Szprotawa
Sign in to saveSzprotawa (German Sprottau) is a town in western Poland, in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, previously in Lower Silesia.
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Place details
- Locality
- Szprotawa
- Region
- województwo lubuskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 12,786
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Szprotawa
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Szprotawa rynek ratusz.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Szprotawa town hall
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Szprotawa COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lubusz
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Żagań
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Szprotawa
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mirosław Gąsik
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- around 1260
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 10.94
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Szprotawa – Strona główna
szprotawa.pl →Link to the official site · 40,000 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Szprotawa
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 11068
- Area
- 10.94
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.szprotawa.pl
- Image
- Ratusz szprotawski.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Gevelsberg
- Commons category
- Szprotawa
- different from
- Gmina Szprotawa
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Szprotawa
- P6482
- Szprotawa
- postal code
- 67-300
- male population
- 5245
- female population
- 5823
- P12749
- June 27
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Sights
- Nature
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Szprotawa (German Sprottau) is a town in western Poland, in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, previously in Lower Silesia.
Part of Prussia from 1742 until 1945, by the end of the Second World War the town was 90 per cent destroyed. It was awarded to Poland by the Potsdam Agreement between the victorious Allies and the German-speaking population which had not already fled from the Red Army was expelled. It was rebuilt and settled by Poles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Szprotawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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