Bierutów
Bierutów is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Bierutów.
As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,728. Its castle is believed to date to the 13th century, and was the headquarters of the local forestry body after World War II.
It was granted town rights in 1266.
Geography
Bierutów is situated on the Widawa river, approximately south-east of Oleśnica.International relations
Twin towns - sister cities
See twin towns of Gmina Bierutów.Notable people
- Andreas Acoluthus, German scholar of orientalism
- Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels
- Wilhelm Sihler, German-American Lutheran minister and educator
- Maximilian von Prittwitz, Prussian general
- Josef Block, German painter
- Horace Kallen, German-American philosopher
- Ludwig Meidner, German expressionist painter