Frysztak
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Frysztak Yiddish: פֿריסטיק Fristik; German: Freistadt) is a village in the Gmina Frysztak, Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, 17 km (11 mi) from Krosno. Frysztak lies in historic Lesser Poland. It is located on a hillock near the river Wisłok, on the road from Rzeszów to Krosno.
History
Frysztak was mentioned in a 1259
Magdeburg Rights given by King Bolesław V the Chaste and named after the German Freistadt, literally "Freestead", but the Polish PWN encyclopedia says that Frysztak received city rights (act of city location) in 1366.[1] For centuries, it was a private town, administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province.[2]
In 1474, the town was completely destroyed by Hungarian army of King Matthias Corvinus, after which Frysztak declined. Its German-speaking population of the Walddeutsche became Polonized in the course of the time.
The
town charter due to population decline[3]
in 1932. Its residents twice tried to change this decision (in 1952 and 1975), but without success.
Following the joint German-Soviet
Holocaust. A preserved remnant of the local Jewish minority is the Old Jewish Cemetery
.
Notable people
- Ludwik de Laveaux (1891–1969), brigadier general of the Polish Army
References
- ^ "Frysztak, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ Województwo sandomierskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1993. p. 4.
- ^ William Leibner. "History of Frysztak". JewishGen ShtetLinks. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
Source: The Polish Genealogical Society of Texas, as adapted from Slownik Geograficzny published around 1900 and translated by Michael Kurtin
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