Editing Rzeszów (section)

=== People's Republic and present times ===
[[File:PodkarpackiUrządWojewódzki-POL, Rzeszów.jpg|thumb|Subcarpathian Voivodeship Office (''Podkarpacki Urząd Wojewódzki'') in Rzeszów]]

After rumors of the murder of a Christian girl in the city surfaced, on 1 June 1945,<ref name=":0" /> or after the mutilated body of 9-year-old Bronisława Mendoń was found in the basement of a tenement building largely inhabited by Holocaust survivors on 11 June 1945,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=Tajemnicza zbrodnia i odwet |url=https://plus.dziennikpolski24.pl/tajemnicza-zbrodnia-i-odwet/ar/c15-15666454 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=plus.dziennikpolski24.pl |language=pl}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Marcinkowska |first=Halina Hila |date=2019-11-30 |title=Pogromy z 1945 i 1946 roku. Krwawe wydarzenia we wspomnieniach świadków |url=https://wielkahistoria.pl/pogromy-z-1945-i-1946-roku-krwawe-wydarzenia-w-rzeszowie-krakowie-i-kielcach-we-wspomnieniach-swiadkow/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=WielkaHistoria |language=pl-PL}}</ref> the [[Milicja Obywatelska|Polish Communist Citizens' Militia]] arrested all of Rzeszów's remaining Jews,<ref name=":0" /> or the Jewish inhabitants of the area and some Jews transiting through the railway station,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> and led them through the city amidst an angry crowd, while at the same time looting the homes of the arrested Jews. All of the arrested people were released the same day, but the main suspect, who was linked to the crime through a sheet of paper from Mendoń's notebook and bloodstains in his flat,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Włusek |first=Andrzej |date=2015-08-21 |title=Czy wiesz jaką ponurą tajemnicę kryje rzeszowska kamienica przy ul. Okrzei? » Historykon.pl |url=https://historykon.pl/czy-wiesz-jaka-ponura-tajemnice-kryje-rzeszowska-kamienica-przy-ul-okrzei/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Historykon.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref> was arrested on June 14 and held until September.<ref name=":1" /> As a result, more than 200 Jews fled Rzeszów, so that a restoration of Jewish life in the city after 1945 failed to materialize.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|author=Dan Diner|title=Enzyklopädie jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur (EJGK)|volume= 3: He–Lu|publisher= Metzler|place= Stuttgart/Weimar|year= 2012|isbn=978-3-476-02503-6|pages=345}}</ref>

On 7 July 1945, Rzeszów became capital of the newly created [[Rzeszów Voivodeship]], which consisted of western counties of prewar Lwów Voivodeship, and several counties of prewar [[Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939)|Kraków Voivodeship]]. This decision had a major impact on the city, as it quickly grew. New offices of the regional government were built, and in 1951, several neighbouring villages were included within the city limits of Rzeszów, and the area of the city grew to 39&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

Before the [[Polish People's Republic]] deported [[Ukrainians in Poland|ethnic Ukrainians]] to the western "[[Recovered Territories]]" in [[Operation Vistula]], the city was a major base of support for the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] during the [[Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1953)|Polish anti-communist resistance.]]<ref>Applebaum, Anne (2012). ''Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956''. New York USA: Doubleday. p. 130-132. {{ISBN|978-0-385-51569-6}}.</ref>

In 1971 and 1977, further villages were included within the city limits. In early 1981, Rzeszów was a main center of [[Rural Solidarity#Creation of the organization|farmer protests]], who occupied local offices for fifty days, which resulted in the signing of the [[Rural Solidarity#Rzeszów-Ustrzyki Agreement|Rzeszów – Ustrzyki Agreement]], and the creation of [[Rural Solidarity]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

On 1 January 1999, the city became the capital of [[Podkarpackie Voivodeship]]. Its population grew to 170,000, and area to 91,43&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

In 2004, Rzeszów hosted the [[Central European Olympiad in Informatics]] (CEOI).{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In 2017–2021, Rzeszów's city limits were greatly expanded by including the villages of [[Bzianka, Rzeszów County|Bzianka]],<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 19 lipca 2016 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta oraz zmiany nazwy gminy|year=2016|number=1134}}</ref> [[Miłocin, Podkarpackie Voivodeship|Miłocin]]<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 25 lipca 2018 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast oraz nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta|year=2018|number=1456}}</ref> and [[Pogwizdów Nowy]].<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 31 lipca 2020 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta, zmiany nazwy gminy oraz siedziby władz gminy|year=2020|number=1332}}</ref> The area of Rzeszów increased to over 120 square kilometres and more than 188,000 inhabitants.

In 2022 following the February [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Rzeszów became a "main artery" and hub for resupply of military material being transshipped to [[Ukraine]] from a number of countries of the Western alliance, including Sweden, Turkey, Germany, the U.S., and the Czech Republic.<ref name=wsj20220323>{{cite news |title=Weapons for Ukraine's Fight Against Russia Flow Through Small Polish Border Towns |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/weapons-for-ukraines-fight-against-russia-flow-through-small-polish-border-towns-11648066417 |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=23 March 2022 |access-date=24 March 2022 }}</ref>

In June 2022, Rzeszów formed a partnership agreement with [[Chernihiv|Chernihiv, Ukraine]] to become sister cities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rzeszow signs partnership agreement with Chernihiv |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3512211-rzeszow-signs-partnership-agreement-with-chernihiv.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.ukrinform.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rzeszow Signs Partnership Agreement With Chernihiv {{!}} MENAFN.COM |url=https://menafn.com/1104411532/Rzeszow-Signs-Partnership-Agreement-With-Chernihiv |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=menafn.com}}</ref>

====Papal visit====
In 1991 [[Pope John Paul II]] visited Rzeszów. During the celebrations in which nearly 1,000,000 people participated, the pope beatified Bishop [[Józef Sebastian Pelczar]], former bishop of [[Przemyśl]]. On 25 March 1992 Pope John Paul II established the new Diocese of Rzeszów.<ref name="Serwis">{{cite web|url=http://www.rzeszow.pl/en/history/history-of-rzeszow |title=Serwis informacyjny UM Rzeszów – History of Rzeszów |work=rzeszow.pl |access-date=5 February 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The city of Rzeszów became the administrative center of the new Diocese and the Church of the Sacred Heart became the new city cathedral.<ref name="Serwis"/>

[[File:Podgórze Rzeszowskie1.jpg|thumb|center|700px|Countryside surrounding Rzeszów]]