Fredropol
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Subcarpathian | |
Powiat : | Przemyski | |
Gmina : | Fredropol | |
Geographic location : | 49 ° 42 ' N , 22 ° 45' E | |
Residents : | 600 (2006) | |
Postal code : | 37-734 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 16 | |
License plate : | RPR |
Fredropol is a former town in the powiat Przemyski of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with around 5600 inhabitants.
history
The city was founded by Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro southeast of the village Kormanice in the second half of the 17th century. The town was very small, the (Greek) Orthodox Church and Fredro Castle were in Kormanice.
During the first partition of Poland , Fredropol became part of the Habsburg Galicia in 1772 .
In 1918, after the end of the First World War and the collapse of Austria-Hungary , the community came to Poland. In 1921 the community had 52 houses and 302 inhabitants, of which 269 were Greek Catholics, 23 Roman Catholics, and 10 were Jews. During World War II , the city was first occupied by the Soviet Union and in 1941 by Germany . As part of the Vistula action in May 1947, the local Ukrainians were forcibly resettled.
From 1975 to 1998 Fredropol was part of the Przemyśl Voivodeship .
Attractions
- Former wooden Greek Catholic church, now Roman Catholic, built in 1860 and renovated in 1937.
local community
To the rural community (gmina wiejska) Fredropol has about 5600 inhabitants and an area of almost 160 square kilometers.
Web links
- Fredropol . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 2 : Derenek – Gżack . Sulimierskiego and Walewskiego, Warsaw 1881, p. 407 (Polish, edu.pl ).
- Fredropol . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 15 , part 1: Abablewo – Januszowo . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1900, p. 479 (Polish, edu.pl ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Stanisław Kryciński: Pogórze Przemyskie. Przewodnik . Oficyna Wydawnicza Rewasz, Pruszków 2007, ISBN 978-83-8918864-9 , p. 205 (Polish).