Wągrowiec

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Wągrowiec

Total population

25,773

Coordinates52.81°, 17.20°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Wągrowiec is a town in west-central Poland, 50 kilometres from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century, it has been the seat of a powiat. Administratively, it is attached to the Wągrowiec County of the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The town is situated in the middle of the ethnographic and historical region of Pałuki within Greater Poland and the Chodzież lake area, on the river Wełna and its tributaries, Nielba and Struga, as well as on the shores of Durów Lake.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

M

Max Gerson

German physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959)

F

Fritz Steuben

German writer (1898-1981)

K

Karl Eduard Arnd

German historian and author (1802–1874)

Artur Siódmiak

Polish handball player

Jakub Wujek

Polish religious writer

G

Gerhard Müller

German judge

Jacek Najder

Polish politician and deputy

M

Miecislaw von Moszcenski

German politician

J

Joseph Chosłowski

Polish politician (1821-1881)

Monika Drybulska

Polish marathon runner

M

Monika Gabriel

German actress and voice actress (1943-2007)

N

Natalia Wałęsiak

Polish volleyball player

Kamil Kalka

Polish racewalker

S

Stephan Rittau

German General and Knight's Cross recipients (1891-1942)

Andrzej Dobrzeniecki

Officer, pilot of the Polish Army (1929–2000)

A

Andrzej Zieliński

musician and politician from Poland

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Greater Poland

• Laskowo
  15.4 mi away
• Jaktorowo
  15.8 mi away · pop. 170
• Szamoty
  16.1 mi away
• Swoboda
  16.5 mi away
• Borówki
  16.5 mi away
• Józefowice
  16.8 mi away · pop. 150
• Atanazyn
  16.9 mi away · pop. 240
• Lipa
  17.1 mi away
• Nowy Dwór
  17.3 mi away
• Strzelce
  17.5 mi away · pop. 791
• Lipia Góra
  17.6 mi away
• Wyciąg
  20.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers