Szamotuły
Szamotuły is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about northwest of the centre of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. The population was 19,090 in 2011.
Notable people
- Wacław z Szamotuł, composer and writer
- John Jonston, natural scientist and historian
- Philipp Scharwenka, composer and music educator
- Hans Georg Friedrich Groß, German balloonist and airship constructor
- Xaver Scharwenka, composer and pianist
- Alexander Hollaender, scientist
- Maksymilian Ciężki, cryptographer
- Ernst Wellmann, Wehrmacht officer
- Małgorzata Braunek, actress
- Siegmund Lubszinski , American film pioneer, the first Jewish "Movie Mogul."
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