Szreńsk | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mława |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Szreńsk |
Coordinates: | 53.0167°N 27°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1200 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | WML |
Szreńsk is a village in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szreńsk.[1] It lies approximately 21km (13miles) south-west of Mława and 1070NaN0 north-west of Warsaw.
In 1383 Duke Siemowit IV granted Chełmno law town rights. It was a private town and seat of the Szreński noble family of Dołęga coat of arms, administratively located in the Płock Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. Feliks Szreński, voivode of Płock, built a castle at the site of the old stronghold.[2] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.[3]