Włoszakowice
Włoszakowice | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Palace in the village | |
| Coordinates: 51°56′N 16°22′E / 51.933°N 16.367°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Leszno |
| Gmina | Włoszakowice |
| First mentioned | 1210 |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,960 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PLE |
| Website | http://www.wloszakowice.pl/ |
Włoszakowice [vwɔʂakɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Włoszakowice. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Leszno and 64 km (40 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań.
Landmarks of the village are the Sułkowski Palace, the Karol Kurpiński Museum dedicated to the Polish composer, who was born in the village in 1785, and the Baroque Holy Trinity church, where Kurpiński was baptized.