Sieraków

For other places with the same name, see Sieraków (disambiguation).

Sieraków
Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and the Bernardine monastery
Flag Coat of arms
Sieraków Sieraków
Coordinates: 52°39′0″N 16°6′0″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Międzychód
Gmina	Sieraków
Established	13th century
Town rights	before 1388
Government
• Mayor	Witold Bruno Maciołek
Area
• Total	14.1 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	8,768
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	64-410
Area code	+48 61
Car plates	PMI
Website	http://www.sierakow.pl

Sieraków (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛˈrakuf]; German: Zirke) is a town in western Poland with 8,768 inhabitants (2012). Located by the Warta River, it has been situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Poznań Voivodeship (1975–1998). Sieraków is known as a holiday destination with well-developed tourism and sport infrastructure. It is surrounded by extensive areas of forest and lakes, including the protected area called Sieraków Landscape Park.

Notable residents

• Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (1833–1907), German American legal scholar
• Hartmut Neugebauer (1942-2017) German actor and voice actor
• Krzysztof Opaliński (1611-1655), Polish nobleman and political satirist

Gallery

• 
  Sieraków castle
• 
  The Opaliński family sarcophagus in castle's basement
• 
  Zamkowa "Castle" street

See also

• Piotr Opaliński, Krzysztof Opaliński, Łukasz Opaliński

External links

• Sierakow official web page (in Polish)
• Parish of Sierakow official web page (in Polish)
• TKKF
• Discussion forum

Major corporations

• WartaGlass
• Glass Work Majchrzak