Cieszanów
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Subcarpathian | ||
| Powiat : | Lubaczowski | ||
| Gmina : | Cieszanów | ||
| Area : | 15.09 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 15 ' N , 23 ° 8' E | ||
| Residents : | 1946 (Dec. 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 37-611 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 16 | ||
| License plate : | RLU | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Oleszyce - Bełżec | ||
| Lubaczów - Tarnogród | |||
| Rail route : | Bełżec - Przeworsk | ||
| Next international airport : | Rzeszów-Jasionka | ||
Cieszanów is a city in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with about 7,400 inhabitants.
Geographical location
Cieszanów is located in the north-east of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Poland's state border with Ukraine runs about 25 kilometers to the east. The city is traversed by the Brusienka River.
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1496, but the place was created well before this year. The town received the city charter according to Magdeburg law on May 14, 1590 from the Polish King Sigismund III. Wasa awarded. In 1593 the town had a brewery and a mill, a tinsmith and a paper mill . During the Second Northern War , the city was burned down in 1655 and in 1672 by troops of the Ottoman Empire . Around this time, the Grand Hetman of Poland, John III. Sobieski fielded through town against these troops. 1681 confirmed the meanwhile elected king Johann III. Sobieski the town charter . From the first partition of Poland in 1772, the city became part of Austria . During an administrative reform, Cieszanów became a district town.
The Russian army marched into the city on September 11, 1914 , after the Austrian army had withdrawn two days earlier . The Russians were able to occupy the city until June 18, 1915. On November 1, 1918, the city became part of the newly formed Ukraine. But only for about a month. From December 6, 1918, the city was then part of the re-established Poland.
On September 7, 1939, the first bombers of the German Air Force flew over the city and five days later the Wehrmacht occupied the city. But this left the city shortly after and handed the place as agreed in the wake of Hitler-Stalin Pact of the Red Army . After the invasion of the Soviet Union , Cieszanów was reoccupied by German troops in 1941.
After the end of the Second World War , the city became part of Poland again. During an administrative reform, the city came to the Przemyśl Voivodeship in 1975 . After its dissolution, Cieszanów was part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship from 1999.
Population development
A precise structure of the inhabitants was first recorded in 1857. Regarding religion, there were 859 Roman Catholic , 250 Greek Catholic and one Armenian Catholic Christian, and 1,067 Jews.
| year | 1785 | 1801 | 1921 | 1945 | 1946 | 1957 | 2008 |
| population | 1462 | 1534 | 2,282 | 1015 | 958 | 1352 | 1,935 |
local community
The town-and-country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Cieszanów includes the town and eleven villages with school boards.
City and community partnerships
- Argenbühl (Germany), since July 18, 2005
- Capannoli (Italy)
- Diósd (Hungary)
- Kaluža ( Okres Michalovce , Slovakia)
- Zhovkva (Ukraine)
Buildings
- Church of Adalbert of Prague , built in 1800
- 19th century synagogue
traffic
The Voivodship Road 865 runs in a north-south direction through the place. Starting in the north, it flows southeast of the city of Tomaszów Lubelski in European route 372 . The southern course leads through Oleszyce and ends in Jarosław on European route 40 .
Provincial road 863 begins in Cieszanów and ends in the west after about 65 kilometers with the confluence with state road 77.
The Bełżec and Przeworsk railway runs through the city.
The Rzeszóz airport is located about 85 kilometers south-west and is the nearest international airport.
sons and daughters of the town
- Petro Karmanskyj (1878-1956); Ukrainian poet, journalist and translator.
Web links
- City website (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.cieszanow.eu/?do=h2
- ↑ For 1785, 1801; http://www.cieszanow.eu/?do=h2 , for 1921; http://www.cieszanow.eu/?do=h3 , for 1945, 1946, 1957; http://www.cieszanow.eu/?do=h4 , for Dec. 31, 2008; 2008 Główny Urząd Statystyczny ( Memento June 3, 2009 on WebCite ) at webcitation.org.