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Dynów
A crossroad in the very center of the town of Dynów
A crossroad in the very center of the town of Dynów
Coat of arms of Dynów
Coat of arms
Dynów is located in Poland
Dynów
Dynów
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 49°50′N 22°14′E / 49.833°N 22.233°E / 49.833; 22.233
Country Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
CountyRzeszów
GminaDynów (urban gmina)
Government
 • MayorZygmunt Frańczak
Area
 • Total
24.41 km2 (9.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
6,076
 • Density248.9/km2 (644.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
36-065
Car platesRZE
Websitehttp://www.dynow.pl

Dynów ([ˈdɨnuf])[a] is a town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland,[1] with a population of 6,058 (02.06.2009).[2]

History

Dynów was first mentioned in written sources in 1423. At that time, together with other villages, it belonged to the noble Kmita family from Lesser Poland. In 1409, after the death of Voivode of Kraków, Piotr Kmita, the village was handed to his son, Piotr Lunak, who died in 1430. Dynów was granted town charter probably before 1429. In 1448, it became seat of a Roman Catholic parish, but remained a small town, located in the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

In March 1657, Dynów was captured by Transilvanian army of George II Rakoczi, which burned the town, together with its churches and castle. In 1661, Dynów was plundered again, this time by mercenaries of Mikolaj Ossolinski, who fought his private war with owner of Dynow, Olbracht Grochowski. In 1667, the town was purchased by Castellan of Przemyśl, Marcin Konstanty Krasicki.

Following the First Partition of Poland (1772) Dynów was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, and remained in Austrian Galicia until 1918. In the second half of the 19th century, a brewery and a small oil refinery were opened here. Most of Dynów's residents were artisans, including masons, carpenters and weavers. In 1904, a narrow gauge rail line to Przeworsk was completed.

Railway station in the 1920s

In 1785, the town had 2,203 inhabitants. Among them 67,5% were Polish, 26,8% Jewish and 5,4% Ukrainian. According to the 1921 census, the town had a population of 2,727, of which 66.1% declared Polish nationality, 32.6% declared Jewish nationality, and 1.3% declared Ukrainian nationality.[3]

After World War I, Dynów returned to newly restored Poland, and until 1939, belonged to Lwów Voivodeship. In 1919, it lost its town charter. During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 13, 1939, the Dynów was captured by German 5th Infantry Division. The Polish resistance was quickly organized in Dynów, and already on 29 November 1939, it launched an attack on a German police station.[4] Dynów was an important center of the Home Army.

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, Wehrmacht soldiers on the first day of Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) mass murdered 200 Jewish civilians from the town. 150 Jews were mass murdered by machine guns after being taken away from the town on trucks. 50 Jews were burned alive in their prayer house.[5]

In 1946, Dynów regained its town charter.

People from Dynów

References

  1. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ↑ "Population. Size and structure by territorial division" (PDF). 1995–2009 Central Statistical Office Warsaw. 2009-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  3. ↑ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. XIII. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 5.
  4. ↑ Polski czyn zbrojny w II wojnie światowej. Polski ruch oporu 1939–1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej. 1988. p. 88. ISBN 83-11-07038-5.
  5. ↑ Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 392

Notes

  1. ↑ Ukrainian: Динів, Latin: Dinoum, Yiddish: דינאוו
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