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28-631: Sandomierz Voivodeship was also one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland . Created in 1816 from the Radom Department , in 1837 it was transformed into the Sandomierz Governorate . Sandomierz Voivodeship in its original shape was one of the largest provinces of the Kingdom of Poland . After Lublin Voivodeship was created out of its eastern territories, the province stretched from Białobrzegi in

56-459: A regular street system, unique for the time. The area compromised ten sub-settlements, whose inhabitants worked for the needs of the town. It is very likely that the town was later pillaged by the Mongols during the first Mongol invasion of Poland in 1241. In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered the foundations of a small church dating back to the 10th or 11th century. Its remains are exposed at

84-510: Is a fine example of a two-aisled type church. The interior is richly decorated by precious and unique wall paintings, commissioned in around 1400 by king Jogaila . Two buildings located next to the basilica were erected for Jan Długosz in the 15th century in the late Brick Gothic style with some traces of early Renaissance architecture . In 1442, Długosz became a cantor at the Wiślica church and two years later its curator. In around 1460 he founded

112-540: Is a priceless work of Polish art in the Romanesque style . Located in the burial crypt of the 12th-century church, so-called Slab of Orants is a gypsum panel with engravings filled with black paste mixed with charcoal. It's showing two fields with plain figures separated and surrounded by decorated strips fringes, showing mythological creatures: griffins , a female centaur and the tree of life . The figures are believed to represent prince Henry of Sandomierz and Casimir

140-685: The Congress Poland under Russian rule, and again in independent Poland since 1918. Wiślica lost its town charter in 1870, and it was again destroyed in the course of the First World War , in 1915. In 1939 during the invasion of Poland heavy fighting occurred near Wiślica. In the course of the German occupation that followed, Wiślica's Jewish citizens were murdered in The Holocaust . On 1 January 2018 Wiślica regained its town charter, thus becoming

168-930: The Sejm were elected, as well as two deputies to the Lesser Poland Tribunal in Lublin (...) The soil in the northern part of the voivodeship was sandy, while in its center and south it was very rich. In the area of Opatow, famous wheat was produced, called sandomierka or opatowka. There also were large forests, as well as deposits of marble, copper, iron and lime (...) Among oldest urban centers of Sandomierz Voivodeship were Sandomierz, Wislica , Nowy Korczyn , Zawichost , Radom . Main castles were at Chrobrze, Osiek, Ilza , Checiny , Janowiec nad Wisla. Most important monasteries were at Lysa Gora, Sieciechow, Opatow, Wachock and Koprzywnica". Voivodeship Governor ( Wojewoda ) seat: Regional council (sejmik generalny) seats: In 1397, part of

196-666: The Swedish Deluge . Although Wiślica remained the county capital until the end of the 18th century, it never regained its previous significance. The 3rd Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in Wiślica. In 1795, it became part of Habsburg Austria as a result of the Third Partition of Poland . After the Polish victory in the Austro-Polish War of 1809, it was part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw , then from 1815 in

224-501: The 12th century, Wiślica became an important centre of intellectual and political life. It was given the status of a cultural centre by Helen of Znojmo , the wife of prince Casimir the Just . In the years 1166–1173 the town was the capital of the Duchy of Wiślica and hosted a large palatial complex consisting of two residences and round chapels. The excavated floor of the burial crypt in its vicinity

252-545: The Just with their families. It is also a burial place of Henry of Sandomierz. The church with Slab of Orants was replaced in the 13th century by a bigger, three-aisled basilica. Its remains are still visible in the vaults and feature a decorative ceramic floor. The contemporary church was erected by Casimir the Great in the mid-14th century. It is an excellent example of the Gothic style and one of its kind in southern Poland. Also, it

280-451: The Land of Sandomierz together with the Land of Lublin . The Duchy of Sandomierz was thus created (...) During the reign of Wladyslaw Lokietek , the duchy was turned into a large voivodeship. In ca. 1471, the Land of Lublin was separated from it (...) The area of Sandomierz Voivodeship was 467 square miles, with 374 Roman Catholic parishes, 100 towns, and 2,586 villages. In 1397 left bank part of

308-515: The Polish powiats were renamed to okręgs and the Polish obwóds were renamed powiats. In 1844 several governorates were merged with others, and some others renamed. Five governorates remained: The 1867 reform, initiated after the failure of the January Uprising , was designed to tie Congress Poland (now de facto the Vistulan Country ) more tightly to the administration structure of

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336-683: The Russian Empire. It divided larger governorates into smaller ones. A new lower level entity, gmina , was introduced. This time ten governorates were formed: A minor reform of 1893 transferred some territory from the Plotsk and Lomzha Governorates to the Warsaw Governorate. The 1912 reform created a new governorate – Kholm Governorate – from parts of the Sedlets and Lublin Governorates. However this

364-613: The Sandomierz Voivodeship which was located on the western bank of the Vistula , was divided into three counties: In 1662, Sandomierz Voivodeship consisted of the following counties: Sandomierz Voivodeship was also a proposed voivodeship of Second Polish Republic , which never was created because of the Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 . The idea of creation of this unit

392-461: The belfry and a building for 12 canons and 12 assistant curates, a rare monument of medieval residential complex. Wiślica was granted charter rights by Ladislaus the Short in 1326. Since this time it was a place of frequent political gatherings, as well as the place of reading out of Wiślica Statutes . His son, king Casimir the Great built the towns fortified walls with three gates and the castle which

420-476: The museum pavilion. It was one of the oldest churches in market settlements of the Lesser Poland region. The gypsum baptismal font situated beneath the church foundations became a scientific sensation and the subject of heated discussions soon after its discovery. It most likely served as a font for collective baptising in the 9th century and was regarded one of the earliest finds of its kind on Polish soil. In

