Krasnik

Krasnik is a city in eastern Poland with 35,602 inhabitants, located in the Lublin Voivodeship, ancient Lesser Poland. It is the seat of Krasnik County. The metropolis of Krasnik as its miles regarded today turned into created in 1975, after the merger of its districts Krasnik Lubelski and Krasnik Fabryczny. Krasnik has a sports activities club Stal, which become based in 1948. The area of Krasnik changed into first settled in the 13th century and the metropolis acquired its metropolis constitution in 1377, by King Louis I of Hungary.

At that point it belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship, considered one of two voivodeships of Lesser Poland Lublin Voivodeship become created in 1474, out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodeship. Located on a hectic service provider avenue from Silesia to Kiev, Krasnik inside the 14th century belonged to the Gorajski circle of relatives. In 1403, it had a parish church of Saint Paul, and in 1410, as a dowry of Anna of Goraj, it surpassed into the hands of the Teczynski family. Later on, it belonged to different households, which include the Radziwiłłs, and in 1604, the town was purchased by using hetman Jan Zamoyski.