Siewierz
Sign in to saveSiewierz is a town in southern Poland, in the Będzin County in the Silesian Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Siewierz. Siewierz is located in Dąbrowa Basin (Zagłębie Dąbrowskie), which is part of the historical and geographical region of Lesser Poland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Siewierz
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- Nr 638541 Siewierz ruiny zamku 1.JPG
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- Castle of Kraków bishops
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Siewierz COA.svg
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- Poland
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- Silesian
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- County
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- Będzin
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- Gmina
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- Siewierz
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Dariusz Waluszczyk
- Settlement.established_title2
- City rights
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1276
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 38.22
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Siewierz is a town in southern Poland, in the Będzin County in the Silesian Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Siewierz. Siewierz is located in Dąbrowa Basin (Zagłębie Dąbrowskie), which is part of the historical and geographical region of Lesser Poland.
==History== thumb|left|Baroque in Poland|Baroque Church of Saint Matthias thumb|left|Church of St. John the Baptist circa 1916 Siewierz was first mentioned in 1125, and was administered by the Castellan of Bytom. In 1177, Casimir II of Poland granted Siewierz to Mieszko IV Tanglefoot, duke of Silesia and Racibórz, together with whole Duchy of Bytom. The town became a seat of a separate castellan by the beginning of the 13th century. During the first Mongol invasion of Poland, in 1241, the Mongols burned the town, and razed the fort to ground.