Kościan

Kościan
City Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Kościan County
Gmina	Kościan (urban gmina)
Established	12th century
Town rights	13th century
Government
• Mayor	Michał Jurga
Area
• Total	8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Highest elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Lowest elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	23,952
• Density	2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	64-000
Area code	+48 65
Car plates	PKS
Website	http://www.koscian.pl

Kościan [ˈkɔɕt͡ɕan] (German: Kosten) is a town on the Obra canal in west-central Poland, with a population of 23 952 inhabitants as of June 2014. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Kościan County. Polish nobleman Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski was born nearby.

Notable people from Kościan

• Dezydery Chłapowski (1788–1879)
• Klemens Koehler (1840–1901)
• Józef Surzyński (1851–1919)
• Piotr Bresiński (1870–1940)
• Feliks Stamm (1901–1976)
• Izabella Zielińska (1910)
• Zenon Brudkiewicz (1913–1940)
• Henryk Florkowski (1921–2003)
• Rafał Bryndal (1960)
• Jarosław Jaromi Drażewski (1961)
• Waldemar Brygier (1970)
• Bartosz Jurecki (1979)
• Michał Jurecki (1984)
• Krystian Klecha (1984)
• Tomasz Nowak (1985)
• Zofia Nowakowska (1988)

International relations

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

Twin towns – Sister cities

Kościan is twinned with:

Alzey in Germany (since 1990) Istra in Russia (since 2001) Krimpen aan den IJssel in Netherlands (since 1994)

Nederlek in Netherlands (since 1994) Rakovník in Czech Republic (since 2005) Wernshausen in Germany (since 1996)

Old buildings

• 
  Christ Church built in 1666
• 
  Bent house at Masztalerza Street
• 
  Medieval wall

External links

• Official town website