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Grodków Town hall and town square
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Coat of armsCoordinates: 50°41′N 17°22′E / 50.683°N 17.367°E 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
Town and seat GrodkówVillages Bąków • Bogdanów • Gałązczyce • Gierów • Głębocko • Gnojna • Gola Grodkowska • Jaszów • Jędrzejów • Jeszkotle • Kobiela • Kolnica • Kopice • Lipowa • Lubcz • Mikołajowa • Młodoszowice • Nowa Wieś Mała • Osiek Grodkowski • Polana • Przylesie Dolne • Rogów • Starowice • Strzegów • Sulisław • Tarnów Grodkowski • Więcmierzyce • Wierzbna • Wierzbnik • Wojnowiczki • Wojsław • Wójtowice • Żarów • Żelazna • ZielonkowiceCoordinates: 50°42′N 17°23′E / 50.7°N 17.383°E
Categories:- Cities in Silesia
- Cities and towns in Opole Voivodeship
- Brzeg County
- Brzeg County geography stubs
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