Witkowo
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Greater Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Gniezno | ||
| Gmina : | Witkowo | ||
| Area : | 8.30 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 26 ' N , 17 ° 46' E | ||
| Residents : | 7921 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 62-230 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 61 | ||
| License plate : | PGN | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DW260 Gniezno - Słupca | ||
| Next international airport : | Poznan-Ławica | ||
Witkowo (1940–1945 Wittingen ) is a town in the powiat Gnieźnieński of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland . The city is the seat of the city-and-country municipality of the same name .
history
The first written mention of today's Witkowo comes from the year 1363. Between 1676 and 1684 the place was given city rights. In 1684 the right to hold annual markets was added. During the second partition of Poland , the city came to the province of South Prussia . When the Duchy of Warsaw was founded in 1807 , Witkowo became part of it, but came back to Prussia in 1815 after the dissolution of the Duchy. In 1817 a severe fire raged in the city and construction took until 1847. In 1887 the Prussian district Witkowo was founded. In 1896 the Witkowo district railway was put into operation. On November 12, 1918, at the end of the First World War , the city administration was taken over by Polish workers 'and soldiers' councils . In 1926 the powiat Witkowo was dissolved. In September 1939, the city was captured by the German Wehrmacht during the attack on Poland . On January 21, 1945, the Red Army marched into the city and Witkowo subsequently became part of Poland again.
economy
The economy of the Witkowo municipality is characterized by agriculture, services and tourism.
Gmina Witkowo
The urban and rural community Witkowo includes 26 localities with school offices.
Community partnerships
Since 2005 there has been a partnership with the municipality of Land Hadeln in Lower Saxony.
Personalities
- Wiktor Bross (1903–1994), thoracic surgeon in Breslau
- Martyna Galant (* 1995), track and field athlete
- Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (1865–1910), German sculptor in Berlin