Żerków
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Greater Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Jarociński | ||
| Gmina : | Żerków | ||
| Area : | 2.03 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 4 ' N , 17 ° 34' E | ||
| Residents : | 2121 (June 30, 2019) | ||
| Postal code : | 63-210 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 62 | ||
| License plate : | PJA | ||
Żerków ( German Zerkow , 1943–1945 Bergstadt (Kr. Jarotschin) , medieval Sirkowe ) is a town in the Powiat Jarociński of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 10,250 inhabitants.
history
The city of Zerkow was founded before 1400. As a result of the second division of Poland , Zerkow fell to Prussia in 1793 and belonged to the province of Posen from 1815 to 1920 . In 1905 Zerkow had 1631 inhabitants.
Through the Treaty of Versailles , Zerkow came to Poland in 1920 .
local community
The town itself and a number of villages with school administration offices belong to the urban and rural community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Żerków.
traffic
Żerków has a train station on the Jarocin – Gniezno railway line, which is only used for freight .
Personalities
- Albert Adamkiewicz (1850–1921), doctor
- Jakob Steinhardt (1887–1968), expressionist painter and graphic artist
Footnotes
- ↑ Order about change of place names in Reichsgau Wartheland in the ordinance sheet of the Reich Governor in Warthegau from May 18, 1943 (PDF, 1.9 MB) - District Jarotschin .
- ↑ Otto Dalchow: The cities of the Wartheland. A contribution to the settlement and regional studies of the province of Poznan . Noske, Borna / Leipzig 1910, p. 98.
- ↑ Otto Dalchow: The cities of the Wartheland. A contribution to the settlement and regional studies of the province of Poznan . Noske, Borna / Leipzig 1910, p. 124.
- ↑ Otto Dalchow: The cities of the Wartheland. A contribution to the settlement and regional studies of the province of Poznan . Noske, Borna / Leipzig 1910, p. 122.