Pniewy
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Pniewy ' is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
, Poland
, with 7,477 inhabitants (2004).
Pniewy had once been flooded to make way for a reservoir.
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, with 7,477 inhabitants (2004).
Pniewy had once been flooded to make way for a reservoir.
People
- Rabbi Joseph Chayyim ben Isaac Selig CaroJoseph Chayyim ben Isaac Selig CaroJoseph Chayyim ben Isaac Selig Caro was a German-Russian rabbi. He was educated as an Orthodox Talmudist, and married the daughter of Rabbi Tzebi Hirsch Amsterdam of Konin, government of Kalisz in Russian Poland, whose pupil he became...
, called to the rabbinate of this city - Gustav GottheilGustav GottheilGustav Gottheil was a Prussian born American rabbi. Gottheil eventually became one of the most influential, well-known and controversial Reform Jewish leaders of his time...
, German-American rabbi - Adolf LewinAdolf LewinAdolf Lewin was a German rabbi and author. He was born in Pinne, Grand Duchy of Posen on September 23, 1843. Lewin was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary and at the University of Breslau. In 1872 he was appointed rabbi in Koźmin, later in Coblenz, and in 1886 was called to the rabbinate...
, German rabbi and author - Ursula Ledóchowska and Lawrence WnukLawrence WnukLawrence Anthony Wnuk, O.Ont was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and Protonotary Apostolic.He grew up in a Catholic and patriotic Polish family...
, buried in this city - Joseph TalJoseph TalJosef Tal , was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas; dramatic scenes; six symphonies; thirteen concerti; chamber music, including three string quartets; instrumental works; and electronic compositions...
, composer