Kryg, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kryg
Village
Kryg
Coordinates: 49°40′N 21°15′E / 49.667°N 21.250°E / 49.667; 21.250
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Gorlice
Gmina Lipinki
Population 1,830
Treadwheel in old petroleum mine in Kryg

Kryg [krɨk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipinki, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Lipinki, 7 km (4 mi) east of Gorlice, and 104 km (65 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village has a population of 1,830.

Name of the village

Kryg have a lot of meaning. In old German "krieg" it means "war", but in old Polish it can means also siphor, jack or device for tensioning crossbows.

Geographical landmarks

The village is situated at the foot of Dubnakowa Mountain, and Łysula in the valley of streams "Krygowianka" and "Królówka".

Architecture and monuments

In the center of the village is the church of the '30s of the twentieth century. Brick nave temple kept in the Baroque style was built between 1932-1934.

In the village there are several dozen oil wells, (pumpjacks), but now are largely liquidated.


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Coordinates: 49°40′N 21°15′E / 49.667°N 21.250°E / 49.667; 21.250

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