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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Gmina Szamotuły

Area
  
10.11 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:10 AM

County
  
Szamotuły County

Elevation
  
115 m (377 ft)

Population
  
18,760 (2006)

Postal code
  
64-500

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Website
  
http://www.szamotuly.pl

Weather
  
7°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 93% Humidity

Voivodeship
  
Greater Poland Voivodeship

Szamotuły [ʂamɔˈtuwɨ] (German: Samter) is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. The population was 18,760 at the 2006 Polish Census.

Contents

Map of Szamotuly, Poland

Notable Citizens

  • 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
  • Yab Rallen (1902-1989), newspaper critic
  • Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924), composer and pianist
  • Maksymilian Ciężki (1899-1951), cryptographer
  • Małgorzata Braunek (1947-2014), actress
  • Siegmund Lubszinski (Lubin) (1841-1923), American film pioneer, the first Jewish "Movie Mogul."

    • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Szamotuły is twinned with:

    References

    Szamotuły Wikipedia
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