Ulanów
Encyclopedia
Ulanów u is a town in Nisko County
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
, Poland
, with 1,491 inhabitants (02.06.2009).
It has grammar and high school
s along with 2 churches. One of the churches was set on fire in 2004, it was closed for a repairs and after about a year they opened the church again. Every year in June a festival is held commemorating the day Ulanów was established. There is music and the burning of a great wreath made of pine cones and flowers while songs are sung. Then, there are rafts set upon the San river
which is double bottomed and develops whirlpools randomly. The rafts leave Ulanów river to go to Gdańsk. People set out on the river to place a basket of flowers with a candle in the middle on the river. Torches are lit as the wooden hand made rafts continue and are not allowed to return to shore unless the torches are burnt out. There is also a boat containing the mayor of the town with a large cannon that is shot when the ceremony is over which is then followed by fireworks. The mayor of Ulanów was Andrzej Bąk, who was elected in 2005. He died in 2008 and his successor is Stanisław Garbacz.
, the town became almost completely Roman Catholic.
Nisko County
Nisko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nisko, which lies ...
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, with 1,491 inhabitants (02.06.2009).
It has grammar and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
s along with 2 churches. One of the churches was set on fire in 2004, it was closed for a repairs and after about a year they opened the church again. Every year in June a festival is held commemorating the day Ulanów was established. There is music and the burning of a great wreath made of pine cones and flowers while songs are sung. Then, there are rafts set upon the San river
San River
The San is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, a tributary of the Vistula River, with a length of 433 km and a basin area of 16,861 km2...
which is double bottomed and develops whirlpools randomly. The rafts leave Ulanów river to go to Gdańsk. People set out on the river to place a basket of flowers with a candle in the middle on the river. Torches are lit as the wooden hand made rafts continue and are not allowed to return to shore unless the torches are burnt out. There is also a boat containing the mayor of the town with a large cannon that is shot when the ceremony is over which is then followed by fireworks. The mayor of Ulanów was Andrzej Bąk, who was elected in 2005. He died in 2008 and his successor is Stanisław Garbacz.
History
Ulanów was once a multicultural town with Jewish population of about 40%, however, by the end of World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the town became almost completely Roman Catholic.