Strzyzów
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Strzyżów ' is a town in Strzyżów County
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
, Poland
with 8,709 inhabitants (02.06.2009). Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located 160 km south-east of Kraków
. Its building arrangement extends in the river of Wisłok valley, chained together with a low, barely wooded hills. The old section of the town occupies small rise, crossed by a road leading from the towns of Krosno
and Jasło to the town of Rzeszów
. New districts reach mild, picturesque slopes and terrains situated on the left hand side of the river. The panorama of Strzyżów may be viewed from the north-eastern part, from the hills line going down towards the village of Żarnowa.
A church and a belfry tower, compact arrangement of the marketplace, some part of the river of Wisłok, railway tracks, a park and terrace based detached house estates may be seen from quite a long distance. Old, partly historic architecture of the town centre has not been dominated by modern buildings, hence the urban organization of Strzyżów remains clear, and its provincial nature is characterized by harmony and peculiar beauty.
Low level threat to the natural environment has let preserve numerous, valuable plant communities and rich fauna here. The areas of the greatest scenery and ecology values are law protected. Net of such areas is formed of: Czarnorzecko-Strzyżowski Landscape Park, Strzyżowsko-Sędziszowski Protected Landscape Area. Large cluster of well preserved forests and diverse geomorphologial structure provide opportunities for tourism. Numerous sports and recreation facilities such as stadium, sports halls, tennis court, sports rifle-range, swimming pool, ski lift, ski jump, railway tunnel built by the Germans
, set of educational- recreational paths (inclusive of fitness trail and nature-educational path) and numerous historic items serve that purpose.
and Strzyżów. Strzyżów obtained city rights between 1373 and 1397. The town was surrounded by a soil defence embankment ( Zawale street still exists and it relates to that embankment). These were the times of town splendour and its development, craft, farming and trade contracts with other towns in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Since 1373 Strzyżów has come into hands of a knight Wojtko Pakosz and his sons Jan and Mikołaj. With time the town changed its owners. On 15 August 1769 the Bar Confederats made an oath in front of the painting of Immaculate Mary in Strzyżów, in the presence of Kazimierz Pułaski and Franciszek Trzecielski. After this event, that image appeared on the Confedersats’ Banner.
Throughout its history Strzyżów suffered from as many as nine fires, the last one in 1895 caused the beginning of brick town. In 1796 the foundation of secular school strengthened town development as well as royal permission for organisation of four fairs a year. In 1880 Strzyżów was inhabited mostly by Polish people but there were also some minorities such as Jews and Germans. 1960s and 1970s gave beginning to industrialisation
of town when many factories, companies, schools and culture centres were found.
Strzyzów County
Strzyżów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Strzyżów, which lies ...
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
with 8,709 inhabitants (02.06.2009). Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located 160 km south-east of Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
. Its building arrangement extends in the river of Wisłok valley, chained together with a low, barely wooded hills. The old section of the town occupies small rise, crossed by a road leading from the towns of Krosno
Krosno
Krosno is a town and county in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland with 47,455 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009.Notably Krosno is the site of the first oil well in the world....
and Jasło to the town of Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
. New districts reach mild, picturesque slopes and terrains situated on the left hand side of the river. The panorama of Strzyżów may be viewed from the north-eastern part, from the hills line going down towards the village of Żarnowa.
A church and a belfry tower, compact arrangement of the marketplace, some part of the river of Wisłok, railway tracks, a park and terrace based detached house estates may be seen from quite a long distance. Old, partly historic architecture of the town centre has not been dominated by modern buildings, hence the urban organization of Strzyżów remains clear, and its provincial nature is characterized by harmony and peculiar beauty.
Low level threat to the natural environment has let preserve numerous, valuable plant communities and rich fauna here. The areas of the greatest scenery and ecology values are law protected. Net of such areas is formed of: Czarnorzecko-Strzyżowski Landscape Park, Strzyżowsko-Sędziszowski Protected Landscape Area. Large cluster of well preserved forests and diverse geomorphologial structure provide opportunities for tourism. Numerous sports and recreation facilities such as stadium, sports halls, tennis court, sports rifle-range, swimming pool, ski lift, ski jump, railway tunnel built by the Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
, set of educational- recreational paths (inclusive of fitness trail and nature-educational path) and numerous historic items serve that purpose.
History
Legendary history of Strzyżów dates back to 9th century, the times of Wiślanie (tribe) when a pagan Wiślicki prince is said to have built a watchtower by Stobnica and Wisłok River called Strzeżno, for the defence of eastern borders of his land. In 1279 in Buda (Hungary) Pope’s legate, bishop Philip confirmed the abbot’s right to take a special tax (a tithe) from CzudecCzudec
Czudec is a village in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Czudec. It lies approximately north-east of Strzyżów and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of 2,900.-References:...
and Strzyżów. Strzyżów obtained city rights between 1373 and 1397. The town was surrounded by a soil defence embankment ( Zawale street still exists and it relates to that embankment). These were the times of town splendour and its development, craft, farming and trade contracts with other towns in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Since 1373 Strzyżów has come into hands of a knight Wojtko Pakosz and his sons Jan and Mikołaj. With time the town changed its owners. On 15 August 1769 the Bar Confederats made an oath in front of the painting of Immaculate Mary in Strzyżów, in the presence of Kazimierz Pułaski and Franciszek Trzecielski. After this event, that image appeared on the Confedersats’ Banner.
Throughout its history Strzyżów suffered from as many as nine fires, the last one in 1895 caused the beginning of brick town. In 1796 the foundation of secular school strengthened town development as well as royal permission for organisation of four fairs a year. In 1880 Strzyżów was inhabited mostly by Polish people but there were also some minorities such as Jews and Germans. 1960s and 1970s gave beginning to industrialisation
Industrialisation
Industrialization is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one...
of town when many factories, companies, schools and culture centres were found.
Twin towns — Sister cities
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See also
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- Great MoraviaGreat MoraviaGreat Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe and lasted for nearly seventy years in the 9th century whose creators were the ancestors of the Czechs and Slovaks. It was a vassal state of the Germanic Frankish kingdom and paid an annual tribute to it. There is some controversy as...
- OstsiedlungOstsiedlungOstsiedlung , also called German eastward expansion, was the medieval eastward migration and settlement of Germans from modern day western and central Germany into less-populated regions and countries of eastern Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The affected area roughly stretched from Slovenia...
- Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaKingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaThe Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
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- Lwów VoivodeshipLwów VoivodeshipLwów Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . According to Nazis and Soviets it ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland . The Polish underground administration existed till August 1944.-Population:Its capital, biggest and most...
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