Nowy Tomyśl

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Łamana 5A, 64-300 Paproć, Poland

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N52° 19' 0" E16° 8' 60"   (52.316666666667, 16.15) Start navigation »

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Nowy Tomyśl [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtɔmɨɕl] (German: Neutomischel) is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nowy Tomyśl County. The population is 15,627 (2004).

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.
Nowy Tomyśl houses since 2012 the tallest wind turbines in the world.

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