KROSNO


'Krosno' (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', ) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 48,060 inhabitants as of 2004.
Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Krosno Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Krosno County.
Krosno is located in an oil bearing region. Surface seepage of oil was locally used (unrefined) in lamps as early as the sixteenth century. In the 19th century Ignacy Åukasiewicz a local pharmacist began exploiting the deposits from hand-dug wells, years before the drilling at Titusville, Pennsylvania which is usually said to be the beginning of modern petroleum development.
One of the things that Krosno is well known for is the quality glassware and crystal that is produced in the town, and distributed throughout the world.

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Education
Politics
Gallery
Twin towns
External links

Education



★ PaÅ„stwowa Wyższa SzkoÅ‚a Zawodowa in Krosno

★ Wyższa SzkoÅ‚a Informatyki i ZarzÄ…dzania in Rzeszów, branch in Krosno

Politics


The Krosno constituency includes several other smaller cities.

Gallery



Twin towns


Krosno is twinned with:

★ Edewecht, Germany
★ Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary
★ Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

External links



★ http://www.krosno.pl/?l=en (English, Polish, German)

★ http://www.krosno24.pl/ (Polish)

★ http://www.XQ.pl/ (Polish)

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