Kępno
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Greater Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Kępno | ||
| Area : | 7.70 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 17 ′ N , 17 ° 59 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 14,101 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 63-600 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 62 | ||
| License plate : | PKE | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Poznan - Katowice | ||
| Wroclaw - Warsaw | |||
| Rail route : | Kreuzburg – Poznan | ||
| Herby-Kempen | |||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Urban and rural municipality | ||
| Surface: | 124.00 km² | ||
| Residents: | 24,526 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 198 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 3008033 | ||
| Administration (as of 2015) | |||
| Mayor : | Piotr Psikus | ||
| Address: | ul.Kosciuszki 5 63-600 Kępno |
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| Website : | www.um.kepno.pl | ||
(German: Kempen, older alsoLangenfurt) is a city inPolandin theGreater Poland Voivodeshipon the Niesob River. It is located about 80 km northeast ofWroclawand 60 km southeast ofOstrów Wielkopolskiand has around 15,000 inhabitants.
history
During the 10th to 12th centuries there was a defense system in the city area. Around the 13th century, a settlement formed around the complex. On February 15, 1282, a secret meeting between Duke Mściwój of Pomerania and Przemysław of Greater Poland took place here. The town received the town charter in 1283 from Przemyslaw under the name Langenvort . In 1660 the town received the town charter from King John II Casimir, which had been lost in the meantime . The first primary school opened in 1664. In 1668 the first craft guild was founded by the shoemakers . In 1691 a great fire raged, in 1708 and 1709 epidemics in the city. After the second partition of Poland , the city became part of Prussia from 1793 to 1807 , and from 1807 to 1815 again as part of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw . In 1815 Prussia again became the seat of a district ( Kempen district in Posen ). After the end of the First World War , the city was officially ceded to Poland on January 17, 1920. The occupation by the Third Reich in September 1939 ended on January 21, 1945 with the invasion of the Red Army . Today Kępno is a center of the Polish furniture industry.
Town twinning
Culture and sights
Buildings
- The town hall from 1846
- The District Court building from 1835
- A castle from the Middle Ages
- The synagogue , which was built from 1815 to 1816. It was rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II .
- Residential houses from the second half of the 18th century (Rynek 26, ul.Stara 6, 8 and ul.Koscielna 2) and from the 19th century (Rynek 35)
- The baroque catholic church of St. Martin
- The Evangelical Augsburg Church
- In the district of Mikorzyn, about ten kilometers north of the city: The Sanctuary of St. Egidius ( Sanktuarium św. Idziego ), a neo-baroque church with double towers and a late Gothic figure of St. Egidius from the 15th century.
- The station, in its current form from 1911, in the form of a tower station, which is rare in Poland
traffic
The city has a tower station on the Kluczbork – Poznań railway (further stop in Domanin) and on the Herby – Oleśnica railway, which is only operated in an easterly direction (further stop in Świba). In the past there was also the Namysłów – Kępno railway (further stop: Kępno Zachodnie ( West )).
local community
The urban and rural community has an area of 124 km², on which 24,770 people live. The localities belong to it:
| Surname | German name (1815-1920) |
German name (1939-1945) |
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| Biały Młyn | White mill | White mill |
| Borek Mielęcki | Borek Mielenski |
1939–1943 Borken 1943–1945 Borkendorf |
| Domaness | Domaness |
1939–1943 Ährenfelde 1943–1945 Dommen |
| Dziekania | Dziekania | ? |
| Hanulin | Birkenfelde |
1939–1943 Birkenfelde 1943–1945 Weißbirkenfelde |
| Kępno | Kempen | Kempen |
| Kierzenko | Waldau | Waldau |
| Kierzno | Kierzno | Cherry village |
| Kliny | Clin | Clin |
| Krążkowy | Kronschkow |
1939–1943 Kreisen 1943–1945 Kreisendorf |
| Mechnice | Mechnice 1908–1920 Mechnitz |
Moosdorf |
| Mielęcin | Mielencin | ? |
| Mikorzyn | Mikorzyn | Gabelsbach |
| Myjomice | Myjomice older Meumitze | Michelsberg |
| Olszowa | Olszowa |
1939–1943 Erlenbrunn 1943–1945 Erlenhöh |
| Osiny | Osin | Aspen |
| Ostrówiec | Ostrowiec |
1939–1943 Ostrau 1943–1945 Strohwitz |
| Przybyszów | Przybyschew 1908–1920 Juliustal |
Juliustal |
| Pustkowie Kierzeńskie | ( to Kierzno ) | ( to Kirschdorf ) |
| Rzetnia | Rzetnia | Mühlbach |
| Szklarka Mielęcka | Szklarka Mielenska 1908–1920 Langenthal |
Vallunga |
| Świba | Swiba | Luisenhof |
| Zosin | Joachimsthal | Joachimstal |
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Wilhelm Freund (1806–1894), German classical philologist of the Jewish faith
- Samuel Holdheim (1806–1860), German scholar and rabbi
- Isidor Kastan (1840–1931), German journalist, writer and doctor
- Bruno Meyer (1840–1917), art historian and university professor
- Hermann Aron (1845–1913), German electrical engineer of the Jewish faith
- Hermann Schelenz (1848–1922), German pharmacist, industrialist and pharmacy historian
- Maximilian Kempner (1854–1927), German lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
- Adolf Warschauer (1855–1930) German historian
- Edward Lasker (1885–1981), German-American electrical engineer and chess master
- Ilse Häfner-Mode (1902–1973), German artist of the Jewish faith
- Witold Tomczak (* 1957), Member of Parliament of the Sejm and the European Parliament
Other personalities associated with the city
- Malbim (1809–1879), the "Kempner Raw", rabbi and biblical exegete, worked in Kępno for fifteen years
- Paweł Anweiler (* 1950), Lutheran theologian, worked in Kępno for three years
literature
- Heinrich Wuttke : City book of the country Posen. Codex diplomaticus: General history of the cities in the region of Poznan. Historical news from 149 individual cities . Leipzig 1864, pp. 332–333.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ^ Website of the municipality (BIP), Urząd Miasta i Gminy w Kępnie , accessed on March 11, 2015
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://mapy.mzk.cz/de/mzk03/001/026/835/2619267615/
