Ostroróg
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | ||
| County | Szamotuły | ||
| Gmina | Ostroróg | ||
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| - Total | 1.26 km² (0.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 1,995 | ||
| - Density | 1,583.3/km² (4,100.8/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 64-560 | ||
| Website: http://www.ostrorog.pl/ | |||
For other uses, see Ostroróg (disambiguation).
Ostroróg [ɔsˈtrɔruk] (German: Scharfenort) is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,993 inhabitants (2004).
[edit] History:
First mentioned in 1383. City's location before 1412, confirmed by the king , Sigismund I the Old (1546). Jan Ostrorog, renaissance political writer and polish statesman, was born there in 1436. Between XVI and XVII centuries it was an important centre of polish protestants, Unity of the Brethren - archive, library , seminary.
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