Ostroróg

Also known as Ostrorog

Ostroróg is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 1,962 inhabitants (2010).

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Place details

Locality: Ostroróg
Region: województwo wielkopolskie
Country: Polska
Population: 1,984
Timezone: Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ostroróg
Settlement.image_skyline: Miejsce gdzie był kiedyś zamek w Ostroróg.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Ostroróg and Wielkie Lake
Settlement.image_flag: POL Ostroróg flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Ostroróg COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Greater Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Szamotuły
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ostroróg
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.26
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010
Settlement.population_total: 1962
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Ostroróg
Population: 1878
Area: 1.26
Official website: www.ostrorog.pl
Image: Miejsce gdzie był kiedyś zamek w Ostroróg.jpg

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native label: Ostroróg
Commons category: Ostroróg
postal code: 64-560
male population: 922
female population: 956
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Ostroróg is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 1,962 inhabitants (2010).

== History == Ostroróg was first mentioned in 1383. It was granted town rights before 1412. There was a hospital in the town from 1472. The town's location was confirmed by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old in 1546. Ostroróg was a private town of Poland, until 1624 owned by the Ostroróg family. Jan Ostroróg, Polish Renaissance political writer and statesman, was born there in 1436. Jakub Ostroróg also owned property here in the 16th century. Between the 16th and 17th centuries it was an important centre of Polish Protestants. After 1624, it often changed owners, it was the property of Potocki, Rej, Górski, Radziwiłł, Zaleski, Malechowski, Sapieha and Kwilecki families.