Przysucha (Poland)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
פשיסחא (פולין)
Name (Latin)
Przysucha (Poland)
Other forms of name
Pshisḥa (Poland)
פשיסחה, פולין
פשיסחי (פולין)
Coordinates
020.6035936 020.6521733 051.3726262 051.3308819 (gooearth )
Associated country
Poland
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Shibolet ha-zahav, 1990 or 1991:t.p. (Pshisḥa)
- BGN Gaz. Pol., 1988:(Przysucha, PPL 51p0s22ʹN; 20p0s37ʹE)
- Encyc. Judaica, 1971:(Przysucha, city in Kielce province, S.E. central Poland)
Wikipedia description:
Przysucha [pʂɨˈsuxa] is a town in south-central Poland. Located in historic Lesser Poland, it is part of the Masovian Voivodeship, about 100 km southwest of Warsaw and 40 km west of Radom. It is the capital of Przysucha County, and the town 6,762 inhabitants (2004). Its name in Yiddish is פּשיסכע or פשיסחא or פשיסכא (pronounced: Pshiskhe). In the past, it was home to a number of Hasidic Rabbis, such as The Holy Jew and Simcha Bunim of Peshischa. Przysucha is located on the Radomka river, along national road nr. 12 (which in the future will make Expressway S12). Rail station Przysucha is located in the village of Skrzyńsko, on the line from Radom to Łódź.
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