Florynka (Ukrainian: Фльоринка, Fliorynka) is a village in southern Poland, in the commune of Grybów, Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.^[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south of Grybów, 220NaN0 east of Nowy Sącz, and 930NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

History

1785 – 745 Greek Catholics, 10 Roman Catholics, the village lands comprised 20.22 km²
1840 – 992 Greek Catholics
1859 – 1205 Greek Catholics
1879 – 928 Greek Catholics
1899 – 1150 Greek Catholics
1926 – 1108 Greek Catholics
1936 – 228 Greek Catholics – village switched to Orthodoxy, afterwards there were 1246 Orthodox, 57 Roman Catholics and 37 Jews

Florynka was the place of origin of the short-lived Lemko-Rusyn Republic from 1918 to 1920.^[2] The village was incorporated into the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934.

The Lemko inhabitants of the village were removed in Operation Vistula in 1947, and scattered to 30 different villages in 6 counties.

Church

The Saint Michael Church was built in 1875 and survived to this day. The village Vafka 3 km away was served by the priest Florynka.

Notable people from Florynka

Emil Czyrniański (1824–1888), chemist
Walery Jaworski (1849–1924), physician

Notes and References

Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
Web site: Флоринка с.