Sieradz

Sieradz

Infobox Settlement
name = Sieradz


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Monastery in Sieradz


image_shield = POL Sieradz COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Łódź
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sieradz County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Sieradz (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Jacek Walczak
established_title = Established
established_date = 11th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1247
area_total_km2 = 51.22
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 44045
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51 | latm = 36 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 45 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 98-200
area_code = +48 043
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = ESI
website = http://www.umsieradz.pl Sieradz Audio-IPA-pl|PL-Sieradz.ogg|'|ś|e1|r|a|c (Latin "Syradia") is a town on the Warta river in central Poland with 44,326 inhabitants (2004).

It is situated in the Łódź Voivodship (since 1999), but was previously the eponymous capital of the Sieradz Voivodship (1975-1998), and historically one of the minor duchies in Lesser Poland.

Politics

Sieradz constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Sieradz constituency
* Anita Błochowiak, SLD-UP
* Waldemar Borczyk, Samoobrona
* Tadeusz Gajda, PSL
* Cezary Grabarczyk, PO
* Krystyna Grabicka, LPR
* Michał Kaczmarek, SLD-UP
* Piotr Krzywicki, PiS
* Irena Nowacka, SLD-UP
* Wojciech Olejniczak, SLD-UP
* Andrzej Pęczak, SLD-UP
* Renata Rochnowska, Samoobrona
* Wojciech Zarzycki, PSL

Historical rulers

Dukes of Sieradz-Łęczyca

* 1228-1232 Henry I the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty)
* 1232-1233 Konrad of Masovia (Konrad Mazowiecki)
* 1234-1247 Konrad of Masovia (Konrad Mazowiecki)
* 1247-1260 Casimir I of Mazovia (Kazimierz I Mazowiecki)
* 1260-1275 Leszek the Black (Leszek Czarny)
* 1275-1294 divided into two duchies of Sieradz and Leczyca (below)
* 1294-1297 Ladislaus III the Short (Władysław Łokietek)
* 1297-1305 Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (Wacław II Czeski)after 1305 parts of the united Kingdom of Poland initially as two vassal duchies, later incorporated as Leczyca Voivodship and Sieradz Voivodship.

Dukes of Sieradz

* 1233-1234 Boluslaus I of Mazovia (Bolesław I Mazowiecki)
* 1275-1288 Leszek the Black (Leszek Czarny)
* 1288-1294 Ladislaus III the Short (Władysław Łokietek )
* 1327-1339 Przemysl of Cuiavia (Przemysł Kujawski)

After 1305 part of the united Kingdom of Poland as a vassal duchy, later after 1339 incorporated by the Polish king Casimir III the Great as the Sieradz Voivodship.

ee also

*Dukes of Sieradz-Leczyca


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