Wolsztyn
Wolsztyn ( [ vɔlʃtɨn ], German wool stone) is a city about 75 kilometers southwest of Poznan in Poland. It has about 13,500 inhabitants and is the county seat of powiat Wolsztyński in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
- 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 4.2 Famous residents
- 4.3 freeman
- 7.1 External links
- 7.2 footnotes
Geography
Wolsztyn is surrounded by two lakes, the Jezioro Wolsztynskie ( German wool Steiner lake ) and the Jezioro Berzyńskie ( German Berzyner lake ), which are fed by the Doyca, a Quellflüsschen the Obra.
History
Today's Wolsztyn already had 1424 market rights. 1793, the city came to Prussia and was from 1807 to the Duchy of Warsaw. A devastating town fire destroyed the town in 1810 to a large extent. From 1815 to 1920, the town belonged to the province of Posen, with interruptions, she was county seat of the county Bomst and then polish; 1939-1945 was Wolsztyn county seat of the eponymous county in the Reich Warta country.
Bahnbetriebswerk Wolsztyn
The railway line wool stone Bentschen ( Zbąszyń ) was taken in 1884 in operation. The Wolsztyn depot now has 30 steam locomotives of various series. Some of them are used pursuant to an agreement of the Polish State Railways with a British railway enthusiasts tour operators still in daily rail traffic. In order for the depot Wolsztyn is the last Bahnbetriebswerk a European State Railways, be used on the standard gauge steam locomotives in regular service. On the steam locomotives in service and training courses for steam train driver for heritage railways will take place.
Steam Locomotive Parade Wolsztyn
The local depot is the last in Europe to be used in the more standard gauge steam locomotives in regular service. Therefore, there is organizing today's PKP Cargo SA since 1993 an annual steam engine parade, together with the steam enthusiasts and steam locomotives from all over Europe. At the same time this takes place, a city festival.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Bruno Asch (1890-1940), politician ( SPD) and Mayor of Höchst am Main
- Hans Jürgen Kallmann (1908-1991), painter
- Hans von Kusserow (1911-2001), dancer and choreographer
- Ingeborg von Kusserow ( born 1919 ), actress
- Plathner Otto (1811-1885), lawyer and politician of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Sabor Adolf (1841-1907), member of the Reichstag
- Paul Wojtkowski (1892-1960), politician ( KPD)
- Joseph Marie Wronski (1776-1853), Polish philosopher and mathematician
Famous residents
- Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, 1872-1880 Kreisphysikus the circle Bomst in stone wool; discovered the anthrax here.
Freeman
- 2003: Lothar Bretterbauer, mayor of sister city Lubben, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the twinning
Twin Cities
- Lubben (Spreewald ) ( Germany )
- Neunkirchen ( Saar) ( Germany )
- Maasbree (Netherlands)
Furthermore, there are friendly relations with Clausthal- Zellerfeld.
Community
The urban and rural commune ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ) Wolsztyn covers an area of 249.64 km ² with about 29,300 inhabitants. It includes the following localities: