Biecz
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Gorlicki | ||
| Gmina : | Biecz | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 44 ' N , 21 ° 16' E | ||
| Height : | 281 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 4614 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 38-340 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 13 | ||
| License plate : | KGR | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DK28 | ||
| Next international airport : | Rzeszów-Jasionka | ||
| administration | |||
| Mayor : | Mirosław Wędrychowicz | ||
| Website : | www.biecz.pl | ||
Biecz ( [ 'bʲɛt͡ʂ ] ) is a Polish city in the powiat Gorlicki in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 16,900 inhabitants.
geography
Biecz is located 36 km west of Krosno and 100 km east of Kraków in the Jasło Krosno basin on the Ropa River .
The city of Biecz is divided into the districts of Belna, Załawie, Harta, Wapniska and Kurpiel.
history
The name, originally Biejecz, derived from the personal name Biejek , became Beyech (1123-1125) / 1275, Beic (1243), Bech (1274), Beyche (1278), Begecz (1306-1308), Beecz (1374), Beycz ( 1381), Beecz (1401), Byecz (1496), Biecza (1564), W Beycu (1657), Biecz (1680). In the 13th century, the local castle built at that time became the seat of a castellany . In 1257 Biecz was granted city rights , and in 1363 it was transferred to Magdeburg law . In the 15th century, immigrant German colonists made up the majority of the population; B. the majority of executioners in the years 1388 to 1398. The Biecz district in the Krakow Voivodeship in the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic comprised eleven cities and 264 villages in the mid-17th century.
During the first partition of Poland in 1772, Biecz became part of the new Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Habsburg Empire (from 1804). In 1783 the district was dissolved. After the abolition of patrimonial with serfdom , Biecz was the seat of a judicial district in the Gorlice district . In 1884 a station was opened on the Galician Transversal Railway Line .
In 1918, after the end of the First World War and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Biecz came to Poland. This was only interrupted by the occupation of Poland by the Wehrmacht in World War II .
From 1975 to 1998 the city was part of the Krosno Voivodeship .
Attractions
The center, formerly surrounded by a city wall, is a listed building.
- Gothic parish church from the 14th century
- Town hall from the 16th century.
local community
The municipality has an area of 99.3 km². Ten villages with school offices belong to it.
sons and daughters of the town
- Christoph Andreas Johann Szembek (1680–1740), Bishop of Warmia, son of the Starost of Biecz
- Martin Cromer (1512–1589), Bishop of Warmia
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kazimierz Rymut , Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch: Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany . 1 (AB). Polska Akademia Nauk . Instytut Języka Polskiego, Kraków 2004, p. 163 (Polish, online ).
- ↑ T. Ślawski, Biecz. Szkice historyczne, Biecz 2002, p. 17.
- ↑ Kodeks Dyplomatyczny Małopolski, Volume III, p. 161.
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)