Pniewy
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Pniewy | |
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Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
County | Szamotuły |
Gmina | Pniewy |
Area | |
• Total | 9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 7,464 |
• Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
Postal code | 62-045 |
Website | http://www.pniewy.wlkp.pl |
Pniewy [ˈpɲɛvɨ] (German: Pinne) is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,477 inhabitants (2004).
Pniewy had once been flooded to make way for a reservoir.
People
- Rabbi Joseph Chayyim ben Isaac Selig Caro, called to the rabbinate of this city
- Gustav Gottheil, German-American rabbi
- Adolf Lewin, German rabbi and author
- Ursula Ledóchowska and Lawrence Wnuk, buried in this city
- Joseph Tal, composer
52°30′40″N 16°15′40″E / 52.51111°N 16.26111°E