Talk:Konin

Notable people
These are removed because they are red links and convention is to limit 'notable people' to people notable enough to have an article. RJFJR (talk) 05:11, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Mikolaj Caban
 * Edmund Callier
 * Stefania Lucja Esse
 * Stanislaw Fialkowski
 * Fabian Frankiewicz
 * Witold Friemann
 * Andrzej Laskarz (Laskary) Goslawski
 * Krzysztof Gorczyca - historian, author of works and booklets concerning Roman Ancient Amber Route in Greater Poland and Cuiavia.
 * Ryszard Grundmann
 * Leonard Jaczewski
 * Wladyslaw III jagiello - King of Poland, frequent guast in Konin (1403, 1425, 1433)
 * Piort Janaszek
 * Moses Kaplan - Jewish owner of the Glinka district of Konin.
 * Anna Kazmierska-Motylewska
 * Zygmunt Kowalczykiewicz
 * Jakub Liebschutz - Last rabbi of Konin. His tenement house has survived and one can see it in the south-west corner of Plac zamkowy (The Castle Square)
 * Stanislaw Lutomirski - Local parish-priest, an eminent devotee of Reformation - it was he, who put into the matter of fact an amazing history of Reformation in the region of Konin
 * Jerzy Lojko - local historian, expert interested in the history of Konin since the beginnings up to XIXth century. Author of unique Digital Encyclopaedia of Greater Poland, author of numerous works and popular booklets concerning tourism in the region of Eastern Greater Poland with special emphasis on Konin county. He laid the foundations of scientific researches concerning Scots and Scottish community in Konin, person of merit with regard to scientific researches concerning biography and personality of Jan Zemelko (Zemelius).
 * Piotr Maluskiewicz
 * Jerzy Mankowski
 * Ryszard Michalski
 * Ryszard Miskiewicz
 * Andrzej Mos
 * Henryk Osjada
 * Jakub Ostroróg - Starost of Konin during the time of Reformation
 * Lucja Pawlicka Nowak
 * Roman Szymon Pawlicki
 * Ambrozy Pampowski - (1444-1510) - Outstanding politician for Polish kings of Jagiellonian Dynasty. Voivode of Sieradz, General Starost of Greater Poland (1494-1510), the leader of all noblemen of Greater Poland (1498-1504)
 * Janina Perathoner
 * Tadeusz Pigula
 * L. Reymond and his factory - the citizen of Switzerland who settled down in Konin for good. In 19th he built up a factory producing machines and tools for agriculture. It was the best equipped factory in Konin with own steam engine (12 horses-power) and foundry of cast iron. The factory existed to 1945 widely known as Reymond's factory. During World War II it produced various kinds of details necessary for German army and so was given of special status. The workers in that factory were remarkably well paid and came within a special treatment, even if they were mere Polish labourers. Some of them had higher wages than German soldiers and there are still widely known stories according to which workers of Reymond's factory could afford buying better meals in local restaurant than German officers. (Some interesting facts concerning Reymond's factory during WWII are derived from Mr Ryszard Miskiewicz)
 * Theo Richmond- descendant of famous, Jewish Ryczke family from Konin. Writer and author of monography of Jewish Konin entitled "Konin. A Quest" (Polish title - "Uporczywe Echo. Sztetl Konin. Poszukiwanie" Translated by Piotr Szymczak, Media Rodzina- Poznan 2001)
 * Stefan Rusin
 * Piotr Rybczynski - local historian, expert in history of Konin of XIXth century onwards. Author of numerous written works concerning the recent history of Konin.
 * Blyec (Blyda?) Hans Scot - inhabitant of Konin from 16th century (source of information:Jerzy Lojko; Digital Encyclopaedia of Greater Poland, article - Szkoci (Scottish People))
 * Stanislaw Sroczynski
 * Antoni Studzinski
 * Aleksander Szkot (the Scotsman) - The inhabitant of Konin, probably native Scotsman. (source of information:Jerzy Lojko; Digital Encyclopaedia of Greater Poland, article - Szkoci (Scottish People))
 * Lukasz Szkotek - Inhabitant of Konin, probably the son of Aleksander Szkot. (source of information:Jerzy Lojko; Digital Encyclopaedia of Greater Poland, article - Szkoci (Scottish People))
 * Jan Sznajder
 * Max Tarejwo
 * Zofia Urbanowska
 * Ksiadz pralat Stanislaw Waszczynski
 * Ksiadz Henryk Witczak
 * Jan Zemelko (Zemelius)

Famous starosts from Konin
This section had material on the history of the 20th century which I moved to that section, these names I moved to talk RJFJR (talk) 05:41, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Ambroży Pampowski (1444-1510) - Outstanding politician for Polish kings of Jagiellonian Dynasty. Voivode of Sieradz, General Starost of Greater Poland (1494-1510), the leader of all noblemen of Greater Poland (1498-1504)..


 * Jakub Ostroróg - Starost of Konin during the time of Reformation

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