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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Szprotawa

Car plates
  
FZG

Population
  
12,613 (2006)

Local time
  
Tuesday 5:30 AM

County
  
Żagań

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
10.94 km²

Voivodeship
  
Lubusz Voivodeship

Postal code
  
67-300

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Website
  
http://www.szprotawa.pl

Weather
  
7°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 95% Humidity

Szprotawa [ʂprɔˈtava] (German: Sprottau) is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Żagań County. It has 12,648 inhabitants (2004).

Contents

Map of Szprotawa, Poland

History

The first information about the terrains of today's Szprotawa comes at 1000 from the chronicle of bishop Thietmar of Merseburg, who accompanied the emperor Otto III on pilgrimage to the grave of holy Adalbert in Gniezno. Until World War II the town was part of Germany.

Sights to see

  • Old city
  • Sagan Gate, from the Middle Ages
  • Town hall, from the Renaissance
  • Saint Andreas Roman Catholic Church, from the 13th century
  • Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, from the 13th century
  • Evangelical Church, from the 18th century (old castle)
  • Old military airport with nuclear weapons storage
  • Castle Chrobry (archeological)
  • Silesia Walls

    • Nature

  • Oak "Chrobry", the oldest in Poland (750 years old)
  • Naturreserve "Buczyna Szprotawska"
  • Naturreserve "Park Słowiański"
  • Lower Silesia Forest
  • Old city park from the 19th century

    • Notable residents

  • Jakob Ebert (1549–1614), theologian
  • Heinrich Göppert (1800–1884), scientist
  • Heinrich Laube (1806–1884), author
  • Karl Bartsch (1832–1888), Germanist
  • Robert Beisert (1833–1893), politician
  • Harald Bielfeld (1863–1933), politician
  • Walter Dötsch (1909–1987), artist
  • Hans-Joachim Höfig (1915–2006), Sportsman
  • Manfred Steinbach (born 1933), sportsman
  • Roswitha Berndt (born 1936), historian
  • Klaus Hänsch (born 1938), politician, President of the European Parliament
  • Rudolf Langer (bon 1939), sportsman
  • Detlev Kittstein (1944–1996), sportsman
  • Fritz Puppel (born 1944), musician

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Szprotawa is twinned with:

  • Gevelsberg, Germany

    • References

    Szprotawa Wikipedia
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