Sieraków (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛˈrakuf]; German: Zirke) is a town in western Poland with 8,768 inhabitants (2012). Located by the Warta River, it has been situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Poznań Voivodeship (1975–1998). Sieraków is known as a holiday destination with well-developed tourism and sport infrastructure. It is surrounded by extensive areas of forest and lakes, including the protected area called Sieraków Landscape Park.

Sieraków
Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and the Bernardine monastery
Flag Coat of arms Wordmark
Sieraków Show map of Greater Poland Voivodeship Sieraków Show map of Poland
Coordinates: 52°39′0″N 16°6′0″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Międzychód
Gmina	Sieraków
Established	13th century
Town rights	before 1388
Government
• Mayor	Witold Bruno Maciołek
Area
• Total	14.1 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	8,768
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	64-410
Area code	+48 61
Car plates	PMI
Website	http://www.sierakow.pl

History

During the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, Sieraków, under its Germanized name Zirke was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1871, it also became part of Germany and was located in the Birnbaum district in the Prussian Province of Posen. According to the census of 1871, the town had a population of 2,527, of which 1,130 (44.7%) were Poles.[1]

The town was captured by Polish insurgents in the Greater Poland uprising in 1919 and was subsequently assigned to the Second Polish Republic through the Treaty of Versailles. During World War II in 1939, the town was occupied by Nazi Germany and was annexed as part of the Birnbaum district in Reichsgau Wartheland. Towards the end of the war in 1945, it was captured by the Red Army and was restored to Poland.

Notable residents

• Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (1833–1907), German American legal scholar
• Hartmut Neugebauer (1942-2017) German actor and voice actor
• Krzysztof Opaliński (1611-1655), Polish nobleman and political satirist

Gallery

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  Sieraków castle
• 
  The Opaliński family sarcophagus in castle's basement
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  Zamkowa "Castle" street

See also

• Piotr Opaliński, Krzysztof Opaliński, Łukasz Opaliński

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sieraków.

• Sierakow official web page (in Polish)
• Parish of Sierakow official web page (in Polish)
• TKKF
• Discussion forum

Major corporations

• WartaGlass
• Glass Work Majchrzak

References

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