Bierutów [bʲɛˈrutuf] (German: Bernstadt in Schlesien) 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.
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Geography
Bierutów is situated on the Widawa river, approximately 2 mi (3 km) south-east of Oleśnica.
Government
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