Rawicz
Sign in to saveRawicz (; ) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Rawicz County.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rawicz
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rynek rawicz.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town Hall in Rawicz
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Rawicz COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL_Rawicz_flag.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rawicz
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Key dates
- Inception
- 1638
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Rawicz
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Rawicz
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +20305
- Area
- +7.81
- Official website
- rawicz.zapis.net.pl/cache/7/327
- Image
- Rynek rawicz.jpg
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Rawicz (; ) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Rawicz County.
==History== thumb|left|upright=0.7|Adam Olbracht Przyjemski, founder of Rawicz The town was founded by Adam Olbracht Przyjemski of Rawicz coat of arms for Protestant refugees from Silesia during the Thirty Years' War. In 1638 King Władysław IV Vasa granted Rawicz town rights and confirmed the town's coat of arms. Rawicz was built as a precisely planned town and developed at a rapid pace. It was located on the trade route connecting Poznań and Wrocław. In 1640, a cloth guild was founded. Cloth production became a leading branch of the local industry, and by the end of the 18th century Rawicz was the leading weaving town of the whole region of Greater Poland. Rawicz was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.