Przysieki

Country Poland

Area

6,203 ha (15,330 acres)

Population

1,607

Przysieki
Village
Przysieki
Coordinates: 49°44′5″N 21°22′30″E / 49.73472°N 21.37500°E / 49.73472; 21.37500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Jasło
Gmina	Skołyszyn
Area	6,203 ha (15,330 acres)
Population	1,607

Przysieki [pʂɘˈɕɛki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skołyszyn, within Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.^[1] Its population as of 2019 is 1607 people, up from a population of 1545 in 2002.^[2] It covers an area of 620,3 hectares. The dominant religion is Roman Catholicism, the village is split between Saint Catherine's Parish in Sławęcin and the Parish of the Transfiguration in Trzcinica, and lies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rzeszów.

The village was founded 1 December 1364 by King Casimir III the Great. Przysieki were mentioned by the medieval historian Jan Długosz in his writings. 2 February 1943, during World War II, a train fuel cistern exploded near the train station. Three people were executed in reprisals by the Gestapo. A memorial was unveiled in 1985 (picture below).

Zuzanna Stusowska (1866–1973) the oldest Polish citizen in the early 1970s lived in the village.^[3]

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  Historic House
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  Hotel "Afrodyta"
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  PKP Train Station
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  Memorial to the people killed in reprisals relating to the explosion of the fuel cistern.