Szamotuły

Coordinates: 52°36′N 16°35′E / 52.600°N 16.583°E / 52.600; 16.583
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Szamotuły
Historic town center (2018; before reconstruction)
Historic town center (2018; before reconstruction)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64-500
Vehicle registrationPSZ
Primary airportPoznań–Ławica Airport
Websitehttp://www.szamotuly.pl

Szamotuły

Yiddish: Zamter[1]) is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) northwest of the centre of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły
. The population was 19,090 in 2011.

History

19th-century view of the Górka Castle

Szamotuły was probably founded in the 11th century, and was first mentioned in documents in 1231. Duke

Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the joint German-Soviet

Fall of Communism in the 1980s. In June 1945, the Home Army carried out a successful attack on a communist prison and liberated captured resistance members.[11]

Sports

The local football club is Sparta Szamotuły. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

International relations

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

Twin towns – Sister cities

Szamotuły is

twinned
with:

Gallery

  • Górka Castle seen from the park
    Górka Castle seen from the park
  • Gothic Minor Basilica Church (formerly Collegiate Church)
    Gothic
    Minor Basilica Church (formerly Collegiate Church)
  • Vault of the Gothic Collegiate Church
    Vault of the Gothic Collegiate Church
  • Baroque Holy Cross Church
    Baroque Holy Cross Church
  • Fountain in the old park
    Fountain in the old park
  • Monument to officer and cryptographer Maksymilian Ciężki
    Monument to officer and cryptographer Maksymilian Ciężki

References

  1. ^ Beider, Alexander (2012). "Eastern Yiddish Toponyms of German Origin" (PDF). Yiddish Studies Today. ISBN 978-3-943460-09-4, ISSN 2194-8879 (düsseldorf university press, Düsseldorf 2012). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 60.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska (2009), p. 116
  5. ^ Wardzyńska (2009), p. 117, 199-200
  6. ^ Wardzyńska (2009), p. 193
  7. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4
    .
  8. ^ Wardzyńska (2017), p. 204, 280, 375
  9. ISSN 1641-9561
    .
  10. ^ Wardzyńska (2017), p. 143
  11. ISSN 1641-9561
    .

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Szamotuły.
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