Frysztak
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 Frysztak
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| Coordinates: 49°50′N 21°37′E / 49.833°N 21.617°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Strzyżów |
| Gmina | Frysztak |
| Population | 950 |
| Website | http://www.frysztak.pl |
Frysztak [ˈfrɨʂtak] (Yiddish: פֿריסטיק Fristik; German: Freistadt) is a village in the Gmina Frysztak, Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, 17 km from Krosno. Frysztak lies in the historical region often referred to as Galicia. It is located on a hillock near the river Wisłok, on the road from Rzeszów to Krosno. A second connecting road leads from Frysztak through Lubla and Sieklowka to Warzyce, where it joins the highway leading to Jasło.
Frysztak was founded in 1366 as a German colony by King Kazimierz the Great and named after the German Freistadt, literally "Freetown". The Hasidic leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov (1745–1815) lived and worked there for many years. Following World War I, Frysztak was stripped of its city status due to population decline.[1]
[edit] World War II
In 1942 the Nazi Germans established a ghetto in Frysztak with 1,600 inhabitants. On July 3, 1942, 850 people were taken to Warzyce forest nearby, and killed there. The ghetto was liquidated on August 18 the same year, with the remaining Jews taken to Jaslo ghetto.[2]
[edit] See also
- Lendians
- Great Moravia
- Ostsiedlung
- Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Ruthenian Voivodeship
- Lwów Voivodeship
- Pogórzanie
- Walddeutsche
[edit] References
- ^ William Leibner. "History of Frysztak". JewishGen ShtetLinks. http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/frysztak/frysztak.htm. Retrieved June 28, 2011. "Source: The Polish Genealogical Society of Texas, as adapted from Slownik Geograficzny published around 1900 and translated by Michael Kurtin"
- ^ William Leibner. "History of Frysztak". JewishGen ShtetLinks. http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/frysztak/frysztak.htm. Retrieved June 28, 2011. "Source: Glówna Komisja Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce - Rada Ochrony Pomników Walki i Meczenstwa - "Obozy hitlerowskie na ziemiach polskich 1939-1945", Warsaw 1979, (translated from Polish)."
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Coordinates: 49°50′N 21°37′E / 49.833°N 21.617°E
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