Złoczew

Church of St Andrew

Coat of arms

Złoczew

Coordinates: 51°24′53″N 18°36′26″E / 51.41472°N 18.60722°E

Country

Poland

Government

• Mayor

Jadwiga Sobanska

Area

• Total

13.8 km² (5.3 sq mi)

Population (2016)

• Total

3,371

• Density

240/km² (630/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

98-270

Car plates

ESI

Website

http://www.zloczew.bazagmin.pl

Złoczew is a town in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,371 inhabitants (2016). The city is located at a distance of 23 kilometres (14 miles) south of Sieradz and 23 kilometres (14 miles) north of Wieluń.

Złoczew was mentioned for the first time in 1496. It is known that the property was part of unikowski and belonged to the parish in Uników. Most likely, the owner of Złoczew in the mid-15th century was Jan Ruszkowski coat of arms Pobóg.

In the mid-16th century, the heir of goods złoczewskich was Stanisław Ruszkowski (1529-1597), cavalry captain in expeditions of Stefan Batory against Moscow, swordfish sieradzki and Warrant Officer kaliski (buried in the monastery Order of Cistercians in Koło, where his tombstone is preserved. However, its urban character Złoczew owes his son Andrzej Ruszkowski (1563-1619), for the Kalisz swordfish and the owner of the Nowa Wieś, Barczew and Ruszków. In 1600 he brought to Złoczew oo. Cistercians, building the monastic church and the monastery, and in 1601 funded parish church for Złoczew . Andrzej Ruszkowski had ambitious plans to create the Złoczew an important center of craft and trade and raise it to the status of the city. Złoczew had good localisation at the crossroads of trade routes between Wieruszów, Sieradz and Wieluń, it was big advantage in the effort to obtain municipal rights. On 14 December 1605 King Sigismund III Vasa issued in Cracow to location privilege for a new town Złoczew on the Magdeburg Law. Andrzej Ruszkowski moved his registered office to Złoczew and built there his brick manor (1614–16). In 1651 on the middle of market square built the town hall with a wooden tower. Not far from Złoczew in two neighboring villages Szklana Huta and Stara Huta built two glassworks, where probably produced window glass and bottle glass. In the surrounding area were built several mills and windmills. In the 18th century as a result of large influx of Jewish origin population, the synagogue was built in Złoczew.

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