Krotoszyn

Krotoszyn
	Krotoszyn
	Night view of Town Hall
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	; Krotoszyn
	Coordinates: 51°41′N 17°26′E / 51.683°N 17.433°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Krotoszyn County
Gmina	Gmina Krotoszyn
Established	15th century
Town rights	1415
	Government
- Mayor	Julian Wl/adysl/aw Joks
	Area
- Total	22.55 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Highest elevation	140 m (459 ft)
Lowest elevation	130 m (427 ft)
	Population (2006)
- Total	29,421
- Density	1,304.7/km2 (3,379.2/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	63-700 to 63-710
Area code(s)	+48 62
Car plates	PKR
Website	http://www.krotoszyn.pl

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For other places with the same name, see Krotoszyn (disambiguation).

Krotoszyn [krɔˈtɔʂɨn] (German: Krotoschin) is a town in central Poland with 30,010 inhabitants as of 2005^[update]. It has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was within Kalisz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

In the German era, this town was in the Prussian province of Posen. The dominant trade is in grain and seeds, and the headquarters of the Polish branch of Mahle GmbH 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.