Bierutów

Place in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

51°7′30″N 17°32′30″E / 51.12500°N 17.54167°E / 51.12500; 17.54167Country

PolandVoivodeship

Lower SilesianCountyOleśnicaGminaBierutówGovernment

^[1]

• MayorPiotr SawickiArea

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• Total8.36 km² (3.23 sq mi)Highest elevation

167 m (548 ft)Lowest elevation

137 m (449 ft)Population

(31 December 2021)^[3]^[4]

• Total4,728 • Density566/km² (1,470/sq mi)Postal code

56-420

Area code+48 71Car platesDOLVoivodeship roads

Websitehttp://www.bierutow.pl

Bierutów [bʲɛˈrutuf] (German: Bernstadt in Schlesien) is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bierutów. The town lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Oleśnica, and 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the regional capital Wrocław, within its metropolitan area.

As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,728.^[3] Its castle is believed to date to the 13th century, and was the headquarters of the local forestry body after World War II.^[5]

Government

List of mayors since 1990

Name	Years in office
Bogdan Smolarczyk	1990–1992
Andrzej Wojtkowiak	1992–1997
Edward Puk	1997–1998
Włodzimierz Kubiak	1998–2002
Roman Kazimierski	2002–2004
Grzegorz Michalak	2004–2006
Władysław Bogusław Kobiałka	2006–2018
Piotr Sawicki	since 2018

International relations

Twin towns - sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Bierutów.

Notable people

Andreas Acoluthus (1654–1704), German scholar of orientalism
Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels (1673–1736)
Wilhelm Sihler (1801–1885), German-American Lutheran minister and educator
Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848–1917), Prussian general
Josef Block (1863–1943), German painter
Horace Kallen (1882–1974), German-American philosopher
Ludwig Meidner (1884–1966), German expressionist painter

References

^ "Burmistrz". bierutow.biuletyn.net (in Polish). Bierutów City Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 11 September 2022. Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 0214024.
^ ^a ^b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 11 September 2022. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 0214024.
^ "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 11 September 2022. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 0214024.
^ "Bierutów – a castle and a castle tower, 3b Zamkowa street". Szlakikulturowe.dolnyslask.pl. Retrieved 3 May 2015.