Elamur LocationsSiewierz
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Siewierz — Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Sievers — Historical form used in English accounts of the Napoleonic principality; particularly associated with the title granted to Jean Lannes.
- Sewerien — German historical form quoted in French history; independent English prose frequency unverified.
- Siewiezh — English naming-data alias using zh in place of Polish rz; not the official Polish spelling.
French name
Siewierz — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.
Other forms in use:
- Sievers — Traditional French historical name explicitly identified as French in the locality reference; remains relevant to Napoleonic and ducal history, while the modern heading uses Siewierz.
- Sewerien — German historical name explicitly printed in French locality history; not the current French heading.
About
Siewierz is a town on the Czarna Przemsza in Poland's Silesian Voivodeship. Its ruined castle recalls the former Duchy of Siewierz, ruled by the bishops of Kraków.
Notes
Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siewierz ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siewierz.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q989846 · JSON
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