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Sieraków

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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Sieraków

Town rights
  
before 1388

Area
  
14.1 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:24 AM

County
  
Międzychód

Established
  
13th century

Elevation
  
31 m (102 ft)

Population
  
8,768 (2012)

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 69% Humidity

Voivodeship
  
Greater Poland Voivodeship

Sieraków [ɕeˈrakuf] (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).

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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.

Notable residents

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

    Sieraków Wikipedia