Nozdrzec ( uk, Ніздрець, ''Nizdrets’'') is a
village in
Brzozów County,
Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(administrative district) called
Gmina Nozdrzec. It lies approximately north-east of
Brzozów and south-east of the regional capital
Rzeszów.
The village has a population of 1,300.
History
Nozdrzec, formerly called Nieczujów (after
Nieczuja family), existed in the fifteenth century. First mentioned in 1436, when Margaret of
Dynów had conflict with Nicholas Kmit Castellan of
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
. The village was listed in the accompanying document as one of the many villages belonging then to Dynów. Nozdrzec Palace, a local mansion of
Skrzyńscy family, began probably as a fortified manor. During World War I, 15 November 1915, Nozdrzec was burned up together with the mansion by the Russian army. Then, around 1920, it was rebuilt with minor changes.
During the Second World War in 1940 people established here
ZWZAK war institution, which consisted of Nozdrzec,
Wesoła and
Hłudno
Hłudno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nozdrzec, within Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Nozdrzec, north-east of Brzozów, and south of the regional capital ...
. The local ZWZAK had 50 people, led by Lt. Casimir Chrzan ps. Joseph, and Francis Dudek alias Oak with Chaplain Fr. Stanislaus Buczek and Major. Fr. John Haligowskiego alias Hansel/Quiet. Forming part of the Second Battalion Brzozowski led under command of Ensign Józef Florczak. At the May 25, 1943, those 50 people organized branch attack under the command of Joseph Maciołka - Commander of
AK Rzeszów. They carried out an attack on the German forces which appropriated the Nozdrzec Palace. German forces left the area soon after the attack.
File:Nozdrzec, palác Skrzyńských II.jpg, Skrzyńscy Palace
File:Nozdrzec, kościół zewnątrz 01.jpg, Saint Stanislaus church
References
Nozdrzec
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