Wieruszów

History

Wieruszów was granted town rights, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland. The town developed in the Late Middle Ages under the patronage of the Polish noble Wierusz family. It was a private town, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. The local Catholic parish was erected in 1386 by Przecław of Pogorzela, Bishop of Wrocław. In 1401, Bernard Wierusz founded the Pauline monastery. From June to August 1919, the Germans repeatedly shelled the town and attempted an invasion, but were repelled by the Poles. Until World War II, the town had a significant Jewish population of more than 2,000. As a result of the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany. The Germans immediately murdered several Poles and Jews and kidnapped others. Later on, Wieruszów was annexed directly to Nazi Germany. The Germans destroyed the monument of the heroes of the Greater Poland Uprising. The local police chief and another Polish policemen were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940. The Greater Poland Uprising monument was rebuilt after the war, and it now also commemorates the victims of both world wars. In 1973, during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the death of Augustyn Kordecki, the former Pauline church was graced by the presence of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła - the future Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of the Kalisz Voivodeship, and since 1999 it is part of the Łódź Voivodeship.

Most-observed species

• Common Crane

  Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17
• Rum Cherry

  Prunus serotina Ehrh. · Magnoliopsida
  13
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  12
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  12
• Beech

  Fagus sylvatica L. · Magnoliopsida
  10

Most recent

• M 4.5 — 2014-11-30
  8 km SSW of Szczerców, Poland
• M 2.8 — 2008-07-14
  4 km SE of Szczerców, Poland
• M 2.5 — 2007-10-22
  4 km ESE of Opatów, Poland
• M 2.8 — 2007-05-06
  4 km NW of ?erków, Poland
• M 2.6 — 2007-05-05
  2 km NE of Krzepice, Poland
• M 2.6 — 2006-05-19
  4 km ENE of Izbicko, Poland