Rymanów

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Rymanów
Rymanów coat of arms
Rymanów (Poland)
Rymanów
Rymanów
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Subcarpathian
Powiat : Krośnieński
Gmina : Rymanów
Area : 12.39  km²
Geographic location : 49 ° 34 '  N , 21 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '0 "  N , 21 ° 53' 0"  E
Height : 267 m npm
Residents : 2770 (Dec. 31, 2016)
Postal code : 38-480
Telephone code : (+48) 17
License plate : RSR
Economy and Transport
Street : Droga krajowa 28
Next international airport : Rzeszów Airport



Rymanów is a city in the Powiat Krośnieński in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 15,800 inhabitants.

geography

Rymanów is located on the northern edge of the Lower Beskids , about 70 km south of Rzeszów . Rymanów is surrounded by many hills at a height of 615 m, on which there are huge wind farms.

The Tabor River flows through the city. The neighboring towns are Ladzin in the north, Łazy in the northeast, Sieniawa in the east, Głębokie in the southeast, Posada Górna in the south, and Klimkówka in the west.

history

The city's former synagogue

Under the Opole Duke Wladislaus II. The place Ladisslauia got the town charter in 1376 . The name was derived from the name of the state keeper Wladislaus , but later fluctuated between Laslaw (1413), Rymanow (1415), Rimanow (1423), Laslaw (1428), Rymanow (1433) and Rimanowo (1485). The final possessive name is derived from the German personal name Ryman . In the Middle Ages, a small forest German language island (Przedmieście [suburb] or Posada [Dolna], Klimkówka and Iwonicz ) extended northwest of the city .

The city first belonged to Hungary under Wladislaus II , then to the Kingdom of Poland (from 1569 aristocratic republic Poland-Lithuania ), Ruthenian Voivodeship , Sanok region . During the first partition of Poland in 1772, Rymanów became part of the new Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Habsburg Empire (from 1804). From 1855, Rymanów belonged to the Rymanów Tax and Judicial District in the Sanok District .

With the discovery of medicinal springs in the nineteenth century, Rymanów developed into a health resort. The city was occupied by Russian troops in 1914 and partially destroyed. After the end of the war, reconstruction began. It was destroyed again during the Second World War.

City structure and municipality

The city is divided into the districts:

Rymanów No. 1, Rymanów No. 2 and Rymanów-Zdrój .

The urban and rural community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) has an area of ​​165.8 km², 34% are covered with forest. A number of villages with school administration offices belong to it. There are a total of seven school centers, two primary schools and one general high school (liceum ogólnokształcące).

Partnerships

Rymanów has a partnership with the Ukrainian city of Novovolynsk .

Attractions

Jewish cemetery in Rymanów
  • Catholic cemetery - was established at the end of the 18th century. The oldest tombs date from the beginning of the 19th century.
  • Rymanów Calvary - is located at an altitude of 416 m. The Calvary was founded by Anna and Stanisław Potoccy.
  • Jewish Cemetery - was founded in the 16th century, once known as the "Jewish Mountain". To date there are over 800 Mazevot there . There is also a mazewa that makes unforgettable Austrian Jewish soldiers who died in the vicinity of Rymanów.

Personalities

City and surroundings

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Tomasz Jurek (editor): Słownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziem Polskich w Średniowieczu. Edycja elektroniczna .
  2. ↑ Rocznik Rymanowa Zdroju, Volume III, 1998, p. 51.
  3. ↑ Wojciech Blajer: Comments on the state of research on the enclaves of medieval German settlement between Wisłoka and San. In: Późne średniowiecze w Karpatach polskich. red. Jan Gancarski. Krosno 2007, ISBN 978-83-60545-57-7 , p. 82.
  4. ^ BPI Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej - Rymanów (Polish, accessed July 25, 2011)