Bierutów () is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bierutów.
As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,728. Its castle is believed to date to the 13th century, and was the headquarters of the local forestry body after World War II.
It was granted town rights in 1266.
Geography Bierutów is situated on the Widawa river, approximately south-east of Oleśnica.
Government List of mayors since 1990 Name Years in office Bogdan Smolarczyk 1990–1992 Andrzej Wojtkowiak 1992–1997 Edward Puk 1997–1998 Włodzimierz Kubiak 1998–2002 Roman Kazimierski 2002–2004 Grzegorz Michalak 2004–2006 Władysław Bogusław Kobiałka 2006–2018 Piotr Sawicki since 2018
Twin towns and sister cities See twin towns of Gmina Bierutów.
Notable people Andreas Acoluthus (1654–1704), German scholar of orientalism Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels (1673–1736) Wilhelm Sihler (1801–1885), German-American Lutheran minister and educator Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848–1917), Prussian general Josef Block (1863–1943), German painter Horace Kallen (1882–1974), German-American philosopher Ludwig Meidner (1884–1966), German expressionist painter
References
External links
Official website Jewish Community of Bierutów on Virtual Shtetl