Wieruszów
Wieruszów ( German Weruschau, older even Werstadt ) is a town in Poland, in the region of Łódź.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Structures
- 5.1 External links
- 5.2 footnotes
Geography
Geographical Location
Wieruszów located in the southeast region of Łódź at the Prosna. The village lies on the country's roads 8 ( droga Krajowa 8) from Wroclaw to Warsaw and the Province Road 450 ( droga wojewódzka 450), which begins in the village Opatów and leads to Kalisz.
History
The first mention of a settlement dates from the year 1368. 1401 the Pauline monastery and the church were built to the Holy Spirit. The city was chartered the place 1497/1498. By 1500 the first Jews settled in the city. As a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland, the place came under Prussian rule. With the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw, the town was part of the same in 1807. With the formation of Congress Poland, the town was divided. The west of the Prosna lying part of the town was as Podzamcze part of Prussia, the rest fell to the Kingdom of Poland. 1870, the city lost its city charter. 1919 was the place it back in 1920 and part of the newly established Republic of Poland. 1939 the Wehrmacht marched into the village. In September 1941, a ghetto was established, which was dissolved in August 1942 and its inhabitants were deported to the Chelmno extermination camp. In 1954 it was seat of a Powiats, but lost this right before an administrative reform in 1975 again and was part of Kalisz Voivodeship. With a further reform of the town was the seat of the powiat Wieruszowski 1999 and now part of the enlarged region of Łódź.
Population Development
In 1900 there were 1600 Jews in the city, which thus represented 36 % of the population.
Culture and sights
Structures
- The Pauline monastery of 1673
- A wooden church from 1746
- The parish church of Adalbert of Prague 1789
- The Church of the Holy Spirit in 1676
Community
The urban and rural community Wieruszów divided adjacent to the main town Wieruszów in the following 13 districts:
- Chobanin
- Cieszęcin
- Jutrków
- Klatka
- Kowalówka
- Kuźnica Skakawska
- Lubczyna
- Mieleszynek
- Mirków
- Pieczyska
- Polesie
- Teklinów
- Wyszanów