Komańcza
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Subcarpathian | ||
| Powiat : | Sanocki | ||
| Gmina : | Komańcza | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 20 ' N , 22 ° 4' E | ||
| Residents : | 880 | ||
| Postal code : | 38-543 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 13 | ||
| License plate : | RSA | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Ext . 892: Komańcza– Zagórz Ext . 897: Pod Lasem - Majdan |
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| Next international airport : | Rzeszów-Jasionka | ||
Komańcza is a village in the Sanocki powiat of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with around 4900 inhabitants. Komańcza is considered a center of the Lemk-Ukrainian culture.
geography
Geographical location
The village is located on the Osławica River , a left tributary of the Osława in southeast Poland on the border between the Low Beskids and the Bieszczady , in the so-called Lemkenland . The state border with Slovakia runs about eight kilometers southwest of the town .
climate
The average annual temperature is 4 to 5 ° C. The average temperature in summer is between 14 and 15 ° C and in winter around −7 ° C. There is a closed snow cover on an average of 105 to 115 days a year.
history
The village was laid out according to Wallachian law in 1512. The place was called Krzemienna . In 1565, 21 families were registered in the settlement.
In the 18th century, a wooden fortress was built in Komańcza. From 1872 to 1888 the construction of the railway line from Przemyśl to Chyriw ( Chyrów ), which led through Komańcza.
From November 1914, the place and its surroundings were the scene of battles during the First World War . The fighting resulted in severe destruction. On November 5, 1918, the Ukrainian-oriented Komańcza Republic was founded, the aim of which was to join the West Ukrainian People's Republic ( Sachidno-Ukrajinska Narodna Respublika ), in contrast to the Lemk Republic in Florynka . The republic comprised around thirty villages, mostly in the tributary area of the Osława in the eastern part of the Lemkenland. During the Polish-Ukrainian War , the area was captured by Polish troops on January 27, 1919. As a result, the place became part of the Second Polish Republic . In September 1939, the Germans invaded the area during their invasion of Poland and occupied Komańcza on September 12th. In the further course of the Second World War , the area became one of the courier routes to Hungary due to the difficult-to-control terrain. After the end of the war, there were conflicts between the Poles and the Ukrainians. This resulted in numerous destruction. As part of the Akcja Wisła ( Vistula Action ), the Ukrainians of the town were evacuated from Poland in 1947.
Culture and sights
- the monastery of the Sisters of Nazareth ( Klasztor Sióstr Nazaretanek )
- the Greek Catholic Church
- the wooden Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph
local community
The rural community (gmina wiejska) Komańcza has an area of 455.2 km² and is divided into 14 villages with school administration offices.
Economy and Infrastructure
The village and the community are economically strongly influenced by the surrounding nature. Therefore, in addition to services, forestry, agriculture and wood processing are among the most important branches of the economy. Unemployment is around ten percent.
traffic
Voivodeship road 897 runs through Komańcza from northwest to southwest. After about 30 kilometers it joins European route 371 in the northwest. In the southeast, the road ends after about 60 kilometers at the border with Ukraine .
There is a railway station on the Stryj – Łupków railway station in the village .
The nearest international airport is Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport , which is about 90 kilometers north of the village.
tourism
Komańcza is located on the E8 European long-distance hiking trail . The hiking trail 
from Dukla - Iwonitz-Bad and leads over Bukowica hills and the Wołosate to Ukraine .
sons and daughters of the town
- Aloizy Ehrlich (1914–1992), French-Polish table tennis player.
Web links
- City website (Polish)
- Website on the history of Komańcza (Polish)
- Magdalena Pałka: The forgotten Lemken people. An ethnic minority in search of their identity . Vienna 2012 ( Online [PDF]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gmina website, GEOGRAFIA ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on Nov. 21, 2008
- ↑ Prawo wołoskie
- ↑ twojebieszczady.pl, Komańcza i okolice, cz.I , accessed on Nov. 21, 2008
- ↑ a b Website of Gmina, GOSPODARKA ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on Nov. 21, 2008
