Łada () is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Chrzanów, within
Janów Lubelski County
Janów may refer to:
* Janów, Chełm County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
* Janów, Lublin County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
* Janów, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
* Janów, Gmina Bełchatów in Łódź Voivodeship (ce ...
,
Lublin Voivodeship
The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, C ...
, in eastern
Poland
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.
It lies approximately south-east of
Chrzanów
Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of Chrzanów County.
History
History to 1809
It is impossible to establish ...
, east of
Janów Lubelski
Janów Lubelski is a town in southeastern Poland. It has 11,938 inhabitants (2006). Situated in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999), Janów Lubelski belongs to Lesser Poland, and is located in southeastern corner of this historic Polish province. ...
, and south of the regional capital
Lublin. According to the National Census, it had 517 inhabitants in 2011 and was the third largest village in Gmina Chrzanów.
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History
The first mention of the village dates back to 1245 and concerns a raid by knyaz Vasilko. In the 14th century it was a royal village and in 1377 it became the property of Dymitr of Goraj
Dymitr of Goraj, Lublin Voivodeship, Goraj ( pl, Dymitr z Goraja, links=no) (c.1340–1400) of Korczak coat of arms, Clan Korczak was a Grand Crown Marshal from 1390 and Podskarbi, Court Treasurer in the years 1364–1370 and 1377–1391 ...
. After his death, it was inherited by his nephews. Then, in 1508, the village was owned by Mikołaj Firlej, the governor of the voivodeship. In 1517 Łada was bought by Wiktoryn Sienieński, who gave it to the Górka family. Toward the end of the 16th century Jan Zamoyski
Jan Sariusz Zamoyski ( la, Ioannes Zamoyski de Zamoscie; 19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, and the 1st '' ordynat'' of Zamość. He served as the Royal Secretary from 1565, Deputy Chancellor from 1576, Grand Cha ...
bought the village from their heirs and incorporated it into the ''ordynacja
In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust established by deed or settlement which restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents the property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise ali ...
'' a few years later (1601). In the mid-17th century, there was a pond with a mill, an orchard and an inn with a brewery in the village. Due to its location, Łada played a role of a craft and service base for Goraj. At the end of the 18th century, there was a ''folwark
''Folwark''; german: Vorwerk; uk, Фільварок; ''Filwarok''; be, Фальварак; ''Falwarak''; lt, Palivarkas is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of ''latifundium''), often very ...
'', 3 inns and a brewery in the village. During the Napoleonic Wars
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, due to military travels and quarters, natural disasters, crop failures, and diseases, the population (15 arable land were abandoned), inventory and livestock
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(50-90%) decreased. In the 19th century Uniates
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arrived from neighboring Malinie (the Rus population had also been present earlier). According to statistics from 1921 Łada had 116 houses and 702 residents. In the interwar period, a school was established and the Rural Youth Circle ''Siew'' was active. During World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, on May 24, 1944, a German air raid took place. The fire caused by the bombardment consumed 73 households. In 1946 a fire department was established. In 1955-1962, Łada was the seat of a ''gromada
Gromada is a Polish word meaning "gathering", "group", or "assembly". In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the term referred to a village organization which embraced all the inhabitants of a village and acted as a local authority, as well a ...
''.
References
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* ''Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Województwo lubelskie''. (1924). 4. Warsaw. p. 36.
* Opis Gmin Powiatu Janowskiego, 1933 r.
* Archiwum Ordynacji Zamojskiej, sygn.:9, 15; 3198, 12–12v, 32v–35v.
Villages in Janów Lubelski County
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