Kępno
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Kępno is a town in Poland. It lies on the outskirts of the Wielkopolska Region, as it borders on Silesia and The Łódzki Land, at the crossing point of two transport routes: North to South (road number 11) and East to West (road number 8). As of December 31, 2004 Kępno had a population of 14,755. One popular attraction in Kępno is the, recently restored, Rynek (market square).
[edit] Education
- Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania "Edukacja" in Wrocław, branch in Kępno
[edit] People
- Wilhelm Freund, German Jewish philologist, born here
- Samuel Holdheim, reform rabbi
- Edward Lasker, chess player
- Witold Tomczak, Polish politician, born here
- Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michel Weiser, Malbim, called to the rabbinate of this city