Ostroróg (Greater Poland)
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Greater Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Szamotulski | ||
| Gmina : | Ostroróg | ||
| Area : | 1.26 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 38 ′ N , 16 ° 28 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 1908 (June 30, 2019) | ||
| Postal code : | 64-560 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 61 | ||
| License plate : | PSZ | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Poznan - Sieraków | ||
| Next international airport : | Poznan-Ławica | ||
Ostroróg ( German Scharfenort ) is a town with about 1900 inhabitants in the powiat Szamotulski of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with 4942 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019).
history
Ostroróg was first mentioned in documents in 1383 . In 1412 Ostroróg received town charter , in 1546 some of the surrounding farms and hamlets were attached to Ostroróg under Sigismund the Old . Since 1436 Ostroróg was owned by the noble family Ostroróg .
After Jakub Ostroróg was won over to the Reformation, the local church was temporarily Protestant; In November 1553, Georg Israel, a clergyman of the Bohemian Brethren who was important for the spread of the Reformation in Greater Poland, moved into the local rectory.
local community
The town itself and other villages and smaller localities belong to the town-and-country municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Ostroróg. The community has an area of 85 km².
traffic
The city is connected to the Polish rail network and has its own train station . It is a stop on line 184 to Szamotuł, which (except Ostroróg) crosses the cities of Szamotuły (Samter) and Międzychód (Birnbaum) . The rail line is closed.
In addition, the 306 voivodship road from Obrzycko meets the 184, which leads from Poznan as 182 to Sieraków .