Pleszew

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Pleszew
Fragment of the town square

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Pleszew
Coordinates: 51°53′N 17°47′E / 51.883°N 17.783°E / 51.883; 17.783
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Pleszew County
Gmina Gmina Pleszew
Town rights 1283
Government
 • Mayor Marian Adamek
Area
 • Total 13.19 km2 (5.09 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 17,787
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 63-300
Area code(s) +48 62
Car plates PPL
Website http://www.pleszew.pl/

Pleszew [ˈplɛʂɛf] is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 90 km southeast of Poznań. It is the capital of Pleszew County (powiat pleszewski). Population is 17,892 (2004).

People

  • Hugo Leichtentritt (1874, here - 1951), a German Jewish musicologist and composer
  • Hanna Suchocka (born 1946, here)
  • Sergiusz Prusak (born 1979, here), a Polish footballer
  • Maciej Piaszczyński (born 1989, here), a Polish international speedway rider
  • Agnieszka (Lipska) Baranowska (1819–1890), a Polish playwright and poet, wrote several plays for this town's local theater
  • Moses Samuel Zuckermandl (1836, Uherský Brod - 1917), a Czech-German rabbi, lived here
  • Stefan Pawlicki (1839, Gdańsk - 1916), a Polish Catholic priest, philosopher, historian of philosophy; lived here
  • Emil Jarrow (Javorzynski) (born 1876, here - 1959), world touring vaudeville magician and comedian.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Pleszew is twinned with:

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