Parysch

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Parysch | Parish
Парыж | Париж
( Belarus. ) | ( Russian )
State : BelarusBelarus Belarus
Woblasz : Flag of Vitsebsk Voblasts.svg Vitebsk
Coordinates : 55 ° 9 '  N , 27 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 9 '  N , 27 ° 23'  E
Height : 151  m
Area : 0.28  km²
 
Residents : 330 (2012)
Population density : 1,179 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : Moscow time ( UTC + 3 )
Telephone code : (+375) 2155
Postal code : 211836
License plate : 2
 
Community type: rural community
Parysch (Belarus)
Parysch
Parysch

Parysch belongs to the municipality Kaslouschtschyna ( Belarusian Казлоўшчынскі сельсавет ) is in Rajon pastavy ( Belarusian Пастаўскі раён ; Russian Поставский район ) to the west of the Vitebsk Region in Belarus .

Surname

According to a legend, the name of the village is based on Napoleon , who came through the village during the Russian campaign in 1812 and said that it looked like Parysch. People were happy to accept that. According to another version, a noble landlord gave the village this name on a whim.

In 1973, Parysch was united with a neighboring village and renamed Nawadruzk. In 2006, the village got its historical name back.

Infrastructure

There is a train station Nawadruzk (Навадруцк), a school, post office, cultural center, library, a small hospital, a branch of the bank and two shops, one of which is called “Paris”.

Attractions

"Эйфелева башня" ("Eiffel Tower") in Parysch
  • A 30 m high steel skeleton tower with a large cross lit at night. It is called the Eiffel Tower here ( Belarusian Эйфелева башня ). The initiator of the project was the Catholic pastor of the Church of St. Anna in the neighboring village of Mosar, Juozas Bulka.
  • A museum (local "Louvre") in honor of John Paul II. Since the death of Juozas Bulka (2010), active work on the organization has ceased.
  • Some two meter high figures of saints and a cross with a crucifix at the entrance to the village.
  • The Catholic Church, a one-story building, was converted from a shop to a church on the initiative of Juozas Bulka.