Szamotuły

Szamotuły
Szamotuły Castle seen from a park
Flag Coat of arms
Szamotuły Szamotuły
Coordinates: 52°36′N 16°35′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Szamotuły County
Gmina	Gmina Szamotuły
Area
• Total	10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Elevation	115 m (377 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	19,090
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Postal code	64-500
Website	http://www.szamotuly.pl

Szamotuły [ʂamɔˈtuwɨ] (German: Samter) is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) northwest of the centre of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. The population was 19,090 in 2011.

Notable people

• Wacław z Szamotuł (1520s-1560s), composer and writer
• John Jonston (1603-1675), natural scientist and historian
• Philipp Scharwenka (1847-1917), composer and music educator
• Hans Georg Friedrich Groß (1860-1924), German balloonist and airship constructor
• Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924), composer and pianist
• Alexander Hollaender (1898–1986), scientist
• Maksymilian Ciężki (1899-1951), cryptographer
• Ernst Wellmann (1904–1970), Wehrmacht officer
• Małgorzata Braunek (1947-2014), actress
• Siegmund Lubszinski (Lubin) (1841-1923), American film pioneer, the first Jewish "Movie Mogul."

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns – Sister cities

Szamotuły is twinned with:

Brignoles, France Groß-Gerau, Germany Tielt, Belgium Bruneck, Italy

External links

• Official city webpage