Nowy Korczyn
Nowy Korczyn (formerly Nowe Miasto Korczyn ) is a municipality and its main town in Poland, in the Province of the Holy Cross about 65 km southeast of Kielce and 22 km south-east of the county town of Busko -Zdrój. The place Nowy Korczyn lies at the mouth of the Nida (river) in the Vistula, on the leads a ferry here.
History
In the oldest town of the community, Stary Korczyn, 1186 a parish was established. In Nowy Korczyn Castle 1226 Bolesław Wstydliwy was born, the theseA lived with his wife Kinga of Poland ( Cunegonde ). After the Mongol invasion in 1241, the residence of the princes was moved to Nowy Korczyn, which received city rights in 1264. 1271 the Franciscan monastery was founded. From the 15th century on the Sejmik ( county council ) for Lesser Poland was held in Nowy Korczyn regularly. 1469 paid homage to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order in Nowy Korczyn the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiello. The city used in the 16th century via a water line. Nowy Korczyn had a Jewish community that made up 1921 67 % of the population since the mid-16th century. From the 17th century on the decline of the local, the Tsar by edict in 1869 culminated with the loss of municipal law began.
The village Czarkowy developed in the 16th century as a center of Socinianism ( in Poland often referred to as the Arians ). There took place five synods of the Polish brothers 1642-1659. After the expulsion of Socinians, the village came to the family Morsztyn, who built a castle. 1914 won the Polish Legions under Józef Piłsudski here a victory over the Russian troops.
1795 fell Nowy Karczyn with the Third Partition of Poland to Austria. 1809 came to the Duchy of Warsaw and in 1815 to the Kingdom of Poland. After the end of World War II, the place came back to the newly formed Poland. During World War II, the Jewish community fell victim to the Holocaust.
Community
The parish includes the Soltysships Badrzychowice, Błotnowola, Brzostków, Czarkowy, Grotniki Duże, Grotniki Małe Górnowola, Harmoniny, Kawęczyn, Łęka, Nowy Korczyn, Ostrowce, Parchocin, Pawłów, Piasek Wielki, Podraje, Podzamcze Rzegocin, Sępichów, Stary Korczyn, Strożyska, Ucisków, Winiary Dolne and Zukowice. The Vistula forms a length of 19 km, the eastern boundary of the municipality. The community numbered 6405 inhabitants in 2005. The municipality has agricultural character with almost 70% of arable land (cereals, potatoes, animal husbandry, along with fruit and vegetables ) and approximately 10% forest cover today. Part of the municipality is part of the Landscape Park Nidagebiet.
Attractions
- The complex was founded in the year 1257 Franciscan monastery.
- The Trinity church in the Gothic style and the Renaissance ( 16th century).
- The ruins of the classical synagogue.
- The Dlugosz House (the former Academy ).