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Tourist Attractions
The church of St Lawrence from 1779-1781 (with the interior Renaissance tomb of the Siemienski family, ca 1580); the country mansion with a steward's house and a landscape park from the first half of the 19th century. The history of the spa is shown in the Dr J. Bielecki Memorial Chamber.

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Rymanow is one of the oldest Jewish centres in the Podkarpacie region. Settlement here was closely linked to the lucrative business of importing wine from Hungary. Local Jews became so involved in their work that in 1594 the Diet of the Four Lands warned them not to drink to excess, or otherwise they would be banned from trading. They must have been effective traders as they were an economic threat to nearby Krosno. This neighbouring town dealt with the competition in a rather original way. In 1700 the councillors of Krosno passed the following resolution: "It is not apunishable offence to rob or kill a Jew from Rymanow".

The view of Rymanow, photo

Rymanow achieved fame as alarge centre of Chasidism, chosen as headquarters first by the tzaddik Menachem Mendel (d. 1815), disciple of the great Elimelech of Lezajsk, and then by Cwi Hirsz Kohen (d. 1846).

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Izydor Izaak Rabi (1898-1988) was born in Rymanow and received the Nobel Prize in physics (1944) for achievements in the field of research into the magnetic properties of atoms. He spent only one year in the place of his birth as in 1899 his parents emigrated to New York. He was one of the creators of the atom bomb, collaborating with Bohr, Pauli, Stern and Heisenberg. Although his whole life was associated with America and Columbia University in New York, he never forgot his roots and visited Rymanów in 1971.

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The Synagogue
Accounts vary as to when this historic monument was bulit. Some sources say it was at the turn of the 17th century, others mention the turn of the 18th century. This structure, built in fluvial stone and now roofless, has lain in ruin since the Second World War. Brick pillars in the middle indicate where the bimah once was. One can also see the recess for the aron ha-kodesh (with traces of inscriptions in Hebrew) as well as damaged wall-paintings less than ahundred years old, depicting animals, including an eagle and aleopard. There is arather curious representation of the Palace of David. As Andrzej Potocki suggests in Podkarpackie Judaica (Judaica in the Podkarpacie Region): "The artist most probably took the picture from apostcard. He thought that he was painting the Palace of David, whereas in fact it was the Carmelite convent in Jerusalem".