Niedźwiedza
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Brzesko | ||
| Gmina : | Dębno | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 54 ' N , 20 ° 43' E | ||
| Residents : | 599 (2009) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 14 | ||
| License plate : | KBR | ||
Niedźwiedza is a village with a Schulzenamt in the Dębno municipality in the Brzeski powiat of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland .
history
According to a legend, the place was founded by the twin brothers Świch and Kuno in the forest in the 14th century on behalf of Spycimir Leliwita of Melsztyn . It was first mentioned in 1398 as Medzwedza . The topographic name is derived from the word niedźwiedź ( bear ). Jan Długosz described the village as Nyedwyedza, villa sub parochia de Porambka sit between 1470 and 1480 .
Politically and administratively, the village belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (from 1569 the aristocratic republic of Poland-Lithuania ), Krakow Voivodeship , Sącz District. After the Melsztyński family, it belonged to the Jordan family.
During the first partition of Poland , Niedźwiedza became part of the new Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Habsburg Empire in 1772 (from 1804). After the abolition of patrimonial it formed a parish in the Brzesko district .
In 1918, after the end of the First World War and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Niedźwiedza came to Poland. This was only interrupted by the occupation of Poland by the Wehrmacht in World War II .
In the years 1951 to 1952 a separate Roman Catholic parish was established.
From 1975 to 1998 Niedźwiedza was part of the Tarnów Voivodeship .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Historia Niedźwiedzy (Polish)
- ↑ a b c Władysław Lubaś: Nazwy miejscowe południowej części dawnego województwa krakowskiego . Polska Akademia Nauk . Instytut Języka Polskiego, Wrocław 1968, p. 100 (Polish, online ).
- ↑ Jacek Laber Shek: Posiadłości Melsztyńskich w okolicach Melsztyna
