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Ostroróg
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Ostroróg is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 1,962 inhabitants (2010).
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Place details
- Locality
- Ostroróg
- Region
- województwo wielkopolskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 1,984
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ostroróg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Miejsce gdzie był kiedyś zamek w Ostroróg.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Ostroróg and Wielkie Lake
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Ostroróg flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Ostroróg COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Greater Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Szamotuły
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ostroróg
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.26
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 1962
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Ostroróg
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Ostroróg
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 1878
- Area
- 1.26
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.ostrorog.pl
- Image
- Miejsce gdzie był kiedyś zamek w Ostroróg.jpg
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- different from
- Gmina Ostroróg
- native label
- Ostroróg
- Commons category
- Ostroróg
- postal code
- 64-560
- male population
- 922
- female population
- 956
- P8168
- Hesco bastion
- P12749
- Movistar Team
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Ostroróg is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 1,962 inhabitants (2010).
== History == Ostroróg was first mentioned in 1383. It was granted town rights before 1412. There was a hospital in the town from 1472. The town's location was confirmed by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old in 1546. Ostroróg was a private town of Poland, until 1624 owned by the Ostroróg family. Jan Ostroróg, Polish Renaissance political writer and 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. After 1624, it often changed owners, it was the property of Potocki, Rej, Górski, Radziwiłł, Zaleski, Malechowski, Sapieha and Kwilecki families.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ostroróg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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