Prudnik

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Prudnik
Coat of arms of Prudnik
Coat of arms
Prudnik (Poland)
Prudnik
Prudnik
Coordinates: 50°19′22″N 17°34′36″E / 50.32278, 17.57667
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Prudnik County
Gmina Gmina Prudnik
Government
 - Mayor Franciszek Fejdych
Area
 - Total 20.48 km² (7.9 sq mi)
Elevation 265 m (869 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 23,133
 - Density 1,129.5/km² (2,925.5/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 48-200
Car plates OPR
Website: http://www.prudnik.pl


Prudnik [ˈprudnik] (German: Neustadt in Oberschlesien) is a town in Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship. Its population numbers 26,400 inhabitants (2005). It is the capital of Prudnik County.

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[edit] Education

[edit] Major Corporations

  • Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego Frotex (http://www.frotex.com.pl/)
  • Prudnickie Zakłady Obuwia Primus
  • Fabryka Mebli Prudnik

[edit] History

[edit] People

  • Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld (1582-1656), historian
  • Matthäus Apelt (1594-1648), composer
  • Karl Heinisch (1847-1923), painter
  • Eugen Fraenkel (1853-1925), pathologist and bacteriologist
  • Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981), archbishop
  • Bernd Scholz (1911-1969), composer
  • Walter Odersky (born 1931), politician
  • Tadeusz Madziarczyk (born 1961), politician
  • Jan Góra, organizer of Ogólnopolskie Spotkania Młodzieży w Lednicy
  • Stanisław Szozda, Olympic cyclist
  • Krzysztof Pieczyński, actor

[edit] Twin city

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 50°19′N, 17°35′E


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Prudnik County

Seat: Prudnik

Urban-rural gminas: Gmina Biała • Gmina Głogówek • Gmina Prudnik  Rural gmina: Gmina Lubrza
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