Radomyśl Wielki

Coat of arms

Radomyśl Wielki

Coordinates: 50°11′41″N 21°16′24″E / 50.19472°N 21.27333°E

Country

Poland

Government

• Mayor

Józef Rybiński

Area

• Total

8.38 km² (3.24 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

2,912

• Density

350/km² (900/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

39-310

Website

http://www.radomyslwielki.pl/

Radomyśl Wielki [raˈdɔmɨɕl ˈvʲɛlkʲi] is a town Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 2,962 inhabitants (02.06.2009). The town belongs to historic Lesser Poland, it lies on a local road nr. 984, which goes from Tarnów to Mielec. Radomyśl Wielki does not have a rail station.

On January 31, 1581, King Stefan Batory allowed Mikołaj Firlej, the starosta of Biecz, to grant Magdeburg rights to the town of Radomyśl, located on the territory of villages Dulcza and Ruda. The area of Radomyśl had since the 14th century belonged to the Ligęza noble family (Półkozic coat of arms). After the wedding of Elzbieta Ligęza with Mikołaj Firlej, Radomyśl passed as a dowry into the hands of the Firlej family. In the late 16th century, the town had a parish church, which burned in 1646. New church was funded by the Firlejs, but it was not completed until 1740. Radomyśl also had a hospital and a parish school, and belonged to Lesser Poland’s Sandomierz Voivodeship.

The town was burned and looted in the Swedish invasion of Poland, and it never recovered from the destruction of 1655–60. In the 18th century, first Jews settled here, and after the Partitions of Poland, Radomyśl found itself in the Austrian province of Galicia (1772–1918). In the mid-19th century, local peasants took part in the Galician slaughter, and during the January Uprising, residents of the town supported Polish rebels fighting in Russian-controlled Congress Poland. In the 19th century Radomyśl, located close to the Austrian - Russian border, further declined. Its population shrank, there was no industry and no prospects for the residents. The town burned several times, and the situation did not begin to slowly improve until the early 20th century. In 1907, the name of the town was changed to Radomyśl Wielki, to distinguish it from Radomyśl nad Sanem.

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