Szamotuły

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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

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.

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

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References

Szamotuły Wikipedia

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Contents

Map of Szamotuly, Poland

Notable Citizens

Twin towns – Sister cities

References