Roztocze

Roztocze - Location in Poland

Map of the Roztocze / Розточчя ridge

Roztocze - rolling hills

The Tanew River in the nature reserve

Ponies in the national park

Roztocze ( Ukrainian Розточчя Rostotschtschja ) is an undulating range of hills in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine . It consists of calcareous sandstone and limestone that was formed in the Cretaceous period and extends southeast from the Lublin plateau through the Soska wilderness to the Ukrainian Podolia . In total, it is about 180 km long and 12 to 32 km wide. The highest elevation in Poland is 390 m, in Ukraine 409 m. Roztocze is located on Polish soil in the Lublin and Subcarpathian Voivodeships , while on Ukrainian territory the chain extends to the outskirts of Lviv .

In 2011 it became a biosphere reserve of UNESCO . The Polish part is a national park and the Ukrainian part is the Jaworiw National Park .

Settlements

The largest places in the Roztocze chain include Hrubieszów , Janów Lubelski , Krasnobród , Kraśnik , Lubaczów , Szczebrzeszyn , Tomaszów Lubelski , Zamość and Zwierzyniec .

history

In the Middle Ages Roztocze was on the border between Lesser Poland and Rus and belonged to the Rothreußen region . In the 11th century, Russia conquered the greater part. After the annexation by Casimir the Great , settlers from Galicia , Lublin and Mazovia poured into the sparsely populated area. In the Polish-Lithuanian empire , cities emerged to which many Germans and Jews moved. Tartar incursions kept coming back.

After the partition of Poland , the area came under the Habsburg Monarchy and belonged to the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria . When Poland regained its independence in 1918, Roztocze came to the provinces of Lublin and Lemberg .

At the beginning of the Second World War , the Roztocze was fiercely contested between Poles and Germans. During the occupation there were numerous partisan activities there, both between Poles and Germans and between Poles and Ukrainians.

After the war, the Roztocze was divided between Poland and the USSR . The Polish population had to relocate from the Lviv area to Poland, while the Ukrainian population on the Polish side was resettled in northwestern Poland during the Vistula action .

Web links

Commons : Roztocze - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Roztocze - travel guide