Sieniawa | |
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 Sieniawa Palace | |
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  Sieniawa | |
| Coordinates:50°10′41″N22°36′38″E / 50.17806°N 22.61056°E /50.17806; 22.61056 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Subcarpathian |
| County | Przeworsk |
| Gmina | Sieniawa |
| Town rights | 1676 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Witold Mrożek |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.76 km2 (2.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 2,065 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 37-530[1] |
| Vehicle registration | RPZ |
| Website | www |
Sieniawa (Polish:[ɕɛˈɲava]), is a town in southeasternPoland, inPrzeworsk County in theSubcarpathian Voivodeship. It had a population of 2,127 inhabitants(02.06.2009).[2]
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Sieniawa's history dates back to the 17th century, and the town owes its existence to the once powerfulSieniawski family. It was founded in 1676, on initiative ofVoivode ofVolhynia andStarosta ofLwów,Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski, who owned enormous estates in eastern lands of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Sieniawa was founded in the area which was covered by the village ofDybków. The Sieniawski family wanted to make it main administrative center of their estates. In ca. 1650, a brick fortress was built on a hill near contemporary Sieniawa. In the following years, the Sieniawski family built their manor house near the fortress, and began construction of the town, together with theSan river port. A Dominican church and abbey was built, and in the 1660s, walls were built, to protect Sieniawa fromCrimean Tatars raids. Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski, the founder of the town, died at the age of 39, but his sonAdam Mikolaj Sieniawski continued the work of his father, and invested heavily in Sieniawa. In 1731, Adam's daughterMaria Zofia married PrinceAugust Aleksander Czartoryski, and Sieniawa became property of theCzartoryski family.
Until 1772, Sieniawa remained an important river port and a defensive establishment. Following thePartitions of Poland, the situation changed, and fortifications were not needed any longer. Since the new Austrian - Russian border was north of Sieniawa, the San lost its function of a waterway, and the town stagnated as part of AustrianGalicia. In 1855, Sieniawa belonged to the District ofPrzemyśl. The town remained property of the Czartoryski family, and was famous across Galicia for its bricklayers.
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In May 1915 Sieniawa was almost completely destroyed, and in November 1918 the town became part ofSecond Polish Republic’sLwów Voivodeship. In the interwar period, Sieniawa's population declined, and unemployment was high, which resulted in street fights and demonstrations.
After the 1939Invasion of Poland, Sieniawa was occupied by theSoviet Union, and between September 1939-June 1941, was a border town. Afterwards it was occupied byNazi Germany until 1944. During theHolocaust, the town was the site of aJewish ghetto.[3]
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