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29-398: Its traditional capital is Sieradz , while other bigger cities are Piotrków Trybunalski (another historically important locality), Radomsko , Tomaszów Mazowiecki (partly in Łęczyca Land ), Bełchatów , Zduńska Wola , and Pabianice (a suburb of Łódź ). Sieradz Land is bordered by Greater Poland in the west, Łęczyca Land in the north-east, Lesser Poland in the south-east and in

58-457: A boy scout . 522 Poles, families of teachers, officials, policemen, merchants, craftsmen and shop owners, were expelled in late 1939. The town was subjected to severe Germanisation , and the Nazis destroyed traces of Polish culture , destroying historical records, monuments, and buildings. Street names were changed in an effort to wipe out any connection with a Polish identity. The local prison

87-512: A massacre of Polish prisoners of war , including 19 officers, at Moryca and Longinówka (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation ). Eventually, these lands were partly in the General Government and partly directly annexed to Third German Reich, and administered as part of the province of Reichsgau Wartheland . The local Polish and Jewish populations were subjected to persecution. Sieradz

116-574: A prime shopping destination. The Sieradz City administration successfully holds Open Hair Festival every year and the town is very much well known for this event. Longin%C3%B3wka Longinówka [lɔŋɡiˈnufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozprza , within Piotrków County , Łódź Voivodeship , in central Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Rozprza , 4 km (2 mi) south of Piotrków Trybunalski , and 49 km (30 mi) south of

145-732: A residence of the Primate of Poland , with the residence castle preserved as a heritage monument. In 1793 the region was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland . In 1807 it became part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw , and in 1815 it passed to the Russian Partition of Poland. Polish resistance was active in the region, and multiple battles of the November Uprising and January Uprising were fought in

174-742: Is Warta Sieradz  [ pl ] . It competes in the lower leagues. The natural forests on the banks of river Warta makes an ideal place for mushroom pickers. The Rynek (town square) filled with historic architecture also makes a perfect tourism place with local shops selling various products of good quality and brands. The churches in Sieradz carry historical significance and are well restored. Sieradz dramatically developed since 2007 with new residential projects & townships. Sieradz has some attractive shopping malls, such as Galeria sieradzka, Dekada, Rondo and several open markets. Its attracts residents from nearby villages and towns as well and makes Sieradz

203-642: Is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021). It is the seat of the Sieradz County , situated in the Łódź Voivodeship . Sieradz is a capital of the historical Sieradz Land . Sieradz is one of the oldest cities in Poland. It was an important city of medieval Poland, thrice being a location for the election of the Polish monarchs . Polish Kings chaired six assemblies from here. Historically, it

232-781: The Fall of Communism in the 1980s. In 1947, local Polish youth established a secret anti-communist resistance organization, initially called the Union of Patriotic Youth ( Związek Młodzieży Patriotycznej ), and in 1949 renamed to Katyń to commemorate the Katyn massacre in which the Soviets murdered nearly 22,000 Poles in 1940. Its activity extended to the nearby cities of Zduńska Wola , Warta , Łódź and even Włocławek , and included collecting weapons, secret training, intelligence, and publishing and distribution of independent Polish press and leaflets. Its leader

261-811: The Greater Poland Province , which included furthermore smaller Wieluń Land ); the sejmik used to be held in Szadek . The major city of Sieradz Land was Piotrków , which hosted several sessions of the Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland , and the Crown Tribunal for the Greater Poland Province. In term of ecclesiastical administration, Sieradz Land has been a part of the Archdiocese of Gniezno , and Uniejów used to be

290-859: The Netherlands after the 13th century. During the fragmentation of Poland , Sieradz was initially part of the Seniorate Province , and then from 1263 it was the capital of the Duchy of Sieradz , which in 1339 was transformed into the Sieradz Voivodeship of Poland. Polish king Casimir III the Great erected a castle in Sieradz. In the Middle Ages the town was attacked by the Mongols during all three Mongol invasions of Poland, Bohemians and Teutonic Knights . Sieradz

319-597: The Russian Partition of Poland. It was the capital of a district within the Kalisz Governorate of the Russian Empire . During the January Uprising , on 18 September 1863, Polish insurgents attacked Russian troops stationed in the town. Further clashes between Polish insurgents and Russian troops took place on 24 January and 18 June 1864. After World War I , in 1918, Poland regained independence and control of

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348-497: The 18th century the reconstruction of town commenced. The residents during that time were only approximately 1,500. Sieradz was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. On 13 November 1806 a Polish uprising against the Prussians took place in Sieradz, and in 1807 it was included in the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw . After the duchy's dissolution, in 1815, it became part of so-called Congress Poland within

377-617: The Germans carried out the first public execution of seven Poles in Sieradz. In early November 1939, the Germans arrested 62 members of the local elite in order to terrorize the population before the Polish Independence Day (11 November), and then on 14 November they forced local Jews to dig pits for the victims, and afterwards murdered 20 hostages. Among the victims were activists, teachers, school principals, craftsmen, policemen, pre-war mayor Ignacy Mąkowski, local officials, judges, and

406-476: The High Middle Ages, the main center of the area was Sieradz, and among other oldest medieval towns were Lutomiersk , Piotrków , Przedbórz , Radomsko , Rozprza , Spycimierz , Sulejów , Szadek , Uniejów , Wolbórz . Sieradz Land has been the name of the administrative unit from 14th-18th centuries (former Duchy of Sieradz ) of the same borders (and a little different from the Sieradz Voivodeship within

