Kraśnik
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Kraśnik [ˈkraɕɲik] is a town in southeastern Poland with 35,602 inhabitants (2012), situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, historic Lesser Poland. It is the seat of Kraśnik County. The town of Kraśnik as it is known today was created in 1975, after the merger of its two districts - Kraśnik Lubelski, and Kraśnik Fabryczny.
Location and districts
Kraśnik is located in Lesser Poland, among the hills of Lublin Upland, 49 kilometers south-west of Lublin. The town is divided into two major parts, which are a few kilometers apart: Kraśnik Fabryczny and Kraśnik Lubelski (or Kraśnik Stary, Old Kraśnik). The town has an area of 25.28 square kilometers, of which arable land makes up 45%, and forests 17%.
Kraśnik Lubelski
Kraśnik Lubelski is the original part of the town where all historic buildings are located. It is made of several districts, such as Old Town, Bojanówka, Koszary, Góry, Zarzecze, Kwiatkowice, and Osiedle Kolejowe. Kraśnik Lubelski has old churches and the oldest cemetery of the town, as well as a rail station, a bus station and main administrative offices of the county. It is also a major road junction, where future Expressway S19 (current National Road No. 19) meets National Road No. 74. Until 2010, the Road 74 went through the center of Kraśnik, but now there is a by-pass.
Kraśnik Fabryczny
Kraśnik Fabryczny was founded in the late 1930s, as a settlement for State Ammunition Factory No. 2 (Panstwowe Fabryka Amunicji nr. 2), one of the enterprises built as part of the Central Industrial Region. Previously, in the location of Kraśnik Fabryczny there was the village of Dąbrowa Bór, placed a few kilometers northwest of Kraśnik, in a forest between Kraśnik and Urzędów. The government of the Second Polish Republic planned a new settlement, built from scratch, for 6,000 people around the new Ammunition Factory No. 2, FLT-Kraśnik. After the war, the settlement of Dąbrowa Bór was expanded, and in 1954 its name was changed to Kraśnik Fabryczny. In the 1960s, a number of single-family houses was built, later on, several blocks of flats were constructed. On October 1, 1975, Kraśnik Fabryczny merged with Kraśnik Lubelski, and the villages of Budzyń and Piaski, creating the town of Kraśnik. Currently, Kraśnik Fabryczny has some 20,000 inhabitants.
History
The area of Kraśnik was first settled in the 13th century, and the town received its city charter in 1377, by King
Since the 14th century, Kraśnik was surrounded by a rampart, and ca. 1465, stone-brick walls were built on initiative of Jan Tęczyński, with two gates - Lublin Gate and Sandomierz Gate. The walls were demolished in the second half of the 19th century. Kraśnik also had a defensive church, surrounded with a high wall, and a castle, built in the 14th century on a hill surrounded by swamps. By 1646, the castle was already neglected. In 1657, it was completely destroyed by the Swedes.[citation needed]
Until the
In 1938 Kraśnik was selected as the location for an ammunition factory (see
Jews in Kraśnik
As with much of the
There was another labor camp in Kraśnik called the WIFO Labor Camp, or the Kraśnik Labor Camp (also called ZwangsArbeitslager Skret), located in the ghetto at Szkolna and Bóżnicza streets. It had a similar number of people in it (around 3,000), most of whom were murdered.[1] From a population of more than 5,000 Kraśnik Jews, only an estimated 350 survived the Holocaust; most or all of these survivors left Poland.[2]
Local attractions
- Ruins of the 17th-century Zamoyski castle,
- The 18th-century Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit(1758–1761) and hospital,
- The Lateran Canons, containing St Mary's Ascension church (ca 1469) with paintings by Teczynskifamily, and the monastery (15th-18th centuries),
- An unusual double synagogue from the 17th century, partially renovated but now in disrepair[3]
- 2nd SOS Children's Villagein Poland, established in 1991,
- Tsubaki-Hoover Polska Limited Liability Company, a roller bearings
Sports
Kraśnik has a sports club Stal, which was founded in 1948.[4]
International relations
Twin towns
Kraśnik is
- Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary
- Ruiselede, Belgium
- Šilalė, Lithuania
- Korosten, Ukraine
- Turiisk, Ukraine
- Trogir, Croatia
Former twin towns:
- anti-LGBT resolution by the Kraśnik local authorities.)[5]
Controversies
LGBT-free zone (2019-2021)
In 2019, Kraśnik's city council has adopted an LGBT-free zone resolution, which led to the city's budget losing 10 million euros from EEA and Norway Grants, getting expelled from a European Union twin town cooperation program and losing twin town status with Nogent-sur-Oise.[5][6] In 2021, an appeal to repeal the vote by the mayor was rejected by the town council.[7] The resolution was finally overturned on April 29, 2021. [8]
5G-free zone
On 24 September 2020, Kraśnik councilors voted to consider the ban on 5G mobile telephony in the city. Support was given to the petition of the "Poland Free from 5G Coalition Association" (pl: Stowarzyszenie Koalicja Polska Wolna od 5G), which also provides for an order to dismantle Wi-Fi networks in schools.[9][10][11][12]
See also
- Jelita Coat of Arms
References
- ^ "Budzyn and Krasnik Labor Camps - Never Again". Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ Remember Jewish Kraśnik, chelm.freeyellow.com; retrieved December 6, 2013. [dead link]
- ^ "FORWARD : Forward Living". March 15, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-03-15.
- ^ "Historia Klubu". FKS Stal Kraśnik (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ^ a b "Kolejna francuska gmina zawiesza partnerstwo z polskim miastem ze "strefą wolną od LGBT"". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Kraśnik nie uchylił uchwały anty-LGBT. Radny: nie mogę poddać się presji i naciskom". wiadomosci.onet.pl. 22 September 2020.
- ^ Higgins, Andrew (2021-04-10). "After Going 'Free of L.G.B.T.,' a Polish Town Pays a Price". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Domagała, Małgorzata (2021-04-29). "Kraśnik odrzucił uchwałę "przeciw ideologii LGBT". Motywacją były fundusze norweskie". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ "Kraśnik podtrzymał kontrowersyjną uchwałę ws. LGBT. Teraz dołącza do niej petycja o 5G". wiadomosci.wp.pl. 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Kraśnik: "strefa wolna od 5G" poparta przez radnych". radiozet.pl. 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Przykryć cały Kraśnik folią. Radni walczą z 5G i chcą wyłączenia WiFi w szkołach". spidersweb.pl. 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Sprzeciw "wobec wprowadzania standardu 5G" i "sieci Wi-Fi w szkołach". Rada Kraśnika poparła petycję". tvn24.pl. 24 September 2020.
External links
- Official home page
- Remember Jewish Krasnik
- Places in Lubelskie Kraśnik page, with pictures
- Compilation of Jewish family names appearing one or more times in the vital records of Kraśnik
- A list of those from the town of Kraśnik who were murdered in the Holocaust, taken from Sefer Krasnik (Book of Krasnik)
- Adam Mickiewicz Institute - Jewish History in Kraśnik
- Kraśnik, Poland at JewishGen