Cuisine

The officially protected traditional food originating from Krotoszyn is wędzonka krotoszyńska, a type of Polish smoked pork meat (as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland). Local traditions of meat production date back hundreds of years, and the first butchers' guilds were established shortly after granting town rights in the early 15th century.

  • Otto Roquette (1824–1896), German author
  • Władysław Rybakowski (1885-1952), Polish social and political activist
  • Maria Siemionow (born 1950), Polish scientist and microsurgeon
  • Melitta von Stauffenberg (born Schiller) (1903–1945), German test pilot of WWII
  • Louis Weissbein (1831-1913), architect, immigrated to the United States in 1854
  • David Zvi Banet (1893–1973), Orientalist and Professor of Arabic Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
  • Łukasz Kaczmarek (born 1994), Polish volleyball player

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Krotoszyn is twinned with:

  • Bucak, Turkey
  • Brummen, Netherlands
  • Fontenay le Comte, France
  • Dierdorf, Germany
  • Maišiagala, Lithuania
  • Fonyód, Hungary
  • Okinoshima, Japan

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Krotoszyn układ urbanistyczny 01.JPG|Historic townhouses at the Market Square

SM Krotoszyn Kościół Jana Chrzciciela 2019 (5).jpg|Gothic Saint John the Baptist church

SM Krotoszyn Kościół Andrzeja Boboli 2019 (1).jpg|Saint Andrew Bobola church

Krotoszyn kościół św. Fabiana 25. 08. 2013 p2.jpg|Preserved old wooden church of Saints Fabian, Roch and Sebastian

Sąd 2.jpg|District court

Krzyż Katyński w Krotoszynie.JPG|Katyn massacre memorial at the local cemetery

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References

  • Mangabay Population Listing