Wieleń
| Wieleń | |||
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Center of the town | |||
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  Wieleń | |||
| Coordinates: 52°53′32″N 16°10′25″E / 52.89222°N 16.17361°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | ||
| County | Czarnków-Trzcianka | ||
| Gmina | Wieleń | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 5,940 | ||
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) | ||
| Website | http://www.wielen.pl/ | ||
Wieleń [ˈvjɛlɛɲ] (German: Filehne) is a town in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is situated on the river Noteć. Zbigniew Stochaj is the mayor of the city since 2001.
General information
- Land area: 4,32 km²
- Population: 6 067 (31 December 2004)
Historical monuments
- St Michaels Archangle and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Parish Church (1632)
- St Roch Parish church (1930)
- Bismarck Tower (1902)
- Sapieha Palace
People
- Ludwig Ehrlich (born 1813 here), Protestant clergy
- Moritz Lazarus (born 1824 here - 1903), Jewish philosopher
- Abraham Baer (1834 - 1894), Jewish Kantor
- Aron Freimann (1871 - 1948), Jewish bibliographer, historian
- Paul Holthoff (born 1897), politician (NSDAP)
- Günter Nobel (born 1913), resistance fighter
- Martin Joseph, rabbi
- Gustav Robert von Maltzahn
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (born at Grünfier Polish: Zielonowo)
- Joseph S. Manasse
- Louis Waldenburg (1837–1881), German physician
- Residents
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Coordinates: 52°53′32″N 16°10′25″E / 52.89222°N 16.17361°E
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