Ostroróg

Ostroróg
Flag Coat of arms
Ostroróg
Coordinates: 52°38′N 16°28′E / 52.633°N 16.467°E / 52.633; 16.467
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Szamotuły
Gmina	Ostroróg
Area
– Total	1.26 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
– Total	1,995
– Density	1,583.3/km2 (4,100.8/sq mi)
Postal code	64-560
Website	http://www.ostrorog.pl/

For other uses, see Ostroróg (disambiguation).

Ostroróg [ɔsˈtrɔruk] (German: Scharfenort) is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,993 inhabitants (2004).

History

First mentioned in 1383. City's location before 1412, confirmed by the king , Sigismund I the Old (1546). Jan Ostrorog, renaissance political writer and polish statesman, was born there in 1436. Jakub Ostroróg also owned property here in the 16th century. Between the 16th and 17th centuries it was an important centre of polish Protestants, Unity of the Brethren - archive, library , seminary.

Coordinates: 52°38′N 16°28′E / 52.633°N 16.467°E / 52.633; 16.467