Frysztak
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Church
Frysztak
Coordinates: 49°50′N 21°37′E / 49.833°N 21.617°E / 49.833; 21.617
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Strzyżów
Gmina	Frysztak
Population	950
Website	http://www.frysztak.pl

Frysztak [ˈfrɨʂtak] (Yiddish: פֿריסטיק Fristik; German: Freistadt) is a village in the Frysztak commune, Strzyżów County, in the historical region often referred to as Galicia, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, 17 km from Krosno. Frysztak lies on a hillock, at the feet of which the Wisłok rivers by, and is on the road from Rzeszów to Krosno. A second highway leads from Frysztak through Lubla and Sieklowka to Warzyce, where it joins the 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’].)

The Hasidic leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov lived in Frysztak for many years.

[edit] See also

• Walddeutsche

[edit] External links

• History of Frysztak

Coordinates: 49°50′N 21°37′E / 49.833°N 21.617°E / 49.833; 21.617

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