Le?ajsk : Poland
Le?ajsk (in full The Free Royal Town of Le?ajsk, Polish: Wolne Krlewskie Miasto Le?ajsk) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 14,700 inhabitants (1998).
Le?ajsk is famed for its Benedictine monastery and the Le?ajsk brewery. It has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship since 1999. The town is crossed by a forest creek, Jagoda.
Historical Sites
Here are many fascinating antique premises decorating the town:
The Holy Trinity and All Saints’ Parish Church;
The Bernardine Order Monastery and Church Complex;
The Former Greek Catholic Parish Church under the invocation of Holy Virgin’s Rest; at present, the Succursal Roman Catholic Church
The Jewish Cemetery at Gorna Street, established in the 18th century. In the cemetery is the tomb of rabbi Elimelech Weissblum. The tomb is visited by Jews from all over the world each year.
The Town Hall, 1 Rynek Street;
The Arsenal, Furgalskiego Street, the 19th century;
The Municipal Public Library. The permises erected before 1914 as a social and culture club of the “Proswita” Ukrainian Associacion. The Library since 1956;
The Former Palace, 4 Furgalskiego Street.
People
Prof. Janusz Dolny b. December 3, 1927, a Polish pianist and composer, was born in Kurylwka, a village in the province of Le?ajsk.
He studied music at Konserwatorium Krakowskie im. Witolda Lutoslawskiego in Krakw and lives in Krakw.
Count Jan Potocki (1761-1815), capitan, engineer of the Crown Army, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, and author.
