Haczów

Infobox Settlement
name = Haczów
settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Subcarpathian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Brzozów
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Haczów
latd = 49
latm = 39
lats = 52
latNS = N
longd = 21
longm = 54
longs = 5
longEW = E
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elevation_m = 284
population_total = 3370
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Haczów IPA-pl| [|'|h|a|cz|u|f|] is a village in Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Haczów. It lies approximately convert|10|km|mi|0 west of Brzozów and convert|42|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of the regional capital Rzeszów.cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish] The village has a population of 3,370.

The village is the site of Assumption of Mary and St. Michael's Archangel church, built in the end of the 14th century. This is one of the six Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland, on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003. Inside a valuable figural wall paintings dating from 1494 can be seen. The church has recently been renovated. It is believed that the Haczów church is the biggest Gothic wooden church in Europe.

ee also

*Lendians
*Great Moravia
*Ostsiedlung
*Galicia (Central Europe)
*Pogórzanie

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