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# Siewierz

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](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q989846) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/siewierz/?format=json)


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