{{Infobox settlement | name = Szreńsk | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Szreńsk kościół widok od Pn Zach.JPG | image_caption = Saint Adalbert church in Szreńsk | image_shield = POL gmina Szreńsk COA.svg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Masovian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Mława | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Szreńsk | coordinates = {{coord|53|1|N|20|7|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | elevation_m = | population_total = 1200 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 06-550<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|title=Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych|website=Poczta Polska|access-date=30 December 2025|language=pl|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162405/https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | registration_plate = WML }} '''Szreńsk''' {{IPAc-pl|sz|r|e|ń|s|k}} is a village in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szreńsk. It is located in the historic region of Zawkrze within the larger region of Mazovia.
==History== [[File:Szrensk, tomb.jpg|thumb|left|Renaissance tombstone of Feliks Szreński in the Saint Adalbert church]] In 1383 Duke Siemowit IV granted Chełmno law town rights.<ref name=sgk/> 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.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN|page=3}}</ref> Feliks Szreński, voivode of Płock, built a castle at the site of the old stronghold.<ref name=sgk>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII|year=1892|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=45}}</ref> The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gembarzewski|first=Bronisław|title=Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831|year=1925|language=pl|publisher=Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej|location=Warszawa|page=7}}</ref>
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Szreńsk was occupied by Germany until 1945. {{clear|left}}
== Notable people ==
* Martin Rosenberg (1890–1942), musician, victim of the Holocaust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Object Metadata @ LexM |url=https://www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de/object/lexm_lexmperson_00002233 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de}}</ref> {{clear|left}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/szrensk/ Jewish Community in Szreńsk] on Virtual Shtetl
{{Gmina Szreńsk}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Villages in Mława County
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