Piast

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Piast (also Piast der Rademacher , Polish Piast Kołodziej ; † around 870 ) was, according to Gallus Anonymus, a prince of the Polans in the 9th century after the fall of Popiel .

Life

In historiography, Piast is considered to be the legendary progenitor of the Polish Piast dynasty. Sometimes he is also called the ruler himself. The legend after he was sitting, building, came a wagon wheel in front of his house when two strangers and he prophesied, his son and his descendants would once Poland dominate. This scene is on several Polish paintings, e.g. B. a monumental painting of Polish history in the Pauline monastery in Czestochowa . He is said to have been married to Rzepicha , with whom he is said to have fathered Siemowit , his son and successor.

The origin of the name "Piast" could point to the activity as a wheel maker. Another explanation is linked to piastun , which translates as “nurse”, “carer”, “guardian” or piastować which means “cherish”, “maintain” or “look after” and assumes that the Piast family was the owner of one hereditary office, similar to the caretaker's office of the later Carolingians at the Merovingian court in the Franconian Empire .

Up until the Enlightenment , Piast, like his first descendants and a very long series of predecessors, was treated as a historical figure. As one of the first historians , Adam Naruszewicz doubted the historical existence of a "Piast" as the founder and progenitor of the Piast dynasty .

The first “tangible” ruler of Poland in sources was Mieszko I (r. 960–992).

literature

  • J. Banaszkiewicz: Podanie o Piaście i Popielu , Warszawa 1986.
  • Anna Walczyk, Ratomir Wilkowski: O Piaście Kołodzieju i postrzyżynach jego syna Ziemowita (PDF file; 88 kB)
  • Henryk Łowmiański: Dynastia Piastów we wczesnym średniowieczu , [in:] Początki Państwa Polskiego, Vol. 1, Poznań 1962.
  • Henryk Łowmiański: Początki Polski , Vol. 5, Warszawa 1973.
  • Stanisław Trawkowski: Jak powstawała Polska , issue 5, Warszawa 1969.
  • K. Jasiński: Rodowód pierwszych Piastów

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Piasts . Residences Commission of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ Piasta means “hub” in Polish.
predecessor Office successor
Popiel Prince of the Polans
approx. 840 - approx. 870 		Siemowit
personal data
SURNAME Piast
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piast the Rademacher; Piast Kołodziej (Polish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of the Polans
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century or 9th century
DATE OF DEATH around 870