Sieradz 386690 196993780 2008-03-09T13:12:53Z Kotbot 5277842 bot: standardizing {{Infobox Settlement | name = Sieradz | image_skyline = Klasztor w Sieradzu.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Monastery in Sieradz | image_flag = POL Sieradz flag.svg | image_shield = POL Sieradz COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Łódź Voivodeship|Łódź]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Sieradz County]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]] | subdivision_name3 = Sieradz <small>(urban gmina)</small> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jacek Walczak | established_title = Established | established_date = [[11th century]] | established_title3 = Town rights | established_date3 = 1247 | area_total_km2 = 51.22 | population_as_of = 2006 | population_total = 44045 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | latd = 51 | latm = 36 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 45 | longs = | longEW = E | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 98-200 | area_code = +48 043 | blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]] | blank_info = ESI | website = http://www.umsieradz.pl }} '''Sieradz''' {{Audio-IPA-pl|PL-Sieradz.ogg|'|ś|e1|r|a|c}} (Latin ''Syradia'') is a town on the [[Warta]] river in central [[Poland]] with 44,326 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the [[Łódź Voivodship]] (since 1999), but was previously the eponymous capital of the [[Sieradz Voivodship]] (1975-1998), and historically one of the minor duchies in [[Lesser Poland]]. == Politics == === Sieradz constituency === Members of Parliament ([[Sejm]]) elected from Sieradz constituency * [[Anita Błochowiak]], [[Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej|SLD-UP]] * Waldemar Borczyk, Samoobrona * Tadeusz Gajda, PSL * Cezary Grabarczyk, PO * Krystyna Grabicka, LPR * Michał Kaczmarek, SLD-UP * Piotr Krzywicki, PiS * Irena Nowacka, SLD-UP * [[Wojciech Olejniczak]], SLD-UP * Andrzej Pęczak, SLD-UP * Renata Rochnowska, Samoobrona * Wojciech Zarzycki, PSL == Historical rulers == ===Dukes of Sieradz-[[Łęczyca]] === * [[1228]]-[[1232]] [[Henry I the Bearded]] (Henryk I Brodaty) * [[1232]]-[[1233]] [[Konrad of Masovia]] (Konrad Mazowiecki) * [[1234]]-[[1247]] [[Konrad of Masovia]] (Konrad Mazowiecki) * [[1247]]-[[1260]] [[Casimir I of Mazovia]] (Kazimierz I Mazowiecki) * [[1260]]-[[1275]] [[Leszek the Black]] (Leszek Czarny) * [[1275]]-[[1294]] divided into two duchies of Sieradz and Leczyca (below) * [[1294]]-[[1297]] [[Ladislaus III of Poland|Ladislaus III the Short]] (Władysław Łokietek) * [[1297]]-[[1305]] [[Wenceslaus II of Bohemia]] (Wacław II Czeski) after 1305 parts of the united [[Kingdom of Poland (1138–1320)|Kingdom of Poland]] initially as two vassal duchies, later incorporated as [[Leczyca Voivodship]] and [[Sieradz Voivodship]]. === Dukes of Sieradz === * [[1233]]-[[1234]] [[Boluslaus I of Mazovia]] (Bolesław I Mazowiecki) * [[1275]]-[[1288]] [[Leszek the Black]] (Leszek Czarny) * [[1288]]-[[1294]] [[Ladislaus III of Poland|Ladislaus III the Short]] (Władysław Łokietek ) * [[1327]]-[[1339]] [[Przemysl of Cuiavia]] (Przemysł Kujawski) After [[1305]] part of the united [[Kingdom of Poland (1138–1320)|Kingdom of Poland]] as a vassal duchy, later after [[1339]] incorporated by the Polish king [[Casimir III of Poland|Casimir III the Great]] as the [[Sieradz Voivodship]]. ==See also== *[[Dukes of Sieradz-Leczyca]] {{Commons|Sieradz}} {{coor title dm|51|36|N|18|45|E|region:PL_type:city}} <br> {{Sieradz County}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship]] [[de:Sieradz]] [[eo:Sieradz]] [[fr:Sieradz]] [[id:Sieradz]] [[it:Sieradz]] [[jv:Sieradz]] [[lv:Seradza]] [[nl:Sieradz]] [[no:Sieradz]] [[pl:Sieradz]] [[pt:Sieradz]] [[ro:Sieradz]] [[ru:Серадз]] [[sk:Sieradz]] [[fi:Sieradz]]