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Prudnik
Tower of the Lower Gate

Coat of arms
Prudnik is located in Poland
Prudnik
Coordinates: 50°19′22″N 17°34′36″E / 50.32278°N 17.57667°E / 50.32278; 17.57667
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Prudnik County
Gmina Gmina Prudnik
Government
 - Mayor Franciszek Fejdych
Area
 - Total 20.48 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Elevation 265 m (869 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 23,133
 - Density 1,129.5/km2 (2,925.5/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 48-200
Car plates OPR
Website http://www.prudnik.pl

Prudnik [ˈprudnik] (German: Neustadt in Oberschlesien; until 1708: Polnisch Neustadt}}) is a town in Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship. Its population numbers 26,400 inhabitants (2005). It is the capital of Prudnik County.

Contents

Education

Major Corporations

  • Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego Frotex (http://www.frotex.com.pl/)
  • Prudnickie Zakłady Obuwia Primus
  • Fabryka Mebli Prudnik

History

People

  • Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld (1582-1656), historian
  • Matthäus Apelt (1594-1648), composer
  • Karl Heinisch (1847-1923), painter
  • Eugen Fraenkel (1853-1925), pathologist and bacteriologist
  • Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981), archbishop
  • Bernd Scholz (1911-1969), composer
  • Walter Odersky (born 1931), politician
  • Tadeusz Madziarczyk (born 1961), politician
  • Jan Góra, organizer of Ogólnopolskie Spotkania Młodzieży w Lednicy
  • Stanisław Szozda, Olympic cyclist
  • Krzysztof Pieczyński, actor

Twin city

External links

Coordinates: 50°19′N 17°35′E / 50.317°N 17.583°E / 50.317; 17.583



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