Szreńsk

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

53°1′N 20°7′E / 53.017°N 20.117°E / 53.017; 20.117Country

PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountyMławaGminaSzreńskPopulation

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Szreńsk [ʂrɛɲsk] is a village in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szreńsk.^[1] It lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of Mława and 107 km (66 mi) north-west of Warsaw.

History

In 1383 Duke Siemowit IV granted Chełmno law town rights.^[2] It was a private town and seat of the Szreński noble family of Dołęga coat of arms, administratively located in the Płock Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. Feliks Szreński, voivode of Płock, built a castle at the site of the old stronghold.^[2] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.^[3]

Notable people

Martin Rosenberg (1890-1942), musician, victim of the Holocaust.^[4]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ ^a ^b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 45.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 7.
^ "Object Metadata @ LexM". www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2024-01-16.