Sieradz
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| Mayor | Jacek Walczak |
| Area | 51,22 km² |
| Population - city - urban - density |
44,326 (2004) 865,4/km² |
| Founded | 11th century |
| City rights | 1247 |
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Sieradz ['ɕɛrats ] (in 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.
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[edit] Education
- Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych in Sieradz Foreign language teacher training college
- Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna in Sieradz
- Wyższa Szkoła Kupiecka in Łódź, branch in Sieradz
[edit] Politics
[edit] 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
[edit] Historical rulers
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
See also: Dukes of Sieradz-Leczyca
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