Krotoszyn k is a town in central Poland

Poland

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 with 30,010 inhabitants . It has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

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 since 1999; it was within Kalisz Voivodeship

Kalisz Voivodeship

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 from 1975 to 1998.

In the German era, this town was in the Prussia

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n province of Posen

Posen District

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. The dominant trade is in grain and seeds, and the headquarters of the Polish branch of Mahle GmbH

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 is located there. The castle of Krotoszyn was the center of a mediatized principality formed in 1819 out of the holdings of the Prussian crown and granted to the prince of Thurn and Taxis in compensation for his relinquishing control over the Prussian postal system.

Notable people

• Georg Huth
  Georg Huth
  Georg Huth was a German Orientalist and explorer.Huth was born in Krotoszyn in the Province of Posen, Prussia. In 1885 he entered the University of Berlin, and he graduated at the University of Leipzig in 1889. In 1891 he established himself at Berlin University as lecturer in Central Asiatic...
  
  -German Orientalist
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• Isidor Kalisch
  Isidor Kalisch
  Isidor Kalisch was a rabbi who wrote both in prose and verse.-Early life:He was born at Krotoschin in Prussia, and was educated at Berlin, Breslau and Prague. While pursuing his studies in theology and philosophy, he contributed to German periodicals...
  
  -Reform rabbi.
• Theodor Kullak
  Theodor Kullak
  Theodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer, and teacher.-Background:Kullak was born in Krotoschin in the Grand Duchy of Posen, in Wielkopolska - western part of Poland taken during the second partition of Poland by Kingdom of Prussia. He began his piano studies as a pupil of Albrecht Agthe in...
  
  -Pianist and composer born in Krotoszyn.
• Marian Langiewicz
  Marian Langiewicz
  Marian Langiewicz, full name Marian Antoni Melchior Langiewicz , was a Polish patriot notable as a military leader of the January Uprising in 1863.-Biography:He was born in the province of Posen, his father being the local doctor...
  
  -A military leader of the January Uprising
  January Uprising
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• Katarzyna Grochola-Famous Polish writer
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• Olivier Janiak-TV presenter

Twin towns — Sister cities

Krotoszyn is twinned

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 with: Bucak

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, Turkey

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 Brummen

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, Netherlands

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 Fontenay le Comte, France

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 Dierdorf

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 Maišiagala

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, Lithuania

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