à »erków () is a town in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,122 inhabitants (2010). It is located east of the regional capital of Poznaà Â.
The town is near the à »erków-Czeszewo Landscape Park.
The oldest known mention of à »erków comes from a document of Duke Bolesà Âaw the Pious from 1257, and in a document of Duke and future King of Poland Przemysà  II from 1283 it was already referred to as a town. à »erków was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. In 1574, the newly elected King Henry of Valois stopped in à »erków before his royal coronation in Kraków. In 1623 the town was visited by King Sigismund III Vasa and prince royal (and future king) Wà Âadysà Âaw IV Vasa.
The Radomicki noble family erected the Baroque Church of Saint Stanislaus, which is the town's greatest historic landmark.
Following the Second Partition of Poland à »erków became a part of Prussia. After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. It was re-annexed by Prussia in 1815, and from 1815 until 1920 it was a part of the Province of Posen. As a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles, the town became a part of the newly founded Second Polish Republic.
After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, it was occupied by Germany in 1939. All residents of Jewish origin were expelled from the town soon after the arrival of the Germans. à »erków was used by the Germans as a resort spot for soldiers. In the years 1941âÂÂ44 the Jewish cemetery was destroyed and its tombstones used as construction material. In 1943, the Germans renamed the town Bergstadt to erase traces of Polish origin. In 1945, the German occupation ended and the historic name was restored.
In 1962 a telecommunication tower of reinforced concrete similar to that at Piàtkowo, Poznaà  was built.
The local football team is GKS à »erków. It competes in the lower leagues.