Zelów

Zelów [ zɛluf ] ( German Zelow, 1943-1945 Sellau ) is a city in the province Łódź, Poland.

• 2.1 religions

• 4.1 Coat of Arms
• 4.2 Town twinning

• 5.1 Museums
• 5.2 Structures

• 6.1 footnotes

Geography

Geographical Location

The town lies about 50 kilometers south of the capital Łódź voivodship.

History

The first permanent settlement on the site of the present Zelów dates from the 13th century, at that time under the name Szelyów, later Zeliów. The first written mention of the village dates from the year 1402. 1412 the village with the name Szelena was mentioned. During the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, the city was part of Prussia. 1802 Czech settlers acquired the estate. With the emergence of the Duchy of Warsaw, the city was the same part and 1815 part of Congress Poland. With the end of World War II, the city became part of Poland. At the same time attracted the Czechs, who had previously constituted the largest part of the population in Czechoslovakia and German, Poles and Jews moved into the village. The city was chartered the Zelów 1957, three years after it was recognized as an independent settlement. 1970 established the Public Enterprise Farna farms for cotton processing in place, which were the largest in Europe. In 1976, the city and the municipality were merged into one administrative unit.

Religions

In Zelów is now home to the largest Evangelical- Reformed congregation of Poland with 500 members.

In the village there is the single handbell choir in Poland.

Community

For urban and rural community near the town Zelów includes the following 35 districts with a mayor's office:

Other villages in the municipality are:

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was Zelów on July 21, 1973.

Twinning

Since 1993, there has been twinned to the city 's New House.

Culture and sights

Museums

There is a small history museum in the Protestant Church, on the Václav Havel became the patron.

Structures

• The Catholic Church
• The Baptist Church
• The classical church of 1828, which was restored in 1971
• The wooden weaver house from the 19th century