Rawicz

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Rawicz
Town Hall in Rawicz
Town Hall in Rawicz
Coat of arms of Rawicz
Coat of arms
Rawicz (Poland)
Rawicz
Rawicz
Coordinates: 51°36′33″N 16°51′27″E / 51.60917, 16.8575
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Rawicz County
Gmina Gmina Rawicz
Established 1638
Town rights 1638
Government
 - Mayor Tadeusz Pawłowski
Area
 - Total 7.81 km² (3 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 21,301
 - Density 2,727.4/km² (7,063.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 63-900
Area code(s) +48 65
Car plates PRA
Website: http://www.rawicz.pl

Rawicz [ˈravit​͡ʂ] (German: Rawitsch) is a town in central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Rawicz County.

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The town was founded by Adam Olbracht Przyjma-Przyjemski for Protestant refugees from Silesia during the Thirty Years War. In the 1800s, it contained a Protestant church and a medieval town hall. The principal industry was the manufacture of snuff and cigars. Trade involved grain, wool, cattle, hides, and timber. In 1905 it had 11,403 inhabitants.

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Coordinates: 51°37′N, 16°53′E