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# Zgierz

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Zgierz** — Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.

Other forms in use:

- **Zgerzh** — Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors.
- **Görnau** — German occupation name used in 1943–1945; historical retrieval only.
- **Goernau** — German ue/oe-style plain-text rendering of Görnau using oe for ö.
- **Gornau** — Diacritic-free spelling of the occupation name Görnau; also names other places.

## French name

**Zgierz** — Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.

Other forms in use:

- **Zgerzh** — Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs.
- **Görnau** — Nom imposé pendant l’occupation allemande de 1943 à 1945 ; recherche historique seulement.
- **Goernau** — Graphie en texte simple du nom allemand Görnau, avec oe pour ö.
- **Gornau** — Graphie sans diacritique du nom d’occupation Görnau ; elle désigne aussi d’autres lieux.

## About

Zgierz is a city immediately north of Łódź in central Poland. Its textile industry and surviving weavers’ houses recall its place in the region’s industrial development.

## Notes

Görnau was imposed in 1943–1945. The modern name Zgierz is used in both languages.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q104407](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104407) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/zgierz/?format=json)


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