435-527: The courthouse and demonstrated their sympathy and support for the arrested youth. Post-war economic activities included clothing manufacture, cereal-milling, spirit distillery, potato-farming and other agricultural activities. In 1957 the knitting plant "Sira" was founded. From 1975 to 1998 Sieradz was the capital of the Sieradz Voivodeship . after 1305 parts of the united Kingdom of Poland initially as two vassal duchies, later incorporated as Łęczyca Voivodeship and Sieradz Voivodeship . After 1305 part of

464-607: The region. After Poland regained its independence, these lands were included in the Łódź and Kielce voivodeships. On September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany launched its invasion of Poland , nearby Wieluń was bombed and the area between the German border and the Warta River was occupied. During the invasion, German troops committed numerous massacres of Polish civilians in the region, including at Pławno , Kajetanowice , Uniejów , Wylazłów , Balin , Chechło, Dominikowice , Czekaj , and

493-414: The south, and Wieluń Land in the south-west. It lies at the Warta , on the left bank of Pilica and on the south-west bank of Ner rivers. It spans an area of 9,700 km and has about 950,000 inhabitants. The Łęczyca Land and Sieradz Land combined roughly correspond with present-day Łódź Voivodeship . The territory formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. In

522-577: The town. With the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Sieradz was attacked on September 9 and occupied by the Wehrmacht . Annexed by Nazi Germany , it was renamed Schieratz and administered as part of the county or district ( kreis ) of the same name within Reichsgau Wartheland . Estimates are that at least 40% of the population of Sieradz

551-485: The united Kingdom of Poland as a vassal duchy, later after 1339 incorporated by the Polish king Casimir III the Great as the Sieradz Voivodeship . Members of Parliament ( Sejm ) elected from Sieradz constituency Sieradz has a fully equipped Sports town centre, with three proper football pitches , running track, two sports grounds, hotel, restaurant, tennis courts , sauna, health club, games, swimming pool and well guarded river side swim area. The local football club

580-464: The war, Polish historian Antoni Galiński was able to identify 968 people who died or were shot in the prison and its subcamps in 1940–1945, however the overall number of deaths is certainly higher. In April 1940 and June 1941, the Germans murdered 581 patients of the psychiatric hospital in Warta as part of Aktion T4 . The Polish language of the inhabitants of the Sieradz Land (along with that of

609-499: The Łęczyca Land) is considered the closest to the Polish literary language, as the region did not develop its own dialect, but was a place of blending of dialects from the neighboring larger regions of Greater Poland , Lesser Poland and Silesia . This article about ethnology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sieradz Sieradz [ˈɕɛrat͡s] ( Latin : Siradia , Yiddish : שעראַדז, שערעדז, שעריץ , German : 1941-45 Schieratz )

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638-520: Was Jewish prior to the German occupation. Today, Sieradz commemorates a Day of Judaism each year in January. In mid-September 1939, the Germans organized a temporary prisoner-of-war camp in the local prison, in which they held nearly 3,000 Polish soldiers, despite the prison capacity being 1,100. During the German occupation , the population was subjected to various atrocities . Already on 15 September 1939,

667-462: Was Zbigniew Tur, a native of pre-war eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union , who as a teenager was arrested and deported to forced labour by both the Germans (twice) and the Soviets, before returning to Poland in 1946. The organization was eventually crushed by the communists, who sentenced its members to 1.5 to 10 years in prison in 1951. During the court hearings, the townspeople gathered near

696-474: Was a significant royal town of Poland. In 1445 the election of King Casimir IV Jagiellon took place in Sieradz. Until the 16th century the town used to be an important trade centre. Merchants from Spain and Portugal were frequently visiting the town for trade and commerce. In the 17th century due to the Swedish invasions, plagues, fires and floods the town lost its trading importance and fell from its prime. In

725-485: Was able to identify 968 people who died or were shot in the prison and its subcamps in 1940–1945, however the overall number of deaths is certainly higher. Despite such circumstances, the Polish resistance movement still operated in the area. The last executed prisoner was Antonina Chrystkowa, a female member of the Home Army resistance organization, who was beheaded with an axe on 18 January 1945. Another German prison

754-436: Was one of the most important German prisons in the Reichsgau Wartheland . Its prisoners, predominantly Poles and Jews, were subjected to insults, beatings, forced labour , tortures and executions. Prisoners were given very low food rations, and meals were even prepared from rotten vegetables, spoiled fish and dead dogs. Many prisoners died of exhaustion, starvation or torture. After the war, Polish historian Antoni Galiński

783-504: Was operated in the present-day district of Chabie; it was subordinate to the main prison in Sieradz. Bombed by the Soviets, more than 100 residents were killed. After an assault lasting three days, the Red Army arrived on 23 January 1945. The day before the retreat of the Germans, the historic Danielewicz Palace was burned down. The town was restored to Poland, although with a Soviet -installed communist regime , which remained in power until

812-477: Was the capital of the Duchy of Sieradz (1263-1339) , Sieradz Voivodeship (1339–1793) , and Sieradz Voivodeship (1975–1998) . The oldest settlements can be roughly traced back to the 6th century. The oldest known mention of Sieradz comes from the Bull of Gniezno from 1136. In the mid-13th century it was conferred with municipal rights by Duke Casimir I of Kuyavia . It had also welcomed many settlers from Scotland and

841-737: Was the location of one of the most important German prisons in Reichsgau Wartheland, with several more prisons subordinate to the main prison in Sieradz, located in Burzenin , Janiszewice , Niechmirów , Złoczew , and subcamps in Herbertów and Zelów . Its prisoners, predominantly Poles and Jews, were subjected to insults, beatings, forced labour , tortures and executions. Prisoners were given very low food rations, and meals were even prepared from rotten vegetables, spoiled fish and dead dogs. Many prisoners died of exhaustion, starvation or torture. After

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