Krotoszyn

Krotoszyn [krɔˈtɔʂɨn] (German: Krotoschin, Yiddish: קארטשין‎ Kortshin) is a town in central Poland with 30,010 inhabitants as of 2005. It has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was within Kalisz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

Historically part of the Kingdom of Poland, during the German rule in the 19th century after the Partitions of Poland, the town was located in the Prussian province of Posen. The dominant trade is in grain and seeds, and the headquarters of the Polish branch of Mahle GmbH is located there. The castle of Krotoszyn was the centre of a mediatized principality formed in 1819 out of the holdings of the Prussian crown and granted to the prince of Thurn und Taxis in compensation for his relinquishing control over the Prussian postal system.

Notable people

Katarzyna Grochola – Famous Polish writer
Sir John Monash – Australian general
Georg Huth – German Orientalist
Olivier Janiak – Polish TV presenter
Isidor Kalisch – Reform rabbi.
Theodor Kullak – Pianist and composer.
Marian Langiewicz – A military leader of the January Uprising.
Marcin Lijewski – Handballer
Otto Roquette (1824–1896) – German author
Maria Siemionow - World renowned scientist and microsurgeon.
Melitta von Stauffenberg (born Schiller) – famous German test pilot of WWII
David Zvi Banet (1893–1973) – Orientalist and Professor of Arabic Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Krotoszyn is twinned with:

Bucak, Turkey
Brummen, Netherlands
Fontenay le Comte, France
Dierdorf, Germany
Maišiagala, Lithuania

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Krotoschin". Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 928–929.
Mangabay Population Listing

Krotoszyn County
Seat	Krotoszyn
Urban gmina	Sulmierzyce
Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Kobylin Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski Gmina Krotoszyn Gmina Zduny
Rural gmina	Gmina Rozdrażew

Gmina Krotoszyn

Town and seat

Krotoszyn

Villages

Coordinates: 51°41′N 17°26′E / 51.683°N 17.433°E / 51.683; 17.433

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