Previously published in PGS-CA Bulletin (January 2013)
Radomyśl Wielki
Translated from the Słownik Geograficzny (1880-1902)
by Helen Bienick
Radomyśl, now known as Radomyśl Wielki (large), was once a small town in the county of Mielec, situated on a flat plain 205 meters above sea level between the Wisła River and the river Wisłoka. It lies at 38º53’ longitude and 50º10’ latitude on the Fero line. A stream flows in the vicinity of the town and joins another stream called Partynia, which eventually empties into the river Bren. The road leading out of town heads south to Czarna. A road runs to the station along the Archduke Karl Ludwig Railroad Line 16 kilometers distant. Other roads lead to Mielec 15 kilometers northeast, and to Dąbrowa, 21 kilometers in a straight line west.
The soil is a mix of clay and sand. There were forests of conifer trees to the north, west and southeast. The buildings in town were mostly in the style of small wooden manor houses. In the late 1800s there were 484 houses and 3,141 inhabitants, of whom 1,468 were Roman Catholics and 1,670 were Jews.
The large folwark (farmstead) was the property of M. and R. Gulwirth and consisted of two buildings and 27 inhabitants. The second farmstead at Wólka Plebańska had 18 houses and 78 inhabitants. Both farmsteads covered 633 morgen [1] of farmland and 42 meadows; an additional 140 morgen were pastureland. The town covered an expanse of 5,000 morgen of land. Of this, 152 morgen was pastureland valued at 2,000 złoty, and 19 morgen of forests which netted an income of 1,800 złoty per year.
Radomyśl had a Roman Catholic church and parish, a county court house, a post office, a four-classroom school, and a water mill. The court served 43 districts and 33 estates, which numbered 6,416 houses, 33,220 inhabitants representing 29,358 Roman Catholics, 19 Greek Catholics, 519 Protestants. Of these, 3,324 were Jews, 32,495 Poles, 650 Germans, 9 Russians and two “foreigners”. The inhabitants were engaged in farming and the making of pottery. The town had two doctors, a pharmacy and several Jewish stores. Market days and trade fairs were held twice a year and featured the sale of cattle, swine, linen and cloth, and corn and grains.
The town was founded in 1581 by Mikołaj Firlej, the castellan of Biecz, on land that was called Ruda and Dolczy, which was the property of his wife from the noble family Ligięza, given to them by King Stefan Batory who reigned from 1575-1586. The inhabitants were granted freedom from paying taxes for four years.
The parish was formed in 1599. At the request of Mikołaj Firlej in 1631, permission was granted to hold market and fair days on designated Mondays, the feast day of St. Lawrence (Wawrzyniec), and on All Saints Day. In 1646 Mikołaj Firlej financed the construction of a wooden church named in honor of St. Nicholas (Mikołaj), and the Visitation of the Blessed Lady. It was dedicated in 1740 by Bishop Michal Kunicki. At this time, Radomyśl was the property of the noble house of Wodzicki from Granowa.
After the church was destroyed by fire, Eliasz Wodzicki built a new brick edifice, which was blessed by Bishop Florian Janowski and was named in honor of the Transfiguration. Besides this church, there was a small wooden church (St. Stanislaus) that was replaced with a brick chapel in 1851. There were two more brick chapels built in the 1800s. A wooden church, also named for the Transfiguration, was erected in 1783 in Wólka Plebańska. In 1873, it was replaced by another to commemorate the cholera epidemic which devastated Poland.
The parish belongs to the diocese of Tarnów, deanery of Radomyśl, and includes the villages of Bresów, Wólka Dulecka, Dulcza Mała (small) and Małec. Radomyśl borders on the south of Wólka Dulecka, on the west with Podlesie, Dulcza Wielka and Mała, Partynia on the north, and Ruda in the east.
↑ [1] One morgen/mg. = ~2.116 acres.
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