Przemków
Place in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Przemków [ˈpʂɛmkuf] (German: Primkenau) is a town in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland.[2] It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Przemków.
Przemków | |
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Baroque Church of the Assumption | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Przemków | |
| Coordinates: 51°31′N 15°48′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Lower Silesian |
| County | Polkowice |
| Gmina | Przemków |
| Established | 1280 |
| Founded by | Przemko of Ścinawa |
| Named after | Przemko of Ścinawa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jerzy Szczupak |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 6,107 |
| • Density | 1,080/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 59 – 170 |
| Car plates | DPL |
| Climate | Dfb |
| National roads |  |
| Voivodeship road |  |
| Website | http://www.przemkow.pl/ |
As of 2019, the town has a population of 6,107.
Przemków gives its name to the nearby protected area called Przemków Landscape Park.
History
Przemków was initially a Polish trade settlement, which was granted town rights in 1280 by Duke Przemko of Ścinawa from the Piast dynasty and named after him.[3] In the past, it was also known in Polish as Przemkowo or Przymkowo.[4][5]
Two labour camps of the Reich Labour Service were operated in the town under Nazi Germany.[6]
Demographics
Cuisine
The officially protected traditional food of Przemków, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland, is the Przemków honey gingerbread.[9]
Notable people
- Adolf Ernst (1832–1899), scientist
- Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869–1931), died at the palace
- Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863–1921), died at the palace