Frysztak

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Frysztak (Yiddish: פֿריסטיק Fristik; German: Freistadt), a village in the Frysztak commune, Strzyżów County, historical region often referred to as Galicia, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, 17 km from Krosno, with 950 total inhabitants. It is the site of the county court, a notary’s office, a military police post, post office, deanery office covering 6 parishes, and a parish office. The most ancient trace of this parish can be found in the work "Liber retaxationis dioecese Cracoviensis de anno 1527". The church is wooden and its date of construction unknown; it is dedicated to the Birth of The Blessed Virgin. There is a 2-grade public school with three teachers, a match factory, production of grease and turpentine, a fair every other Thursday and particularly lively in spring, when many working horses and cattle are sold at it. Frysztak lies on a hillock, at the feet of which the Wisłok rivers by, and is on the county road from Rzeszów to Krosno. A second highway leads from Frysztak through Lubla and Sieklowka to Warzyce, where it joins the government highway leading to Jasło. According to tradition Frysztak was founded in 1366 as a German colony by King Kazimierz the Great and was originally named Frysztak (German Freistadt [‘free city’].)