Drzewica
Drzewica | |
|---|---|
Saint Lucas Church | |
| Coordinates: 51°26′49″N 20°28′19″E / 51.44694°N 20.47194°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Opoczno |
| Gmina | Drzewica |
| City rights | 1429-1869, 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Janusz Bernard Reszelewski |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
• Total | 3,778 |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 26-340 |
| Area code | +48 48 |
| Car plates | EOP |
| Website | http://www.drzewica.pl |
Drzewica [dʐɛˈvʲit͡sa] is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship. Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica), in the northwestern corner of the historic province of Lesser Poland, Drzewica is home to Gerlach, a renowned cutlery manufacturer, founded in 1760 in Warsaw (since 1886 in Drzewica). In the first half of the 16th century, the Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland Maciej Drzewicki built here a rectangular-shaped castle, surrounded by a moat. The castle burned in 1814 and now is a well-preserved ruin.