Bierutów
Bierutów (Bernstadt in Schlesien) is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bierutów. Its castle is believed to date to the 13th century, and was the headquarters of the local forestry body after World War II. It was granted town rights in 1266.
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Bierutów (Bernstadt in Schlesien) is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bierutów. Its castle is believed to date to the 13th century, and was the headquarters of the local forestry body after World War II. It was granted town rights in 1266.
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• Name — Bierutów • Image Shield — POL Bierutów COA.svg • Pushpin Map — Poland • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Voivodeship • Subdivision Name1 — Lower Silesian Voivodeship • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Oleśnica • Subdivision Type3 — Gmina • Subdivision Name3 — Bierutów • Established Title — Town rights • Established Date — 1266 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Piotr Sawicki • Area Total Km2 — 8.36 • Elevation Max M — 167 • Elevation Min M — 137 • Population As Of — 31 December 2021 • Population Total — 4728 • Population Density Km2 — 566 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 56-420 • Area Code — +48 71 • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Registration Plate — DOL • Custom Label Sec2 — Voivodeship roads • Website — http: www.bierutow.pl Bierutów (Bernstadt in Schlesien) is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bierutów. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,728. Its castle is believed to date to the 13th century, and was the headquarters of the local forestry body after World War II. It was granted town rights in 1266.
Geography
Geography
Bierutów is situated on the Widawa river, approximately 2 mi south-east of Oleśnica.
List of mayors since 1990
List of mayors since 1990
• Name — Years in office • Bogdan Smolarczyk — 1990–1992 • Andrzej Wojtkowiak — 1992–1997 • Edward Puk — 1997–1998 • Włodzimierz Kubiak — 1998–2002 • Roman Kazimierski — 2002–2004 • Grzegorz Michalak — 2004–2006 • Władysław Bogusław Kobiałka — 2006–2018 • Piotr Sawicki — since 2018
Twin towns and sister cities
Twin towns and sister cities
See twin towns of Gmina Bierutów.
Notable people
Notable people
• Andreas Acoluthus (1654–1704), German scholar of orientalism • Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels (1673–1736) • Wilhelm Sihler (1801–1885), German-American Lutheran minister and educator • Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848–1917), Prussian general • Josef Block (1863–1943), German painter • Horace Kallen (1882–1974), German-American philosopher • Ludwig Meidner (1884–1966), German expressionist painter
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