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.
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]