Nowy Tomyśl | |
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 Nowy Tomyśl town hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Nowy Tomyśl | |
| Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 16°8′0″E / 52.31667°N 16.13333°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Nowy Tomyśl |
| Gmina | Nowy Tomyśl |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 15,225 |
| • Density | 2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 64-300, 64-301 |
| Website | http://www.nowytomysl.pl |
Nowy Tomyśl [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtɔmɨɕl] (German: Neutomischel) is a city in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nowy Tomyśl County. The population is 15,627 (2004).
History
Museum of Basketry in Nowy Tomyśl
The town has a long tradition of wickerwork. In the main town square stands a wicker basket woven in 2006, measuring 17 metres (56 ft) long, 9 m wide and 7.7 m high, entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest basket. The town also has a Museum of Basketry and Hop Growing, which is one of the branches of the National Museum of Agriculture in Szreniawa. Next to the museum is a small zoo.
Since 2012, Nowy Tomyśl has been the site of one of the tallest wind turbines in the world.
Notable people
- Sławomir Busch (born 1998), Polish volleyball player
- Mateusz Kościukiewicz (born 1986), Polish actor
- Paweł Najdek (born 1973), Polish weightlifter
- Tomasz Tomiak (1967–2020), Polish rower
External links
Media related to Nowy Tomyśl at Wikimedia Commons
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