Sierniki,_Oborniki_County

Sierniki, Oborniki County

Sierniki, Oborniki County

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

For other places with the same name, see Sierniki.

Sierniki [ɕɛrˈniki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rogoźno, within Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Rogoźno, 21 km (13 mi) north-east of Oborniki, and 40 km (25 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

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History

According to tradition, Sierniki was the place of the death of King Przemysł II in 1296. Having been severely wounded in the course of his kidnap in Rogoźno, it is said that the king was unable to travel further, and was killed in this place by his captors.

Sierniki was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2] The old Radoliński Palace is located in the village. It was erected by noblewoman Katarzyna Radolińska.

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1b.


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