Zagórz ( uk, Загі́р'я; german: Sagor) is a town in
Sanok County
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Sanok County ( pl, powiat sanocki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the ...
,
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
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,
Poland
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, on the river
Osława
The Osława (Czech: ''Oslava'', german: Oslawa, Ukrainian: ''Ослава'') is a river in South-Eastern Poland. Its name comes from the ancient west Slavic dialect word ''osła'', meaning "stone". It begins in the Bieszczady mountains and flow ...
in the
Bukowsko Upland mountains, located south-east of
Sanok
Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...
on the way to
Ustrzyki Dolne
Ustrzyki Dolne (; yi, Istrik, uk, Устри́ки-Долі́шні, translit=Ustrýky-Dolíshni) is a town in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999) close to the border with Ukraine. It is the capital of B ...
, distance. The nearest towns in northeastern
Slovakia
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are
Palota
Palota ( rue, Палота) is a village and municipality in the Medzilaborce District in the Prešov Region of far north-eastern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1330.
Geography
The municipality lies ...
and
Medzilaborce
Medzilaborce ( rue, Міджілабірцї, ''Midzhilabirtsyi''; uk, Міжлабірці, ''Mizhlabirtsi''; hu, Mezőlaborc) is a town in northeastern Slovakia close to the border with Poland, located near the towns of Sanok and Bukowsko (in ...
. Zagórz has a population of 4,988
(02.06.2009).
Zagórz is the most southeasterly railroad junction of the
PKP, with lines going into three directions - eastwards (to
Krościenko and
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
border), southwards (to
Nowy Łupków
Nowy Łupków ( uk, Новий Лупків, ''Novyi Lupkiv'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komańcza, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies appr ...
and Slovak border) and westwards (to
Jasło
Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), and it was previously part of Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in Lesse ...
and the rest of the country).
History
The village of Zagórz was established in the 14th century, when
Red Ruthenia
Red Ruthenia or Red Rus' ( la, Ruthenia Rubra; '; uk, Червона Русь, Chervona Rus'; pl, Ruś Czerwona, Ruś Halicka; russian: Червонная Русь, Chervonnaya Rus'; ro, Rutenia Roșie), is a term used since the Middle Ages fo ...
was annexed by the
Kingdom of Poland
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*Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exist ...
. In early 16th-century documents, its name was spelled Sagorsze and Sogorsch. Zagorz belonged to the noble Tarnawski family, but in 1490, the village was sold to
Piotr Kmita Sobienski. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Zagórz frequently changed owners.
In 1710,
Voivode
Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...
of
Volhynia
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, Count
Jan Adam Stadnicki built in Zagórz a fortified Carmelite monastery, which also served as a hospital for war veterans. The complex served as a hideout for rebels of the
Bar Confederation
The Bar Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja barska; 1768–1772) was an association of Polish nobles (szlachta) formed at the fortress of Bar in Podolia (now part of Ukraine) in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the Polish ...
, and in 1789, when Zagórz already belonged to Austrian
Galicia (see
Partitions of Poland
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), the abbey was closed by
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 unt ...
. In 1830, the complex burned in a fire.
In 1880, the population of Zagórz was 1,639, including Poles, "Rusyny" (Ukrainians), Jews and Germans. By that time, Zagorz already had a rail station, located in the district of Nowy Zagorz. The establishment of a rail junction contributed to the development of the village, whose population grew to 2,400 (in the year 1914). During the
Polish–Ukrainian War
The Polish–Ukrainian War, from November 1918 to July 1919, was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces (both the West Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian People's Republic). The conflict had its roots in ethn ...
(1918-1919), local rail workers built the
armoured train
An armoured train is a railway train protected with armour. Armoured trains usually include railway wagons armed with artillery, machine guns and autocannons. Some also had slits used to fire small arms from the inside of the train, a facili ...
Gromobój, which protected the area from Ukrainian raids.
In the
Second Polish Republic
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, Zagorz belonged to
Lwow Voivodeship
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. On September 12, 1939, the first
Wehrmacht
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units entered the village.. During the war, a
Home Army
The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...
unit operated in the area of the village. German occupation ended on September 13, 1944, when the
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
entered Zagorz.
During World War II ''
dzielnica
In the Poland, Polish system of local administration, a dzielnica (Polish plural ''dzielnice'') is an administrative subdivision or quarter (country subdivision), quarter of a city or town. A dzielnica may have its own elected council (''rada dzi ...
'' Zasław of the town Zagórz was the location of
Zasław concentration camp
Zasław concentration camp (in german: Zwangsarbeitslager Zaslaw) was a World War II Nazi German Nazi concentration camps, concentration camp, established for Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland, ghettoised Jews in Occupation of Poland (1939 ...
set up by Nazi Germany for the
concentration
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and exploitation of
Polish Jews
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the lo ...
soon to be exterminated in
Belzec.
Points of interest
File:Zagórz - monastery ruins landscape.jpg, Ruins of the monastery
File:Zagorz monastery ruin 3 beentree.jpg, Ruins of the monastery (closeup)
References
Bibliography
* Prof.
Adam Fastnacht
Adam Fastnacht (27 July 1913, in Sanok – 16 February 1987, in Wrocław)
doctor hab., historian, editor.Anna Fastnacht-Stupnicka. Obecność przeszłości (''O Adamie Fastnachcie''). Rocznik Sanocki, Sanok, 2006 He was a Polish historian, resear ...
. ''Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Średniowieczu'' (''Historic-Geographic Dictionary of the Sanok District in the Middle Ages''), Kraków, 2002, .
External links
Zagórz – Official webpage
Cities and towns in Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Sanok County
Holocaust locations in Poland
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