Lezajsk

Lezajsk
	Lezajsk
	Lezajsk
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Subcarpathian
Powiat :	Lezajsk
Area :	20.29 km²
Geographic location :	50 ° 16 ′ N , 22 ° 25 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ N , 22 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E
Residents :	13,853 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code :	37-300
License plate :	RLE
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Rzeszów-Jasionka
Gmina
Gminatype:	Township & Country Community
Residents:	13,853 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number ( GUS ):	1808011
Administration (as of 2014)
Mayor :	Piotr Urban
Address:	Rynek 1 ; 37-300 Lezajsk
Website :	www.lezajsk.um.gov.pl
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Leżajsk (Yiddish: Lyschansk ) is a city in south-east Poland with 14,000 inhabitants. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (about 50 kilometers northeast of Rzeszów ) not far from the San River and is a district town . The Jagoda brook flows through the town.

Leżajsk is famous for the Basilica of the Annunciation and St. Bernard - monastery , built by Antonio Pellacini . The basilica has an organ from the second half of the 17th century, the oldest baroque organ in Poland (5900 pipes). The International Festival of Organ and Chamber Music takes place here every year. The whole complex has been an official Polish historical monument since 2005.

There is also a well-known brewery in Leżajsk ( Browar Leżajsk ). The Jewish cemetery is a pilgrimage site for Jews from all over the world who visit the grave of the well-known Hasidic rabbi Elimelech from the 18th century.

history

Leżajsk is part of the historical Rothreußen area and received city rights in 1397 from King Władysław II Jagiełło . A Roman Catholic parish was established there in 1409. Since 1439 this was administered by the monks of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem from Miechów, who established an abbey there. In 1424 Lezajsk became the seat of a starost .

Due to devastating Tartar incursions in 1498, 1500, 1509, 1519 and 1524, the city developed slowly. In 1524, King Sigismund II August decided to move Leżajsk to a new location that was easier to defend. The city was rebuilt about five kilometers southwest and was named Leżajsk Zygmuntowski. It thrived much better there.

In 1608 the Bishop of Przemyśl sent St. Bernard monks from nearby Przeworsk to Leżajsk, who two years later built the first stone church there. In 1624, Leżajsk was sacked by Crimean Tatars and set on fire. The Polish-Swedish War (1655–1660) brought further destruction .

After the first partition of Poland in 1772, Leżajsk was annexed by the Habsburg Monarchy and remained Austrian ( Galicia ) until November 1918 . A railway line was built between 1896 and 1900 connecting Leżajsk with Przeworsk and Rozwadów . During the First World War , the city was fought over between Austro-Hungarian and Russian troops and was occupied by Russian troops from November 1914 to May 1915.

During the Second Polish Republic , Leżajsk was part of the Lviv Voivodeship . The city was captured by the German Wehrmacht on September 13, 1939 . During the war, the Polish Home Army was very active in the area; Leżajsk conquered it on July 27, 1944.