448-474: The north, to the area north of Krosno in the south (the town of Krosno itself belonged to Red Ruthenia ). It included such cities and towns of contemporary Poland, as Dębica , Dęblin , Iłża , Kielce , Kolbuszowa , Końskie , Kozienice , Lipsko , Mielec , Nisko , Opoczno , Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski , Pińczów , Pionki , Radom , Ropczyce , Ryki , Stalowa Wola , Starachowice , Staszów , Szydłowiec , Tarnów , Tarnobrzeg and Włoszczowa . The shape of

476-470: The northern panhandle of Congress Poland, are to be found in modern Lithuania . They are: On January 16, 1816, the areas of administrative jurisdiction were reformed from the departments of the Duchy of Warsaw into the more traditionally Polish voivodeships , obwóds and powiats . Eight voivodeships were created: On 7 March 1837 the voivodeships were reorganised as eight guberniyas (governorates): In 1842

504-414: The province was divided into three counties – Sandomierz, Radom and Checiny . In the early 16th century the voivodeship had 9 counties: Sandomierz, Wislica , Checiny, Opoczno , Radom, Szydłów , Stezyca , Pilzno and Tarnów . By late 16th century, Tarnow county was annexed by Pilzno county, while Szydlow county was divided between Wislica and Sandomierz (...) Sandomierz Voivodeship had nine senators:

532-757: The regional capital Kielce . In 2016 the town had a population of 503. It was the smallest town in Poland in 2018. Wiślica is an ancient settlement and has played an important role in Polish history . The town was founded more than 1000 years ago, close to the important commercial routes, running from Kraków to Sandomierz . At that time it was probably the capital of the Vistulans , a tribe which inhabited this region of Poland. After coming under temporary rule of Great Moravia and Bohemia , these lands were incorporated into Poland by Duke Mieszko I in 990. The first guarded settlement

560-562: The subdivisions closer to the structure of the Russian Empire when guberniyas ( governorates ) were introduced. In this way, Congress Poland was gradually transformed into the " Vistulan Country ". Over the next several decades, various smaller reforms were carried out, either changing the smaller administrative units or merging/splitting various guberniyas. Today, almost all of the subdivisions of Congress Poland may be found, in similar territorial areas, in modern Poland . A few, roughly in

588-496: The voivode and the castellan of Sandomierz, and castellans of Wislica, Radom, Zawichost , Żarnów , Malogoszcz , Połaniec and Czchow . The voivodeship had several starostas , who resided in such towns, as Sandomierz, Radom, Checiny, Opoczno, Nowy Korczyn , Stezyca, Wislica, Pilzno, Stopnica , Solec nad Wisla , Zawichost, Szydlow, Przedborz , Ropczyce , Ryczywol , Radoszyce , Ryki , Zwolen , Gołąb and others. Local sejmiks took place at Opatow , at which seven deputies to

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616-561: The voivodeship remained unchanged from 1474 to the first partition of Poland (1772), when the Habsburg monarchy annexed the area south of the Vistula , with Dębica, Kolbuszowa, Mielec, Nisko and Tarnów. Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland gives a detailed description of Sandomierz Voivodeship: “Duke Boleslaw Krzywousty , before his death in 1138, divided Poland between his four sons, giving Henryk

644-512: Was delivered to Kraków for the royal court. From the 14th century Wiślica was the capital of a province, from the 15th century it was a county capital and the seat of a starosta (governor). In 1528 king Sigismund I the Old granted Wiślica the right to build municipal waterworks. By the end of the 16th century, the town was destroyed by successive fires, floods and plagues, and became marginalized. The towns ultimate destruction took place in 1657 during

672-451: Was later pulled down. The town's spacious layout changed in those years. The new center of Wiślica was located on the commercial route, the so-called Via Salis. New bridges on the River Nida were constructed. Wiślica was granted important privileges, toll customs on the bridges, the exemption of townspeople custom duties and the right of storing salt. Wiślica was then known for its beer, which

700-415: Was probably established at the end of the 9th century, long before Polish statehood. The town was allegedly sacked in 1135 by a Ruthenian raid under Volodymyrko Volodarovych , although all primary sources from that time are unreliable, and show signs of exaggeration and invention. The remains that survive today are of the settlement which was erected at the end of the 12th century. Wiślica was known to have

728-642: Was split off from the Vistulan Country and made part of the Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire . Wislica Wiślica ( [viˈɕlit͡sa] ) ( Yiddish : Vayslits ) is a town in Busko County , Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , in south-central Poland . It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wiślica . It lies on the Nida River , approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south of Busko-Zdrój and 60 km (37 mi) south of

756-571: Was subdivided several times from its creation in 1815 until its dissolution in 1918. Congress Poland ("Russian Poland") was divided into departments , a relic from the times of the French-dominated Duchy of Warsaw . In 1816 the administrative divisions were changed to forms that were more traditionally Polish: voivodeships , obwóds and powiats . Following the November Uprising , the subdivisions were again changed in 1837 to bring

784-586: Was the brainchild of Minister of Industry and Trade Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski , and it was directly linked with creation of one of the biggest economic projects of interbellum Poland, Central Industrial Region . It was to cover south-central Poland, and most probably, it was to be created in late 1939. Its projected size was 24.500 square kilometers, and it was to incorporate 20 or 21 powiats . 50°40′52″N 21°44′40″E  /  50.681049°N 21.744507°E  / 50.681049; 21.744507 Administrative division of Congress Poland Congress Poland

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