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Sign in to saveDrzewica is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship. Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica), in the northwestern corner of the historic province of Lesser Poland, Drzewica is home to Gerlach, a renowned cutlery manufacturer, founded in 1760 in Warsaw (since 1886 in Drzewica). In the first half of the 16th century, the Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland Maciej Drzewicki built here a rectangular-shaped castle, surrounded by a moat. The castle burned in
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Drzewica
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Drzewica COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kosciol sw Lukasza w Drzewicy.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Lucas Church
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- Poland
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- bottom
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Łódź
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Opoczno
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- Gmina
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Drzewica
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Drzewica
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +3616
- Area
- +5
- Capital of
- Gmina Drzewica
- Official website
- www.drzewica.pl
- Image
- Drzewica, kościół par. p.w. św. Łukasza Ewangelisty 04.JPG
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Drzewica is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship. Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica), in the northwestern corner of the historic province of Lesser Poland, Drzewica is home to Gerlach, a renowned cutlery manufacturer, founded in 1760 in Warsaw (since 1886 in Drzewica). In the first half of the 16th century, the Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland Maciej Drzewicki built here a rectangular-shaped castle, surrounded by a moat. The castle burned in 1814 and now is a well-preserved ruin.
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