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Our homeplace Frysztak
The Commune of Frysztak Frysztak is one of 156 communes existing in Poland. There are 11,000 citizens. With the population of 11,000 the commune consists of 14 village administrative units: Cieszyna, Frysztak, Glinik Dolny, Glinik Górny, Glinik Średni, Gogołów, Huta Gogołowska, Kobyle, Lubla, Pułanki, Stępina, Chytrówka, Twierdza and Widacz. We live in Frysztak. Commune of Frysztak is in south-eastern Poland, in province podkarpacie. Our village is located in a valley of Wisłok. Next to our commune there are other communes: Brzostek, Jasło, Kołaczyce, Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Wiśniowa, Wojaszówka. Frysztak is in the south-east off Cracow and in the north-east off Rzeszów. The commune of Frysztak has many monuments. Most of them (over 60) have been listed in The Catalogue of Monuments for the Province of Podkarpacie. We have many deciduous and coniferous forests, fields, meadows and brooks. It is really a picturesque area.
In the middle of Frysztak we can finda square of Saint Florian. This square got such a name after Saint Florian. Saint Florian is the patron of firemen. This memorial was built in 1901, after a horrible fire in Frysztak. It happened in 1890. Frysztak’s monuments-Saint Florian’s statue. • Frysztak’s chronicler Józef Piętniewicz described this event in these words: ”… On Sunday 4th May, at about 9 o’clock the fire started to spread, many buildings caught fire(…) even 2 houses behind the city were destroyed(…) 46 houses were burned.”
Saint Florian was a Roman soldier, born in 250. He served in the provinceof Noricum. He helped Christians when the emperor of Rome sent an edict, in which he ordered to haunt all Christians. For that reason saint Florian was arrested and tortured. He died in 304 in the river Enns. He was drowned. For that he is the patron of firemen and every profession which in connected with fire. Saint Florian’s life Death of saint Florian
The nature reserve-the mountain „Chełm” The reserve - mountain „Chełm” was established in the 19th century. • In this reserve we can find many different kinds of animals particularly: -deer, wild boars, badgers owls, hawks and many plants. • On the right side we see a small shrine made with wood. There was a lot of legends about snakes. The other legends said that local church or monastery disappeared without a trace. The mystery is not cleared up. Inside this shrine there were special books where people wrote their requests.
MANOR IN KOBYLE Manor in Kobyle was built in 1922- 1923. In manor lived common but rich people Golczewscy and Bielinscy.Today the former owners’ daughter lives there. The manor is big and beautiful. It has got white walls, beautiful porches, a terrace, big white windows and a red roof and it is surrounded by the park. The manor is old and untidy. You should worry about money by yourself, but we should try to save this beautiful place.
THE CENTRE OF SPORT & RECREATION Cos&R is a place where people can meet friends and talk about everything. There is a big football pitch. There is a football club called “Strzelec Frysztak” (Frysztak Shooter). People can watch matches and enjoy the game. Sometimes it’s really funny.
There is also basketball pitch but only the best players play here. We belong to them.People watch the game because there are amazing moves. There is also a stage and there are many performances like dancing shows, concerts of famous singers and performances on the occasion of “Days of Frysztak”.
There is also a swimming pool. It’s open only on holidays but young people really like it. There are three pools: first is for kids and people who can’t swim, second for young people, third for people who can swim very well.
The Centre of Culture in Frysztak is a place where people can develop their talents, skills or learn something new, just like guitar and piano playing, dancing, singing, painting, acting. We can even find a job. Centre Of Culture From time to time there are some performances prepared by instructors and young people who want to help or show off. CoC is one of organisators of the annual Days of Frysztak. There are many groups such as…
…the choir... …the firemen orchestra… …Christmas orchestra, which plays carols on the 25th December…
…dance groups: „Bzyczki” „Zygzaczek” …and the oldest group, „Zygzak”
…cabaret „Miećka”… …art group… …acting group… …and the group of young people interested in music.
There is a big hall with a stage, hall with many mirrors where dance groups can practice their dancing steps. There are also art. class, and hall for kids and teenagers where they can play ping-pong and table football. CoC has its own costumes for dancing kids. In CoC we can hire the hall to practice everything that we want to. Coc has been renovated lately. There are new elevation, new windows, new central heating and there’ll be also a new stage.
The project about… Church in Frysztak
Our church Beautiful hills, extensive valleys, spectacular forests, winding brooks... This is our village with one of the oldest buildings in this region - the church. Our church was built in 1927 by priest Wojciech Blajer. In our church there is the beautiful antique altar and stone-sculptures presenting Saint Mark and Saint John. On the ceiling there are beautiful paintings showing angels. People built this temple on a very big hill. DuringGerman occupation in the course of Worl War II our chuch was damaged. The roof was hit by around 80 missiles. After the war people restored the temple. In our parish there are 5000 worshippers. This church for us - Catholics - is very important. We can pray there every day. On weekdays there are two masses. Every Sunday there are five big masses.
Jewish cemeteries in Frysztak In 17th century Jews arrived in our village. First, they lived in the suburbs but then settled in all area of the town. Jews dealt in trade and they were also craftsmen. In 1939 World War II went out. There were a lot of casualties. 70% of people including 50% of Jews lost their lives. Jews who survived escaped from our town. Because of heavy casualties a lot of cemeteries were built. In Frysztak there are 4 Jewish cemeteries. In Frysztak and in Glinik Dolny and Twierdza, nowadays they are in a bad condition but our administration officials are going to renovate them. We are conscious that Jewish minority is an important part of our history. This photo was taken between World War I and World War II.
A group of students from class III c from Gimnazjum Publiczne Nr 1 in Frysztak: Natalia Olszańska Paweł Filip Joanna Kik Karol Machowski Sylwia Stadnicka Piotr Hadro Kamila Jedziniak Dawid Głód Patrycja Górnicka Łukasz Romaniak Małgorzata Liszcz Mateusz Wilusz Katarzyna Brzezowska The authors of the project
