Pleszew

Pleszew
Fragment of the town square
Flag Coat of arms
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
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.pleszew.pl/

Pleszew ([ˈplɛʂɛf]; German: Pleschen) 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), first female Prime Minister of Poland
• 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:

• Morlanwelz
• Spangenberg (1997)
• Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron

See also

• Gmina Pleszew
• Pleszew County
• Kreis Pleschen, Posen
• Pleszówka

References

External links

• Official town webpage

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Coordinates: 51°54′N 17°47′E / 51.900°N 17.783°E / 51.900; 17.783