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Krapkowice is a town in the Krapkowice district and the seat of the Krapkowice urban-rural municipality. The town lies in the Racibórz Basin, which is part of the Silesian Lowland. The Oder and Osobłoga rivers flow through it. The town has 15.9 thousand residents. The first mentions of the town come from the 13th century, and Krapkowice obtained its town charter in 1284 under Magdeburg law. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Temchin family ruled in Krapkowice, thanks to whom the first hospital and school were established in the town. In the 16th century, the town came under the rule of the Habsburgs, and after three Silesian Wars fought in the period 1740–1763, the town found itself within the borders of the Kingdom of Prussia. At the end of the 19th century – along with the construction of railway connections and industrial plants – a rapid economic development of the town took place. During the Third Silesian Uprising, the Oder near Krapkowice constituted the front line, and the town was the starting point of the German offensive towards Mount St. Anne. In 1945, the town, whose new residents became repatriates from the Eastern Borderlands, found itself within the borders of the Polish state. The monuments of Krapkowice include, among others, the historic old town, the St. Nicholas Church from the end of the 14th century, defensive walls with the Upper Gate tower, as well as the grave of Silesian insurgents.
