Brzozów

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title: "Brzozów" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-subcarpathian-voivodeship", "brzozów-county", "1359-establishments-in-europe", "14th-century-establishments-in-poland", "populated-places-established-in-the-1350s", "populated-riverside-places-in-poland", "holocaust-locations-in-poland", "historic-jewish-communities-in-poland"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzozów" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Brzozów
total_type	Total
image_shield	POL Brzozów COA.svg
image_flag	POL Brzozów flag.svg
image_skyline	0.2014 Der Marktplatz mit Rathaus in Brzozow.jpg
image_caption	Town hall in Brzozów
pushpin_map	Poland
pushpin_label_position	top
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Voivodeship
subdivision_name1	Subcarpathian
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Brzozów
subdivision_type3	Gmina
subdivision_name3	Brzozów
established_title	Founded
established_date	1359
established_title2	Town rights
established_date2	1386
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Szymon Stapiński
area_total_km2	11.46
population_as_of	31 December 2021
population_total	7336
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	36-200
registration_plate	RBR
website
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-wikidata	yes
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History

Brzozów was founded in 1359, Brzozów took on the name of an earlier, adjacent settlement of the 14th century, which gradually over time came to be known as Stara Wieś (Old Village). A large Jesuit Basilica and Monastery, built in 1760, is found in Stara Wieś. Queen Mary donated Brzozów and four other villages to the Bishops of Przemyśl in 1384. From the middle 14th to the early 19th centuries, the Bishops of Przemyśl resided principally at Brzozów.

Tatar attacks took place in 1525, 1623–25, 1629 and with heavy losses in 1674. Afterwards, Brzozów declined commercially until the 19th century.

From the First Partition of Poland in 1772 until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 78 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Galicia province (Crownland).

In the interwar period, the town was a county seat in the Lwów Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, it had a population of 4,160, 72.9% Polish and 26.5% Jewish.

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1944. A large part of the Jewish minority was massacred on 10 August 1942 by the German SS. The remainder were sent to death camps or murdered by the Nazis during the war. Since then, there has been no Jewish presence in the town.

Brzozow - kosciol. 1937-1939 (67909876) (cropped).jpg|Church of the Transfiguration, before 1939 Brzozow - letnia rezydencja biskupow przemyskich. 1933 (71515679) (cropped).jpg|Residence of the Przemyśl bishops, 1933 Brzozow - Magistrat i szkola meska. 1916-1920 (67909863) (cropped).jpg|Town hall, before 1920 Brzozow - zaklad kapielowy - dom zdrojowy. 1931 (68377321) (cropped).jpg|Spa house, 1931

Economy

In 1550–1650, nineteen trades were practiced here including cloth-making, food processing, and leather-making as well as wood, metal, and ceramic trades. The first hospital of record is mentioned in 1518. A parish school was in existence in the early 16th century, and annual elections of mayors and judges, subject to approval of the bishop, commenced in 1410. The town for hundreds of years had been known for the manufacture of combs, but the industry disappeared by the 1960s. Manufacture of oils was another industry in Brzozów; walnut oil was a famous product reportedly supplied to the royal table in Kraków in the 16th century. Oils were also produced from plum core.

A post-office was opened in 1851.

Gallery

File:Ratusz Brzozow noc.JPG|Brzowów town hall File:Glowne skrzyzowanie noca Brzozow.JPG|Seminarium File:Kosciol Przemienienia Panskiego Brzozow 2.jpg|Transfiguration of Jesus Church File:Sokół building in Brzozów 2014.jpg|Sokół Gymnastics Society Building

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

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References

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References

"Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland.
Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
(1924). "Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". Główny Urząd Statystyczny.
[http://www.iearn.org.il/poland/pits/Natan%20Weiss%20Testimony.pdf Natan Weiss Testimony] iearn.org.il {{dead link. (March 2024)
"Sol Filler". Holocaustcentre.org.nz.
Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.

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