jamna...
, organizer of Ogólnopolskie Spotkania Młodzieży w Lednicy
- Stanisław Szozda, Olympic cyclist
- Krzysztof Pieczyński, actor
Twin city
NortheimNortheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with a population of 31,000 . It's located on the German Framework Road.-History:...
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GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
, since 26 March 1990
Boguminis a town in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic on the border with Poland. The confluence of the Oder and Olza Rivers is situated just north of the town. The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....
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Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe that is sometimes considered to be Eastern European. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The capital and largest city is Prague...
, since 2000 Nadwirna,
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
, since 2000
KrnovKrnov is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in Moravian-Silesian Region, in the District of Bruntál, on the Opava River near the Polish border....
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Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe that is sometimes considered to be Eastern European. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The capital and largest city is Prague...
, since 2000
San GiustinoSan Giustino is a comune in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 50 km northwest of Perugia on the Tiber River.The frazione of Cospaia was a small independent republic until 1826.-External links:*...
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ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
, since 2000
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