Strzyżów

Sister cities

• Bagnacavallo
• Bucine
• Cissé
• Horodok
• Svidník
• Lassee
• Kisvárda

History

The history of Strzyżów dates back to the 9th century, to the times of the Wiślanie tribe (Vistulans) when a legendary pagan Vistulan prince is said to have built a watchtower by Stobnica and Wisłok river called "Strzeżno", for the defence of eastern borders of his land. In 1279, in Buda (Hungary), the Pope's legate named Bishop Philip confirmed the abbot's right to take a special tax (a tithe) from Czudec and Strzyżów. Strzyżów obtained town rights between 1373 and 1397. The town was surrounded by a soil defence embankment (Zawale Street still exists and it relates to that embankment). These were the times of town splendour and its development, craft, farming and trade contracts with other towns in what is now Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. In 1373, Strzyżów came into the hands of a knight, Wojtko, and later Pakosz and his sons Jan and Mikołaj. With time the town changed its owners. On 15 August 1769 the Bar Confederates made an oath in front of the painting of Immaculate Mary in Strzyżów, in the presence of Casimir Pulaski and Franciszek Trzecielski. After this event, that image appeared on the Confederates’ Banner. In 1796 the foundation of secular school strengthened town development as well as royal permission for organisation of four fairs a year from 1684. Following the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century, the town became part of Austrian Galicia. Throughout its history Strzyżów suffered from as many as nine fires, the last one in 1895 caused the populace to build buildings solely from brick. By 1880 Strzyżów was inhabited mostly by Poles, but there were also significant minorities such as the Jews and the Germans. In 1918, the town returned to Poland (Second Polish Republic), within which it was a county seat in the Lwów Voivodeship. In 1925, town…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  544
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  510
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  429
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  421
• Fieldfare

  Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  413
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  404
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  384
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  378

Most recent

• M 5 — 2023-10-09
  15 km SE of Stropkov, Slovakia