Krasnystaw district - poviat in Poland, in Lubelskie Voivodeship, created in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. His seat is Krasnystaw.
The coat of arms of the Krasnystaw poviat
An administrative division
The poviat consists of:
municipalities: Krasnystaw rural municipalities: Fajsławice, Gorzków, Izbica, Krasnystaw, Kraśniczyn, Łopiennik Górny, Rudnik, Siennica Różana, Żółkiewka cities: Krasnystaw
Neighboring counties
Zamość poviat Biłgoraj poviat Lubelski poviat Świdnik poviat Chełm poviat
Worth seeing
in Krasnystaw
Monuments The baroque post-Jesuit church of St. Francis Xavier Church of St. Franciszek Ksawery together with the post-Jesuit college - now the Regional Museum and Public Library Matzevah at the Jewish cemetery
Jesuit monastery complex: St. Franciszek Ksawery in the baroque style, with decorations (stucco, polychrome); Jesuit college from 1720 (expanded in 1730 and 1902, 2008 complete renovation and reconstruction), baroque style - now a museum, public library and Youth Culture Center Maria Konopnicka; The bishop's palace from the first half of the 17th century, funded by bp. Stanisław Gomoliński; Seminary building (1719–1739) - rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries; The complex of the Augustinian monastery: buildings from the 14th and 17th centuries (a castle stood next to the buildings until 1816): the church was built around 1458, funded by Władysław Jagiełło, destroyed during the Tatar invasion, rebuilt in 1458. Rebuilt in 1826 and 1951. The church has retained its shape and buttressed chancel; the monastery was founded in the second half of the 17th century. In October 1696, Fr. Bishop Stanisław Jacek Święcicki; buildings erected after 1826 - in 1826 the tsarist government took the old church and monastery from the Augustinians. As compensation, new buildings were built: the Church of the Holy Trinity - built in the years 1837–1839; monastery - served as barracks for tsarist troops during the partitions. In the interwar period, it housed the Non-commissioned Officer's School of Communications. However, during the occupation, German troops were stationed there. Currently, it houses a vocational school; Synagogue; Jewish cemetery; Town hall from the interwar period. The manor house in the manor and farm complex at ul. Sikorskiego 10, wooden, erected in the first half of the Nineteenth century, when Marianna and August Kicki were the administrators of the estate. It is distinguished by a compact body with squat proportions, with a characteristic column portico at the front and a prominent half-hipped roof, originally covered with shingle. Apart from the undoubted architectural values, it has great historical value, as it is the only preserved seat of starosts in the Chełm district. Archaeological site on the site of the non-existent castle in Krasnystaw, built in the 14th century;
There is also a Regional Museum in the city, with collections in areas such as ethnography, history, numismatics, art and archeology.