Szamotuły

Infobox Settlement
name = Szamotuły


image_shield = POL Szamotuły COA.svg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Szamotuły County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Szamotuły
area_total_km2 = 10.11
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 18760
population_density_km2 = auto
latd = 52 | latm = 36 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 16 | longm = 35 | longs = | longEW = E
elevation_m = 115
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 64-500
website = http://www.szamotuly.pl

Szamotuły [IPA-pl|sz|a|m|o|'|t|u|ł|y] ( _de. Samter) is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 30 km northwest of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. Population: 18,760 (2006).

People

* Wacław z Szamotuł (1520s-1560s), composer and writer
* John Jonston (1603-1675), natural scientist and historian
* Philipp Scharwenka (1847-1917), composer and music educator
* Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924), composer and pianist
* Maksymilian Ciężki (1899-1951), cryptographer
* Małgorzata Braunek (born 1947), actress

External links

* [http://www.szamotuly.pl/ Official city webpage]
* [http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?x=336268&y=529956&m=Szamotu%b3y&w=wielkopolskie&p=szamotulski&g=Szamotu%b3y&z=3 Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl]