Election field in Kamion

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1889 painting by Jan Matejko for the election of the king in 1573: "The republic at the zenith of its power - the golden freedom." (Polish: "Potęga Rzeczypospolitej u zenitu. Złota wolność. Elekcja RP 1573")
The Skaryszew Park, which is now roughly on the site of the old election site

Two Polish free royal elections took place on the historic, now defunct electoral field in Kamion . The field was on the right bank of the Vistula in what is now Warsaw 's Praga-Południe district .

history

For the first time in 1573 a Polish king was elected by the nobility . Since there was no way in Warsaw to hold a gathering with such a large number of voters, the fields of the village of Kamion eastward (on the right bank of the river) were designated as a voting site. This settlement on the bank of the Vistula near the ford from Solec to Saska Kępa has existed since the 11th or 12th century .

In 1573 there were several candidates for election, including two favored: the Habsburg Archduke Ernst of Austria and the French Prince Heinrich von Valois . The French won the election, but only held office for a year. After his removal, the Hungarian Stefan Bathory was elected King of Poland in 1576 . This election took place in the future more important electoral field in Wielki Wola . It was not until 1733, there was another (and last time) using the selection field in Kamion, as the Saxon Elector Friedrich August II. (Known in Poland as Augustus III.) Against the candidate Sweden and France, Stanislaw Leszczynski could decide the election itself .

In 1780 King Stanisław August Poniatowski bought the lands of the existing church and parish of Kamion from the episcopal chapter in Płock , only to hand it over to his nephew Stanisław the following year, who later also took over the Jurydyka (with 59 properties).

The former is now a Kamion under the name of settlement Kamionek provided with residential development part of the Warsaw district of Praga-Południe which to Praga belongs. Around the site of the former polling place is the Skaryszew Park with Lake Kamion (Polish Jezioro Kamionkowskie ) and the Ostbahnhof (Polish Stacja Wschodnia ).

References and comments

  1. ↑ According to various sources, between 40,000 and 100,000 nobles had traveled there

literature

  • Grzegorz Piątek, Jarosław Trybuś, Warsaw. The thematic guide through Poland's capital , Kamil Markiewicz (Uebers), ISBN 978-3-89728-070-0 , Schröder, Verlag für Regionalkultur, Diepholz 2009, p. 57

Web links

Commons : Electoral elections in Poland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 34 ″  N , 21 ° 3 ′ 24 ″  E