Kolbuszowa

Infobox Settlement
name = Kolbuszowa
imagesize = 250px

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image_shield = POL Kolbuszowa COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 =
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kolbuszowa County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Kolbuszowa
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Jan Zuba
established_title = Established
established_date = 1503
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1700
area_total_km2 = 7.94
population_as_of = 2007
population_total = 9510
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 15 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 21 | longm = 46 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 36-100
area_code = +48 17
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = RKL
website = http://www.kolbuszowa.pl/ Kolbuszowa [IPA-pl|k|o|l|b|u|'|sz|o|w|a] is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,200 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2006).

Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County.

History

The name of the town comes from the land owner Kolbusz. It appeared for the first time in 1503 in place where Poręby Wielkie used to exist.

The town was founded probably before 1683, which is mentioned in a trade regulating document of Józef Karol Lubomirski. Kolbuszowa was on an important trade route Sandomierz-Przemyśl.

As the owners of the area were the Leliwa Tarnowski, Kolbuszowa belonged to the Sandomierz County. With regards to the Roman Catholic Church Kolbuszowa was under the Kraków diocese but as of 1786 it was moved under the jurisdiction of the Tarnów diocese.

During the partitions of Poland the town was in the Rzeszów district of the Austrian partition and in 1867 it became the seat of its own county (powiat).

Before World War II, half of Kolbuszowa's population was Jewish. During the war, German troops burned down part of the town and about half of the Jewish population perished. In September 1941 Germans established a ghetto and interned 2500 people. In September 1942 the ghetto was emptied and its entire population was moved to a ghetto in Rzeszów.

On September 9, 1939 a 2 day battle [http://derela.republika.pl/vickers.htm] between the Polish Army (121st light tank company) and the German 2nd Panzer Division took place here. During the war units of Polish Armia Krajowa (AK) and BCh (Polish Peasants' Battalions) operating in this area, discovered testing sites for the German V-1 and V-2 rockets in the nearby towns of Blizna/Pustkow. Red Army entered Kolubuszowa in July 1944 and local Polish AK units (as part of Operation Tempest) attacked retreating German units; several dozen of the partisans died in the operation.

After World War II, Kolbuszowa was rebuilt. New school districts were created, as well as a library and Museum of Culture.

In 1964 a new rail link was established: Rzeszów – Głogów Małopolski – Kolbuszowa. In 1971 it was extended to Nowa Dęba and Tarnobrzeg. This connected Kolbuszowa to all the major cities in Poland including the capital, Warsaw. It was a culmination of decades of preparations which started when this part of Poland was under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Twin Towns

Kolbuszowa is twinned with
*Flagicon|FRA flagicon|Brittany Ploërmel in France
*Flagicon|DEU Apensen in Germany
*Flagicon|IRL Cobh in Ireland