Sandezer Land
The Sandezer Land (Polish Sądecczyzna or Ziemia sądecka ) is a historical region in Lesser Poland in the West Beskids . It is named after the town of Stary Sącz in the Sandez basin . In addition to this, the Sandezer Beskids and parts of the Carpathian foothills also belong to the Sandezer Land. The most important river in the Sandezer Land is the Dunajec and its tributary Poprad . Politically, the region belongs to Lesser Poland.
Culture
The Sandezer Land is inhabited by the Sandezer Lachen , the Sandezer Góralen , the Pogórzanie and the Lemken . The area came to Poland in the 10th century and soon became a border region with Hungary. The important trade routes from Poland (Krakow) to Hungary (Buda) ran along the rivers. During Polish particularism , it was in Lesser Poland , which was ruled by Krakow . Bolesław V gave the land to his wife, Saint Kinga , when they got married. In the 13th century, large parts of the Spiš belonged to the Sandezer Land and went to St. Kinga, who founded the Clare Clare and Franciscan monastery in Stary Sącz in 1257 , which became the cultural center of the region. Nowy Sącz was founded in 1292 north of Stary Sącz. In the course of the First Partition of Poland , it came to the Habsburgs as part of Galicia . After the First World War , the region came back to Poland. It is currently part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship .
literature
Prof. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ISBN 83-01-02323-6