Sroda Wielkopolska
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Środa Wielkopolska ' is a town in central Poland
, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Poznań
, with 22,001 inhabitants (2009).
, having previously been in the former Poznań Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the seat of Środa Wielkopolska County
, and of Gmina Środa Wielkopolska
(a district within the county).
Środa lies on the main railway line from Poznań to Katowice
(via Jarocin
). There is also a steam railway which runs to Zaniemyśl
, 14 kilometres (9 mi) to the southeast.
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...
, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, with 22,001 inhabitants (2009).
Overview
It is situated in Greater Poland VoivodeshipGreater 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...
, having previously been in the former Poznań Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the seat of Środa Wielkopolska County
Sroda Wielkopolska County
Środa Wielkopolska County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...
, and of Gmina Środa Wielkopolska
Gmina Sroda Wielkopolska
Gmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...
(a district within the county).
Środa lies on the main railway line from Poznań to Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
(via Jarocin
Jarocin
Jarocin Jarocin Jarocin ( is a town in central Poland with 25,700 inhabitants (1995). Since 1999 Jarocin has been located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, prior to that it was located in the Kalisz Voivodeship (1975–1998).- History :...
). There is also a steam railway which runs to Zaniemyśl
Zaniemysl
Zaniemyśl is a village in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Zaniemyśl. It lies approximately south-west of Środa Wielkopolska and south-east of the regional capital Poznań...
, 14 kilometres (9 mi) to the southeast.
Famous people born or raised in Środa Wielkopolska
- Arthur GreiserArthur GreiserArthur Greiser was a Nazi German politician and SS Obergruppenfuhrer. He was one of the persons primarily responsible for organizing the Holocaust in Poland and numerous other war crimes and crimes against humanity, for which he was tried, convicted and executed by hanging after World War...
- Nazi politician - Klaus von KlitzingKlaus von KlitzingKlaus von Klitzing is a German physicist known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall Effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics....
- winner of the 1985 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic... - Franz MertensFranz MertensFranz Mertens was a German mathematician. He was born in Środa in the Grand Duchy of Poznań, Kingdom of Prussia and died in Vienna, Austria....
- mathematician - Rafał Wieruszewski - Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.