Kańczuga
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Subcarpathian | ||
| Powiat : | Przeworski | ||
| Gmina : | Kańczuga | ||
| Area : | 7.61 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 59 ′ N , 22 ° 25 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 220 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 3212 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 37-220 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 16 | ||
| License plate : | RPZ | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Ext. 881 Łańcut - Przemyśl ext. 835 Dynów - Przeworsk |
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| Rail route : | Przeworsk – Dynów | ||
| Next international airport : | Rzeszów-Jasionka | ||
Kańczuga is a Polish city in the Przeworski powiat in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship . It is also the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 12,400 inhabitants.
geography
The city of Kańczuga is located in southeast Poland in the powiat Przeworski . The state and the EU's external border with Ukraine runs around 50 kilometers south, and the border with Slovakia runs around 80 kilometers south .
history
The first written mention of today's Kańczuga comes from the year 1340. At the beginning of the 15th century the place was granted city rights. In 1498 the city had 3,000 inhabitants. In 1523 the place was localized again . In 1530 the place was surrounded by a fortification wall and had four city gates. With the first partition of Poland , Kańczuga became part of Austria in 1772 . In 1934 the town charter was granted again. In 1944 the place became part of Poland again, badly damaged by the Second World War .
Buildings
In the city there is a monument to the Battle of Grunwald . This was destroyed by German soldiers and rebuilt in 1984 during the People's Republic of Poland .
The parish church dates from the 17th century.
local community
The city of Kańczuga is the seat of an urban-and-rural municipality with about 12,400 inhabitants on 105.15 km².
traffic
Through the city the provincial road 835 leads in a north-south direction ( droga wojewódzka 835 ) and from east to west, the provincial road 881. The 835 crosses the north after ten kilometers in Przeworsk the European route E40 ( E 40 ). In the south it runs through Dynów after about 25 kilometers . After about 15 kilometers in a westerly direction, the 881 crosses the E 40 in Łańcut . After 32 kilometers in an easterly direction, it joins the E 40 north of Przemyśl .
The Przeworsk – Dynów narrow-gauge railway runs through the village and runs mainly for tourists from May to September. The operator of the railway is the Stowarzyszenie Kolejowych Przewozów Lokalnych .
The nearest international airport is Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport . It is located about 25 kilometers west of Kańczuga.
sons and daughters of the town
- Abraham Brill (1874–1948), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Web links
- Kańczuga (2) . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 3 : Haag – Kępy . Sulimierskiego and Walewskiego, Warsaw 1882, p. 802 (Polish, edu.pl ).
- City website
- Link catalog on Kańczuga at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ ) (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the town's website , in 1440 by Władysław II Jagiełło . But he had already died in 1434. webcite ( Memento from December 20, 2008 on WebCite )
- ^ Website of the city, Historia - Tak to się zaczęło ... , accessed on December 20, 2008 webcite ( Memento from December 20, 2008 on WebCite )
- ↑ szukacz.pl, Kańczuga - Informacje dodatkowe , accessed on December 20, 2008