Brzostek
Sign in to saveBrzostek is a town in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland (historic province of Lesser Poland). It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Brzostek. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,760. Brzostek is a local center of education and commerce, and its urban layout, dating back to the Middle Ages, is part of the Polish Registry of Cultural Property as a heritage site.
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Place details
- Locality
- Brzostek
- Region
- województwo podkarpackie
- Country
- Polska
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Brzostek
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL gmina Brzostek COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Brzostku.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Holy Cross Church, 2023
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 22px Subcarpathian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dębica
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Brzostek
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +2722
- Area
- +8.76
- Image
- Brzostek main street 2007.jpg
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Brzostek is a town in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland (historic province of Lesser Poland). It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Brzostek. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,760. Brzostek is a local center of education and commerce, and its urban layout, dating back to the Middle Ages, is part of the Polish Registry of Cultural Property as a heritage site.
== History == thumb|left|World War I destruction in 1915 Brzostek gained its Magdeburg rights in 1367, but first documented mentions of the town come from 1123 to 1125, when a list of possessions of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec was created. Among a number of villages specified in the document, there is Brzostek (spelt Brestek). For centuries Brzostek remained a small town, frequently destroyed in numerous wars and conflicts. In 1657 the town was burned by the forces of the Transylvanian prince George II Rákóczi, who crossed into Poland earlier in the year during the Deluge.