Cisna
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| Cisna | ||
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| Official name: Cisna | ||
| Name origin: Its name comes from the west slavic dialect word cis, meaning "taxus" (taxus village) | ||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Region | Subcarpathian Voivodeship | |
| District | Gmina Cisna | |
| Elevation | 482 m (1,581 ft) | |
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| Area | 8.8 km² (3 sq mi) | |
| Population | 460 (31 December 2002) | |
| Density | 52 /km² (135 /sq mi) | |
| First mentioned | 1552 | |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 38-607 | |
| Phone prefix | 13 | |
| Car plate | RLS | |
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| Wikimedia Commons: Bieszczady | ||
| Website: http://www.cisna.pl | ||
Cisna is the main village of the Gmina Cisna in the Lesko County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland. It lies in the Solinka valley in between the Bieszczady mountains.
The village has been founded in 1552 by the Bals family.
Jacek Fredro founded a blacksmith company here, that provided the area with agricultural instruments, pots and stoves. His son Aleksander Fredro, a famous Polish poet, playwright and writer, was born here.
In the years between 1890 and 1895, a narrow gauge railroad was build until Nowy Łupków and in 1904 extended to Kalnicy. In the interbellum, Cisna was one of the principle village in the Bieszczady and was well-known place to spend a holiday, growing to 60.000 inhabitants.
The Second World War destroyed almost all of the village. Afterwards, between 1945 and 1947, fighting continued in the area between Polish and Soviet armies and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The village was burned by the UPA in 1946 and all villagers were moved out. Some people left Cisna on April 29, 1947 (Akcja Wisla) and moved to the Gdansk area of Poland. Some people went to Ukraine in 1946.
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[edit] Hiking trails
- European walking route E8
- Prešov - Miháľov - Kurimka - Dukla - Iwonicz-Zdrój – Rymanów-Zdrój - Puławy – Tokarnia (778 m) – Kamień (717 m) – Komańcza - Cisna - Ustrzyki Górne - Tarnica - Wołosate.
