Grodków

For the village in Silesian Voivodeship, see Gródków.

Grodków
Town hall and town square
Flag Coat of arms
Grodków
Coordinates: 50°41′N 17°22′E / 50.683°N 17.367°E / 50.683; 17.367
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Brzeg
Gmina	Grodków
Government
– Mayor	Marek Andrzej Antoniewicz
Area
– Total	9.88 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population (2007)
– Total	8,709
– Density	881.5/km2 (2,283/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	49-200
Car plates	OB
Website	http://www.grodkow.pl

Grodków [ˈɡrɔtkuf] (German:  Grottkau (help·info)) is a town in Opole Voivodeship in Poland. It has 8,709 inhabitants (2007) and lies 20 km south of Brzeg.

Grodków was granted city rights in 1268 by Duke Henryk IV Probus. The medieval city plan was characterized by a rectangular marketplace and four streets leading to the towers of the city gates.

The Prussian garrison of the town was disbanded in 1920. The town had 4,867 inhabitants in 1939 and was the seat of Landkreis Grodków (Grottkau) until 1945.

Before 1945 the town was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

Notable residents

• Joseph Anton Franz Elsner (1769–1854), composer
• Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750), composer

Sources and references

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 

External links

• (Polish) biggest website
• (Polish) Municipal website
• (German) Heimatstube der Grottkauer

Coordinates: 50°42′N 17°23′E / 50.7°N 17.383°E / 50.7; 17.383