Brzóza Królewska (literally "Royal Birch") is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Leżajsk __NOTOC__ Gmina Leżajsk is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Leżajsk, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina co ...

, within

Leżajsk County __NOTOC__ Leżajsk County ( pl, powiat leżajski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gove ...

Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshall, it is ...

, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of

Leżajsk Leżajsk (; yi, ליזשענסק-Lizhensk; uk, Лежа́йськ, Lezháysʹk), officially the Free Royal City of Leżajsk ( pl, Wolne Królewskie Miasto Leżajsk), is a town in southeastern Poland with 13,871 inhabitants. It has been situated ...

and north-east of the regional capital

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...

. In 2006 the village had a population of 3,200. Brzóza Królewska is divided into the following parts: ''Podbór'', ''Stępnie'', ''Bednarze'', ''Kmiecie'', ''Zagrody'', ''Łoiny'', ''Flisy'', ''Piaski'', ''Podsośnina'', ''Chiny''.

History

Brzóza Królewska was first mentioned in 1565. Its current location was not inhabited then and was only a hunting area known as ''over the birch'' (''za brzozą''). It was first settled in the mid-17th century. The area was originally a temporary shelter against

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

raids for the people of Giedlarowa. Life was not easy for early occupants as the soil was not fertile. It was difficult to earn a living and have sufficient food provisions. However, over time, the population of Brzóza increased as a result of ''wolnizna'' (settlers did not have to pay rent for land in the beginning) granted to inhabitants by the starost from

- Łukasz Opaliński. After first

partition of Poland The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 12 ...

Brzóza Królewska was a part of the

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, ...

. At the end of the 18th century there were approximately 1,500 occupants. In 1830, a Roman Catholic parish was created (earlier Brzóza Królewska was under supervision of Giedlarowa parish). In 1914, the original wooden church was rebuilt in brick temple. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the village remained relatively free from German persecution. Only one Polish family was executed for hiding

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

Overview

The village is located between forests which are remains of the "Sandomierska Wilderness". It was included in the "Brzóźniański Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu" (nature preserve) formed in 1992 (which contains an area of 118 square kilometres - of which 75% are woods). It is the most precious site there, and is especially known for its peat bog reserve called ''Suchy Ług''. A water reservoir was created where ''Tartaczny'' stream connects with ''Tarlaka'' river. It is mainly used for firefighting purposes but is also a well-known tourist attraction. There are many

beaver Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers ar ...

lodges on ''Tarlaka'' river. The

activity in this area has created many ponds and backwaters, making the landscape suitable for many rare birds and other forms of wildlife. Other sites worth seeing include the former

Potocki The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest and ...

Park, which has

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furt ...

alleys. In the same place, a memorial shrine was consecrated in 1923 for ''Dear Dziula, from Stecki's family''. There is also a memorial stone with the epitaphy ''In memory of Adam Zamojski, for eternity

Alfred Potocki Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *'' Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interl ...

and Jerzy Potocki, 1933.'' Brzóza Królewska is typical agricultural village with some tourism. There are such educational posts like:

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

, elementary school and gymnasium. There is also a

bakery A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who ...

and tourist resort. A large number of its inhabitants work in nearby

. As a cultural enterprise: ''Brzozoki'' - folk band, was created and brass band which is part of

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* Voluntary action * Voluntariness, in law and philosophy * Voluntaryism, reje ...

. There is also

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

and

cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

club: ''Azalia''.

Gallery

File:Brzóza Królewska -1.JPG, Water reservoir in Brzóza Królewska File:Brzóza Królewska -2.JPG, Water reservoir in Brzóza Królewska File:Brzóza Królewska -3.JPG, Backwaters in Brzóza

Maps

Satellite mapBrzóza Królewska Map

References

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