The Province of 13 Spisz Towns was an

autonomous administrative division An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, entity, unit, region, subdivision, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy� ...

of the Eldership of Spisz, that until 1568 belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, and since then 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 ...

.Zuzanna Krempaská, ''Sixteen Scepus Towns from 1412 to 1876''.''Encyklopédia Slovenska'', Veda. The province was formed on 8 November 1412, in with the Spiš Pledge, in which

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

had pledged part of

to the Kingdom of Poland, with the

Province of 24 Szepes Towns The Province of 24 Szepes Towns, also known as the Union of 24 Szepes Towns, and until c. 1344, as the Community of Szepesian Saxons, and the Province of Szepesian Saxons, was a seat, an autonomous administrative division, within Szepes County, Ki ...

was divided into Province of 11 Szepes Towns in Hungary, and Province of 13 Spisz Towns in Poland. In 1569, after the formation of

, it became a part of Lesser Poland Province,

. The eldership was conquered by

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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 Dominion of Lubowla, 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 ...

Subdivisions

The province had been formed from salient formed by Podoliniec District, that was connected to the rest of the Dominion of Lubowla, and via it to the rest of the Kingdom of Poland, and 5

exclaves An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

surrounded by the Kingdom of Hungary. It was divided into 5

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: * Podoliniec District, with in seat exterritorially located in

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". ...

, Dominion of Lubowla, * Biała Spiska District, with the seat in

Spišská Belá Spišská Belá (german: Zipser Bela; hu, Szepesbéla; pl, Biała Spiska) is a town in the Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region in Spiš in northern Slovakia. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Histor ...

, * Poprad District, with the seat in Poprad, * Nowa Wieś Spiska District, with the seat in

Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves (; hu, Igló; german: (Zipser) Neu(en)dorf) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The town is located southeast of the High Tatras in the Spiš region, and lies on both banks of the Hornád River. It is the biggest tow ...

, * Spiskie Podgrodzie District, with the seat in Spišské Podhradie, formed from the enclaves of areas of Spišské Podhradie and

Spišské Vlachy Spiśské Vlachy ( hu, Szepesolaszi, german: Wlachi, ''Wlachy'' or ''Wallendorf'', Latin: ''Villa Latina'') is a town in eastern Slovakia. It is in the Spiš region (''Szepes'' in Hungarian or ''Zips'' in German). It is now administratively in th ...

Towns

* Spišské Podhradie * Poprad * Veľká *

Spišská Sobota Spišská Sobota (German ''Georgenberg'', Hungarian ''Szepesszombat'') is a historic Slovak town that was absorbed in 1946 as a borough of the city of Poprad. It is located in the northeastern part of the city above the Poprad river. The popul ...

* Stráže pod Tatrami * Matejovce *

Vrbov Vrbov (German: ''Menhardsdorf'') is a village and municipality in the Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked ...

Ľubica Ľubica ( hu, Leibic, german: Leibitz, rue, Любіца) is a large village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. It is now a mostly housing development district with many panel block houses. History In ...

* Ruskinovce * Tvarožná

Citations

Notes

References

Bibliography

* Zuzanna Krempaská, ''Sixteen Scepus Towns from 1412 to 1876''. Spišska Nova Vés, Spiš Museum. ISBN 9788085173062. * ''Encyklopédia Slovenska'', , Bratislava, 1980. * Julia Radziszewska, ''Studia spiskie''. Katowice. 1985. * ''Terra Scepusiensis. Stan badań nad dziejami Spiszu''. Lewocza-Wrocław. 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:Szepes, Province, Towns, 13 Province of 13 Szepes Towns Province of 13 Szepes Towns Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Province of 13 Szepes Towns Province of 13 Szepes Towns Former enclaves Former exclaves Province of 13 Szepes Towns 15th-century establishments in Poland 18th-century disestablishments in Poland States and territories established in 1412 States and territories disestablished in 1778