Brzozów
Brzozów | |
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 Town hall in Brzozów | |
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  Brzozów | |
| Coordinates: 49°42′N 22°01′E / 49.700°N 22.017°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Brzozów |
| Gmina | Brzozów |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Szymon Stapiński |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2021[1]) | |
| • Total | 7,336 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 36-200 |
| Car plates | RBR, KSD, KUD, KUB |
| Website | www |
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Brzozów [ˈbʐɔzuf] (Ukrainian: Березів, Bereziv; Yiddish: ברעזשוב Brezhov; lat. Brozovia, or Prozzow) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 7,336 inhabitants as of December 2021.[1] It is situated in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of both Brzozów County and the smaller administrative district of Gmina Brzozów. It lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the city of Rzeszów.
History
[edit]Brzozów was founded in 1359, Brzozów took on the name of an earlier, adjacent settlement of the 14th century, which gradually over time came to be known as Stara Wieś (Old Village). A large Jesuit Basilica and Monastery, built in 1760, is found in Stara Wieś. Queen Mary donated Brzozów and four other villages to the Bishops of Przemyśl in 1384. From the middle 14th to the early 19th centuries, the Bishops of Przemyśl resided principally at Brzozów.
Tatar attacks took place in 1525, 1623–25, 1629 and with heavy losses in 1674. Afterwards, Brzozów declined commercially until the 19th century.
From the first partition of Poland in 1772 until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 78 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Galicia province (Crownland).[2]
Before World War II there was a Jewish community of about 1300 in Brzozów. A large part was massacred on 10 August 1942 by the German SS.[3] The remainder were sent to death camps or murdered by the Nazis during the war. Since then, there has been no Jewish presence in the town.[4]
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Church of the Transfiguration, before 1939 -
Residence of the Przemyśl bishops, 1933 -
Town hall, before 1920 -
Spa house, 1931
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Economy
[edit]In 1550–1650, nineteen trades were practiced here including cloth-making, food processing, and leather-making as well as wood, metal, and ceramic trades. The first hospital of record is mentioned in 1518. A parish school was in existence in the early 16th century, and annual elections of mayors and judges, subject to approval of the bishop, commenced in 1410. The town for hundreds of years had been known for the manufacture of combs, but the industry disappeared by the 1960s. Manufacture of oils was another industry in Brzozów; walnut oil was a famous product reportedly supplied to the royal table in Kraków in the 16th century. Oils were also produced from plum core.
A post-office was opened in 1851.[5]
Gallery
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Brzowów town hall -
Seminarium -
Transfiguration of Jesus Church -
Sokół Gymnastics Society Building in Brzozów
International relations
[edit]Twin towns – Sister cities
[edit]Brzozów is twinned with:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2 June 2022. Data for territorial unit 1802014.
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
- ^ Natan Weiss Testimony iearn.org.il [dead link]
- ^ "Sol Filler". Holocaustcentre.org.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.
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