Sulmierzyce Explained

Sulmierzyce
Pushpin Map:Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Krotoszyn
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sulmierzyce (urban gmina)
Established Title:Town rights
Established Date:1457
Area Total Km2:28.98
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:2859
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:51.6°N 49°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:63-750
Registration Plate:PKR
Website:http://www.sulmierzyce.pl
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfb
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship road

Sulmierzyce is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

It is the birthplace of famous Polish poet Sebastian Klonowic.

History

Sulmierzyce was granted town rights in 1457 by King Casimir IV Jagiellon thanks to efforts of starost of Odolanów Mikołaj Gruszczyński. It was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[1] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.[2]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Book: . Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany. 2017. pl. Warszawa. Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1b.
  2. Book: Gembarzewski, Bronisław. Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831. 1925. pl. Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. Warszawa. 7.