Pastwiska ( uk, Паствиська, ''Pastvys’ka'') 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 Zarszyn
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Gmina Zarszyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zarszyn, which lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital R ...
, within
Sanok County
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Sanok County ( pl, powiat sanocki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the ...
,
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 south-west of
Zarszyn
Zarszyn ( uk, Заршин, ''Zarshyn'') is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zarszyn. It lies approximately west of Sanok and south ...
, west of
Sanok
Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...
, and south 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 ...
.
The village has a population of approx 200.
In the village there is the small church of St Jozef with connections to John Paul II. There are several artefacts displayed given by him to the church the largest being a statue of Madonna. There is a tablet on the village hall denoting the visits of Cardinal Wojtyla when he shopped there and a museum to commemorate his life is housed above the village hall.
There is an all weather multi sports pitch together with a children's playground central to the village. At the far end of the village towards the forest there is a bar which has summer opening whilst opposite the village hall is a general store with a house and bungalow offering year round accommodation for tourists.
Memorial
Close by the village hall there is a large stone memorial commemorating the death on 18 September 1944 of the Czechoslovak war hero František Geisler who was killed by the Germans in the battle for Pastwiska during the early days of the Carpathian Campaign and the battle for Dukla Pass. He had already fought in the battles for Zarszyn and Besko where he was decorated for rescuing his wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
In September 2019 a Museum dedicated to František Geisler was opened, the museum is situated next to the Memorial.
During the battle for Pastwiska the Manor House was destroyed however the Manor House Park remains and at the side of the road there is a small chapel whilst in the fields beyond there is a wooded circle of trees marking the burial place of victims of the Plague in the 19th Century.
References
Pastwiska
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