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Grybów

Coordinates: 49°37′28″N 20°56′54″E / 49.62444°N 20.94833°E / 49.62444; 20.94833
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Grybów
St. Catherine's Church in Grybów
St. Catherine's Church in Grybów
Coat of arms of Grybów
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyNowy Sącz
GminaGrybów (urban gmina)
Government
 • MayorPiotr Piechnik
Area
 • Total17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total6,025
 • Density350/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
33-330
Car platesKNS
Websitehttp://www.grybow.pl

Grybów [ˈɡrɨbuf] (Template:Lang-yi;[1] Template:Lang-uk, Hrybiv; Template:Lang-de, Grynberk),[2][3] is a town in the Nowy Sącz County, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 12,409 inhabitants (2005). It is located in the heartland of the Doły Jasielsko Sanockie (Doły Pits), and its average altitude is 370 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city, Grybów has the steepest town square in medieval Europe.

History

Grybów chapel built in 1840

The history of Grybów dates back to the Early Middle Ages in Poland, when the settlement belonged to the Castelany in Biecz under King Casimir III the Great of the Piast dynasty. The town charter was issued by Karzimierz on May 15, 1340 for Hanko Bogacz, following destruction caused by the Mongol invasion. The new town centre was erected on a hill at the site of former Biała village.[4]

Age of Partitions

From the first partition of Poland in 1772 until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (compromise of 1867), the chief city of the district with the same name, one of the 78 provinces of Austrian Galicia.[5]

Notable individuals

Polish writer and traveler Kamil Giżycki (1893–1968) was born in Grybów.

See also

References

  1. ^ Central DB of Shoah Victims' Names - Record Details 2013 Yad Vashem.
  2. ^ Prof. Maria Malec. Słownik nazw geograficznych Polski. 2003. WN PWN. 2007. ISBN 83-01-13857-2.
  3. ^ Prof. Stanisław Rospond. Słownik Etymologiczny Miast i Gmin. Ossolineum. Wrocław. 1984. ISBN 830401909.
  4. ^ Virtual Shtetl (2013). "History of Grybów". Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich). Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ^ Wilhelm Klein (1967), Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890.

49°37′28″N 20°56′54″E / 49.62444°N 20.94833°E / 49.62444; 20.94833