which goes from Łęknica at the west border to Dorohusk at the Ukrainian border. Opatowek is also directly connected to Łódź and Kalisz by railway. Education a kindergarten three primary schools (six classes starting at age of seven) in Cienia Druga, Sierzchow and the Janusz Kusociński School in Opatowek three school groups (primary and grammar school bundled) in Chelmce, Rajsko, and Tlokinia Wielka a grammar school with just new school buildings in Opatowek called Gimnazjum which has received the title of "A classy school" and won The 21st century League interdisciplinary contest. At Gimnazjum you will meet qualified, creative and helpful teachers and a lot of excellent students. More information about our school you can find here: http://gimnazjum.opatowek.pl/ Stanislaw Mikolajczyk school, a secondary school preparing for university and technical school for gardeners and farmers Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki - a branch of the private college of Computer Science in Łódź Notable people Eugeniusz Dejter (1905–1934), doctor Adolf Gottlieb Fiedler (1771–1850), Saxon entrepreneur in Saxony and Poland Agaton Giller (1831–1887), Polish patriotic activist Stefan Giller (1833–1918), poet, an epigone of Polish Romanticism Władysław Pilars de Pilar (1874–1952), a literature professor at Warsaw University, poet and entrepreneur References External links Opatówek history - on The Giller Brothers' Communal Public Library in Opatówek page Official information page of Kalisz County Official site of the commune of Opatowek Kalisz County Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship Kalisz Governorate