Stryków
Sign in to saveStryków is a town in central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, in Zgierz County. It has 3,428 inhabitants (2020). It is located within the historic Łęczyca Land.
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Place details
- Locality
- Stryków
- Region
- województwo łódzkie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 3,297
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
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- +2
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- CET
- Settlement.name
- Stryków
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Stryków park.jpg
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- Aerial view of Stryków
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Stryków flag.svg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Stryków
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +3337
- Area
- +8.15
- Capital of
- Gmina Stryków
- Official website
- www.strykow.pl
- Image
- Stryków park.jpg
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Stryków is a town in central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, in Zgierz County. It has 3,428 inhabitants (2020). It is located within the historic Łęczyca Land.
==History== ===Early history=== thumb|left|upright|Plaque commemorating the granting of town rights by King Władysław II Jagiełło in 1394 The first mention of Stryków was in 1387. Stryków was a village situated on the route from Zgierz to Łowicz. Stryków received town rights in 1394 from King Władysław II Jagiełło, at the request of the heir of the town founder, Deresław Strykowski. It was a private town, administratively located in the Brzeziny County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the town had 45 artisans (13 clothiers, 5 merchants and shopkeepers, and 5 others) and was a local center of commerce and crafts. It was also a center of aristocratic wealth.