Bierutów

Bierutów
Coat of arms
Bierutów
Coordinates: 51°8′N 17°32′E / 51.133°N 17.533°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Oleśnica
Gmina	Bierutów
Area
• Total	8.36 km^2 (3.23 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	5,066
• Density	610/km^2 (1,600/sq mi)
Postal code	56-420
Website	http://www.bierutow.pl

Bierutów [bʲɛˈrutuf] (German: Bernstadt an der Weide) 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.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles. (For more information on the history of the region, see Silesia.)

As at 2006, the town has a population of 5,066. Its castle is believed to date to the 13th century, and was the headquarters of the local forestry body after World War II.^[1]

Notable residents

• Andreas Acoluthus (1654–1704), German scholar of orientalism
• Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels (1673-1736)
• 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

1. "Bierutów – a castle and a castle tower, 3b Zamkowa street". Szlakikulturowe.dolnyslask.pl. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

External links

• Jewish Community in Bierutów on Virtual Shtetl

Coordinates: 51°07′40″N 17°32′20″E / 51.12778°N 17.53889°E