Leżajsk

Infobox Settlement
name = Leżajsk


image_caption = Street in Leżajsk
image_shield = POL Leżajsk COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Subcarpathian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Leżajsk County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Leżajsk (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Tadeusz Aleksander Trębacz
area_total_km2 = 20.29
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 14275
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 16 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 22 | longm = 26 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 37-300
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = RLE
website = http://www.lezajsk.um.gov.pl

Leżajsk [IPA-pl|'|l|e|ż|a|j|s|k] (full name The Free Royal Town of Leżajsk, Polish: "Wolne Królewskie Miasto Leżajsk", _yi. ליזענסק-"Lizhensk") is a town in southeastern Poland with 14,159 inhabitants (2004).

Leżajsk is famed for its Bernadine monastery and the Leżajsk brewery. It has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship since 1999. It is the capital of Leżajsk County.The town is crossed by a forest creek, Jagoda.

Historical Sites

Leżajsk's historical sites include:
* The Holy Trinity and All Saints' Parish Church
* The Bernardine Order Monastery and Church Complex
* The Former Greek Catholic Parish Church under the invocation of Holy Virgin's Rest, currently known as the Succursal Roman Catholic Church
* The Jewish Cemetery at Gorna Street, established in the 18th century. In the cemetery is the tomb of Rabbi Elimelech Weissblum, which is visited by Jews from all over the world each year.
* The Town Hall, 1 Rynek Street
* The Arsenal, Furgalskiego Street, the 19th century
* The Municipal Public Library. The library was erected before 1914 as a social and culture club of the "Proswita" Ukrainian Association, and has functioned as the library since 1956.
* The Former Palace, 4 Furgalskiego Street

People

* Rabbi Elimelech Weisblum
* Prof. Janusz Dolny, b. December 3, 1927, a Polish pianist and composer, was born in Kurylówka, a village in the province of Leżajsk. He studied music at Konserwatorium Krakowskie im. Witolda Lutoslawskiego in Kraków and lives in Kraków.
* Count Jan Potocki (1761-1815), capitan, engineer of the Crown Army, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, and author.

External links

* [http://www.polska.pl/miasta/lezajsk/index.htm Lezajsk at Polska.pl]
* [http://republika.pl/aord/lezajsk.htm More about Lezajsk]