The Dominion of Lubowla, also known as the Dominion of Lubowla and Podoliniec, was an

administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

of the Eldership of Spisz, that until 1568 belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, and from 1569 to 1772, to the

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Latin: ''Corona Regni Poloniae''), known also as the Polish Crown, is the common name for the historic Late Middle Ages territorial possessions of the King of Poland, includ ...

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

. Since 1772, it belonged to the

Szepes County Szepes ( sk, Spiš; la, Scepusium, pl, Spisz, german: link=no, Zips) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late 19th century. Its territory today lies in northeastern Slovakia, with a very small are ...

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. Its capital was Stará Ľubovňa, and other important towns were

Podolínec Podolínec ( pl, Podoliniec, german: Pudlein, hu, Podolin) is a town in the Stará Ľubovňa District of the Prešov Region in northern Slovakia. Etymology The etymology is straightforward, the name means in Slovak "place between the hills". ...

and

Hniezdne Hniezdne (german: Kniesen, hu, Gnézda) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. Etymology The name is derived from Slavic ''gnězdo'' - a nest (modern pl, gniazdo, modern sk, hn ...

.Zuzanna Krempaská, ''Sixteen Scepus Towns from 1412 to 1876''.''Encyklopédia Slovenska'', Veda. It was formed on 8 November 1412, during the Spiš Pledge, from the part of the

, that was pledged from the

to the Kingdom of Poland. In 1569, after the formation of

, it became a part of Lesser Poland Province,

. The eldership got conquered by

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

between 1769 and 1770 and remained under

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until 1772 when it was formally incorporated into the

. After that, it existed as the

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until 1778, when it unified with the Province of 13 Spisz Towns, forming the

Province of 16 Szepes Towns The Province of 16 Szepes Towns was a seat, an autonomous administrative division, within Szepes County, located in the Kingdom of Hungary, and later in Austria-Hungary. Its capital was Spišská Nová Ves.Ružena Kormošová: SÍDLO PROVINCIE X ...

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* Zuzanna Krempaská, ''Sixteen Scepus Towns from 1412 to 1876''. Spišska Nova Vés, Spiš Museum. ISBN 9788085173062. * ''Encyklopédia Slovenska'', VEDA, Bratislava, 1980. * Julia Radziszewska, ''Studia spiskie''. Katowice. 1985. * ''Terra Scepusiensis. Stan badań nad dziejami Spiszu''. Lewocza-Wrocław. 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubowla, Dominion Dominion of Lubowla Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Dominion of Lubowla Dominion of Lubowla Dominion of Lubowla 15th-century establishments in Poland 18th-century disestablishments in Poland States and territories established in 1412 States and territories disestablished in 1778