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Ostroróg

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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Ostroróg

Area
  
126 ha

Population
  
1,995 (2006)

County
  
Szamotuły

Postal code
  
64-560

Local time
  
Monday 7:20 PM

Ostroróg

Weather
  
14°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 47% Humidity

Voivodeship
  
Greater Poland Voivodeship

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Ostroróg [ɔsˈtrɔruk] (German: Scharfenort) is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,993 inhabitants (2004).

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History

First mentioned in 1383. City's location before 1412, confirmed by the king, Sigismund I the Old (1546). Jan Ostrorog, renaissance political writer and polish statesman, was born there in 1436. Jakub Ostroróg also owned property here in the 16th century. Between the 16th and 17th centuries it was an important centre of polish Protestants, Unity of the Brethren - archive, library, seminary.

References

Ostroróg Wikipedia