Brzozów

Infobox Settlement
name = Brzozów
total_type = Total

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image_shield = POL Brzozów COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Subcarpathian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Brzozów County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Brzozów
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Józef Rzepka
area_total_km2 =11.45
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 7705
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=49 |latm=42 |lats= |latNS= N
longd=22 |longm=01 |longs= |longEW= E
elevation_m =
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 36-200
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = RBR, KSD, KUD, KUB
website = http://www.brzozow.pl

Brzozów [IPA-pl|'|b|rz|o|z|u|f] ( _yi. ברעזשוב-"Brezhiv") is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 7,799 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of both Brzozów County and the smaller administrative district of Gmina Brzozów. It lies convert|38|km|mi|0 south of the city of Rzeszów.

Brzozów was founded in 1359, Brzozów took on the name of an earlier, adjacent settlement of the 14th century, which gradually over time came to be known as Stara Wieś (Old Village). A large Jesuit Basilica and Monastery, built in 1760, is found in Stara Wieś. Queen Mary donated Brzozów and four other villages to the Bishops of Przemysl in 1384. From the middle 14th to the early 19th centuries, the Bishops of Przemysl resided principally at Brzozów.

In 1550-1650, nineteen trades were practiced here including cloth-making, food processing, and leather-making as well as wood, metal, and ceramic trades. The first hospital of record is mentioned in 1518. A parish school was in existence in the early 1500s, and annual elections of mayors and judges, subject to approval of the bishop, commenced in 1410. Tatar attacks took place in 1525, 1623-25, 1629 and with heavy losses in 1674. Afterward, Brzozów declined commercially until the 19th century. The town for hundreds of years had been known for the manufacture of combs, but the industry disappeared by the 1960s. Manufacture of oils was another industry in Brzozów; walnut oil was a famous product reportedly supplied to the royal table in Kraków in the 16th century. Oils were also produced from plum core.

External links

* [http://www.brzozow.pl/ Official website]
* [http://www.ebrzozow.net/ eBrzozow.net - Local community web portal]