Rotburgenland
The Rotburgenland or Tscherwener Burgenland ( Old Russian Grady Tscherwenske , Polish Grody czerwieńskie ) was an area on the territory of today's eastern Poland and western Ukraine , which existed at the latest from the 10th to the 14th century.
Surname
The name is derived from Tscherwen Castle , which was the center of the area. The German name Rotburgenland is based on the misunderstanding that czerwienskie comes from Polish czerwony rot , as has the name Rus czerwona Rote Rus since the 15th century.
area
The extent of the area is unclear. Only the Cherven and Przemyśl castles are mentioned in the written sources . The area was west of the bow . To the west was the country of Krakow (later the Duchy of Lesser Poland ). The area may have included the later Chełmer Land and the Przemyśler Land .
history
981 Castle is Cherven first mentioned when they with the castle Przemyśl from Kiev Prince I. Vladimir conquered. The name Tscherwener Burgen was first used in 1018 when the Polish Duke Bolesław Chrobry conquered the area. Also in 1031 there is talk of Cherven castles , which the Kiev prince Yaroslav the Wise recaptured.
The area subsequently belonged to various principalities of the Kievan Rus , such as the Principality of Volhynia , the Principality of Cherven , the Principality of Przemyśl , and from 1198 to the Principality of Halitsch-Wolhynia . In 1240 the Khaganate of the Golden Horde conquered the area. 1288 appears Tscherwener castles , in 1289 the castle Cherven last time in a written source.
In 1340 King Casimir the Great acquired the territory for the Kingdom of Poland .
From the 15th century the Polish name Rus czerwona Rote Rus was used for the area of the new Ruthenian Voivodeship , which included the Chełmer and Przemyśler Lands , but also the Lviv Lands and the Halitscher Lands .