Krasnystaw
Place in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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- Krasnystaw [krasˈnɨstaf] is a town in southeastern Poland with 18,630 inhabitants (31 December 2019).
- The town is famous for its beer festival called Chmielaki (Polish: chmiel means hop), and for its dairy products like yogurt and kefir.
- History Krasnystaw received its town charter from King Władysław II Jagiełło, who signed the document in Kraków, on 1 March 1394.
- Due to convenient location along merchant route from Lublin to Lwów, it prospered in the 16th century.
- The 4th Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in Krasnystaw in 1790.
Krasnystaw [krasˈnɨstaf] is a town in southeastern Poland with 18,630 inhabitants (31 December 2019). It is the capital of Krasnystaw County in the Lublin Voivodeship.
The town is famous for its beer festival called Chmielaki (Polish: chmiel means hop), and for its dairy products like yogurt and kefir. The river Wieprz flows through Krasnystaw.
History
Krasnystaw received its town charter from King Władysław II Jagiełło, who signed the document in Kraków, on 1 March 1394. The new town was located in the location of previously existing village of Szczekarzew, and in 1490 – 1826, was property of the Bishops of Chełm, and the seat of a starosta. Due to convenient location along merchant route from Lublin to Lwów, it prospered in the 16th century.
The period known as Swedish wars (1655–1660) brought destruction of both the town and the Krasnystaw Castle. The 4th Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in Krasnystaw in 1790. Following the Third Partition of Poland, Krasnystaw was in 1795 annexed by the Habsburg Empire. After the Polish victory in the Austro-Polish War of 1809, it was part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution in 1815, until 1916, it was part of Russian-controlled Congress Poland. During the January Uprising, the town and its area saw heavy fighting between Polish rebels and Russian troops.
In 1916, Krasnystaw received rail connection, and in 1919, already in the Second Polish Republic, the town became seat of a county.
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