Prudnik
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia. (January 2011) Click [show] on the right for instructions.
|
| Prudnik | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
|
|||
 Prudnik
|
|||
| Coordinates: 50°19′22″N 17°34′36″E / 50.32278°N 17.57667°E | |||
| 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 |
[edit] History
 |
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. |
[edit] Education
- Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących Nr 1 w Prudniku
- Zespol Szkol Rolniczych w Prudniku
- II Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Prudniku
- Zespół Szkół Zawodowych Nr 1 w Prudniku
[edit] Major corporations
- Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego Frotex (http://www.frotex.com.pl/)
- Prudnickie Zakłady Obuwia Primus
- Fabryka Mebli Prudnik
[edit] Notable people
- Matthäus Apelt (1594–1648), composer
- Karl Dziatzko, scholar
- Eugen Fraenkel (1853–1925), pathologist and bacteriologist
- Jan Góra, organizer of Ogólnopolskie Spotkania Młodzieży w Lednicy
- Karl Heinisch (1847–1923), painter
- Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld (1582–1656), historian
- Tadeusz Madziarczyk (born 1961), politician
- Walter Odersky (born 1931), politician
- Krzysztof Pieczyński, actor
- Hellmuth Reymann (1892–1988)
- Bernd Scholz (1911–1969), composer
- Stanisław Szozda, Olympic cyclist
- Stefan Wyszyński (1901–1981), archbishop
[edit] Twin city
Northeim, Germany, since 26 March 1990
Bogumin, Czech Republic, since 2000
Nadvirna, Ukraine, since 2000- Krnov, Czech Republic, since 2000
San Giustino, Italy, since 2000
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Prudnik |
- Municipal website
- Unofficial Forum
- Parafia pw. Miłosierdzia Bożego
- Jewish Community in Prudnik on Virtual Shtetl
- Webcams
- Radio
Coordinates: 50°19′N 17°35′E / 50.317°N 17.583°E
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||
 |
This Opole Voivodeship location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
