Przeworsk

Przeworsk is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15,675 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Since 1999, it has been in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, and is the capital of Przeworsk County. The ancient Przeworsk culture was named after the town. Przeworsk began as a Slavic fortified settlement in the 10th century, though evidence of human settlement in the general area is even older. It is first mentioned in historical records from the 13th century. Przeworsk was granted its town charter by King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland in 1394. Following the Partitions of Poland, from 1772, the town was part of the Austrian Habsburg empire until 1918, when an independent Poland returned. Przeworsk is located on European route E40. It also is an important railway junction, with trains going in three directions – east (towards Przemyśl), west (towards Rzeszów) and north (towards Stalowa Wola). Przeworsk has some 60 historic buildings, including two fortified Gothic abbeys, a town hall, the Lubomirski Palace in classical style, a baroque monastery, and an open-air museum (skansen). The town covers an area of 22 square kilometres (8.5 square miles).