Hyżne
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Subcarpathian | ||
| Powiat : | Rzeszowski | ||
| Gmina : | Hyżne | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 55 ' N , 22 ° 12' E | ||
| Residents : | 3180 (2011) | ||
| Postal code : | 36-024 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 17 | ||
| License plate : | RZE | ||
Hyżne is a village in the powiat Rzeszowski in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with about 7000 inhabitants.
geography
Hyżne is located 20 km southeast of Rzeszów .
history
The first written mention of Hyżne comes from 1436. In 1590 Katarzyna Wapowska founded a church on Mount Tatar. At the end of the seventeenth century it was replaced by a stone church. This was replaced by today's parish church from 1727 to 1739.
From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to the Rzeszów Voivodeship .
local community
The rural community (gmina wiejska) has an area of 51 km². Other villages with school offices (sołectwa) belong to it.
Attractions
- Parish church with the miraculous image "Our Lady"
Personalities associated with the place
- Władysław Sikorski 1881–1943 (General, spent his childhood in Hyżne)
Footnotes
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)