Grodków [ˈɡrɔtkuf] (German: Grottkau ) is a town in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship in Poland, the administrative seat of Gmina Grodków. It is located in the Silesian Lowlands of the Oder basin, in the historic Upper Silesia region, about 20 km (12 mi) south of Brzeg. In the north it has access to the A4 autostrada. The town has 8,709 inhabitants (2007). Before 1945 the town was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). Notable people Melchior Adam (1575–1622), literature historian Sebastian von Rostock (1607–1671), Bishop of Wrocław Józef Elsner (1769–1854), composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750), composer Johannes Ronge (1813–1887), founder of the German Catholics, worked as a chaplain at the Grottkau parish church from 1840 to 1843. Helmut Scholz (1920-1997); German officer Dorota in t Panhuis Marczak (1981-..) famous lady of Grodkow. Born in Brzeg, living in Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.
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