Pleszew
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.
- Teodor Jeske-Choiński (27 February 1854 - 14 April 1920 ) was a Polish intellectual, writer and historian, literature critic
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Pleszew is twinned with:
See also
References
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Coordinates: 51°54′N 17°47′E / 51.900°N 17.783°E / 51.900; 17.783
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