| Przemków | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Polkowice |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Przemków |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1280 |
| Founder: | Przemko of Ścinawa |
| Named For: | Przemko of Ścinawa |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jerzy Szczupak |
| Elevation Min M: | 113 |
| Elevation Max M: | 132 |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.64 |
| Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
| Population Total: | 6107 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 51.5167°N 63°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 59 - 170 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | DPL |
| Blank1 Name: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info: | Dfb |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Voivodeship road |
| Website: | http://www.przemkow.pl/ |
Przemków (German: Primkenau) is a town in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Przemków. The town lies approximately 19km (12miles) west of Polkowice, and 97km (60miles) northwest of regional capital Wrocław.
As of 2019, the town has a population of 6,107.
Przemków gives its name to the nearby protected area called Przemków Landscape Park.
The town was founded in 1280 by Duke Przemko of Ścinawa from the Piast dynasty and named after him. In the past, it was also known in Polish as Przemkowo or Przymkowo.[2] [3]
Two labour camps of the Reich Labour Service were operated in the town under Nazi Germany.[4]
The officially protected traditional food of Przemków, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland, is the Przemków honey gingerbread.[5]