| Smolnik | |
 St. Michael the Archangel in Smolnik | |
| Information | |
| Country | Poland |
| Region | Podkarpackie voivodeship |
| Population | 180 |
| Area code | ( 48) 13 |
| Postal Code | 38-713 |
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Smolnik - village in Poland, in Podkarpackie Province, in in the Bieszczady district in the commune Lutowiska, on the Smolniczek stream, flowing into the San river, adjacent to the border with Ukraine.
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Characteristic
Geographical location: 49 ° 13′41 ″ N 22 ° 41′55 ″ E
In the years 1975–1998, the town administratively belonged to the then Krosno Province.
It is located 4 km south of Lutowiska.
In a distance of about 55 km, it forms the border between Poland and Ukraine (from a place located several hundred meters from the springs, to the great bend around Łysania near Smolnik on the San River).
The first mention of an existing Orthodox parish in Smolnik comes from the register of Sanok land from 1589. It should be presumed that the church was established right after the village was founded and its settlement under the Vlach law after 1530.
Smolnik is one of the oldest oil mining centers in the world, crude oil mines existed here before 1884.
The first mention of the school comes from 1848, 11 children were taught by a teacher, Iwan Szymczyszak. In 1895 a new school was built, but it started operating only in 1904 as a one-class school with the Russian language of instruction. During World War I, the school was destroyed. In 1922, the community began to rebuild it, and in 1928, an application was filed with the County School Council to establish a school in its own building. In 1930, there was a school with the Ukrainian language of instruction and a reading room called "Proswity".
In 1876, the first steam sawmill in the Western Bieszczady, owned by the owners of the property, Józef and Jakub Kohn, was opened in Smolnik.
From August 16, 1945, Smolnik belonged to the Lviv region of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. As a result of the conclusion of the border agreement between the authorities of the USSR and the People's Republic of Poland on February 15, 1951, the area of the village of Smolnik returned to the borders of the Polish state, however, the indigenous population was displaced to Ukraine.
In the years 1951-1960 the buildings in the village were destroyed, only the historic church from 1791 has survived (the temple was built as the fourth in this town). As a result of the interest of the conservator of monuments, and as a result of the later inclusion on the list of monuments, the church received funding for renovation and has survived to this day. After the adaptations for use by the Roman Catholic parish, the church lost its original appearance and interior decoration, which testifies to the previous liturgical traditions and the culture of the local population.
After 1951, there was the Smolnik State Farm and a new sawmill on the site of the former Kohnów sawmill. In 1982, it was taken over by the Agricultural and Industrial Combine "Igloopol" in Dębica as the Smolnik Farm.
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The provincial road No. 896 runs through the village
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Communication
Worth seeing
On the hill there is a valuable wooden church, built in the old Boyko style. The church, abandoned after 1951, was renovated in 1969, restoring its original form. It belongs to the group of few preserved in the south-east. Poland, tripartite domed churches commonly found in the Boyko region, destroyed in this area after 1947. Since 2013, the site has been on the UNESCO list. Currently, since 1974, it is a branch Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The only element of the original interior design is a fragment of a wall polychrome from the end of the 18th century showing a curtain supported by angels. 16th-century icons from this church can be found, among others, in the museum in Łańcut. Two Orthodox icons from 1547 from the Smolnik church are now in the Museum of Ukrainian Art in Lviv.
Nearest neighborhood
- Lutowiska - a village in the south-eastern part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in the Bieszczady poviat, the seat of the commune, by the Smolnik stream. They lie on the route of the large Bieszczady beltway, by road 896 to Ustrzyki Górne.
Lutowiska are famous for dog sled racing. Worth seeing in Lutowiska:
- neo-gothic church st. Stanisław Biskupa (built in the years 1911-20). By the main road, in the years 1944-1951 completely devastated, then renovated thanks to the efforts of parishioners, it functions again
- Old Catholic cemetery, serving Catholics of both rites between the 18th and 20th centuries.
- Jewish cemetery in Lutowiska established in the second half of the In the 18th century, where at least 500 matzevot have survived, the oldest is from 1796, and the newest is from 1940. It is located about 350 meters from the main road. Well signposted access
- A wooden villa from before the First World War
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Tourist information
- The church is located on Wooden Architecture Trail (Podkarpackie Province)
- Visiting the church should be arranged in advance with Adam Bartnik in advance (except on holiday Sundays), tel. +48 134 610 212 (landline, call after 8:00 p.m.)
Every Sunday in July and August, the temple is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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See also
Information about the town is also available on wikidata and wikipedia. More pictures are available on the commons resources in the category: Church of Saint Michael Archangel in Smolnik
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