Nagórzany
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Nagórzany, supper oppido toto Nowothanecz et suburbis – 1446, Nowothanyecz cum supperiori suburbio 1486, Wolia Przedmieszczie Nagórzany 1589, Przedmieście Nowotanieckie Górne, village in East Małopolska
in the Lesser Beskid mountains, Bukowsko
rural commune, parish in Nowotaniec
.
Nagórzany is about 10 miles from Sanok
in south-west Poland. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountain
, and has an elevation of 340 metres. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Krosno Voivodship (1975-1998) and Sanok
district, (10 miles east of Sanok), located near the towns of Medzilaborce
and Palota
(in northeastern Slovakia
).
The village was a filial parish to Wola Sękowa 3km away.
(tributary of Wisłok) and Sanoczek (tributary of the San River). Forming sort of a suburb of Nowotaniec, it carries a name in contrast to that of Nadolany
, lying to the north of the town. Its population in 1880 was 446 people, ecclesiastical sematisms indicate 927 RC belonging to the Nowotaniec parish and 55 GC in the Wola Sękowa
parish. The adornment of the village is the masonry cerkiew p.t. Apostles Peter and Paul, to which belong 16 mórgs of fields and 16 morgs of grubbing for fuel. Nagorzany borders with Jaworowa Wola and Bukowsko
to the south. Nagórzany was founded in 1446 by Bals family.
This part of Poland was controlled by Austria
for almost 120 years. At that time the area (including west and east of Subcarpathian Voivodship) was known as Galicia. In 1785 the village lands comprised 6 ½ lan. There were 50 Greek Catholics, 267 Roman Catholics and 5 Jews. In 1899 the village lands comprised 3,43 km². There were 49 Greek Catholics, 431 Roman Catholics, and 10 Jews. The church at Nagórzany is right on the road an easy to get to. Church was "Saint Michael" 1848 - Apostles Saints Peter & Paul". The name was changed from Saint Michael in 1864. The cemetery has a few headstones in it.
On April, 1946 the village was attacked by a strong unit of UPA and some buildings were burnt. Only over a dozen years after the war the village started to rebuild . At one time the entire village was burned to the ground by the UPA with the exception of two houses belonging to Lemkos
. No one was killed but every house was destroyed.
The rural families are poor, agriculture is rarely profitable and low income makes it difficult for farms to invest in from improvements.
Time zone :
UTC+1
/SummerUTC+2
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland, with its capital in the city of Kraków. It forms the southeastern corner of the country, and should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only a small, southern part of Lesser Poland...
in the Lesser Beskid mountains, Bukowsko
Bukowsko
Bukowsko is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It's in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, parish in loco, located near the towns of Medzilaborce and Palota . During the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was in Lesser Poland prowincja.-Characteristics:Bukowsko is the...
rural commune, parish in Nowotaniec
Nowotaniec
Nowotaniec, , is a village in south-eastern Poland, inhabited by about 430 , in the Pogórze Bukowskie mountains...
.
Nagórzany is about 10 miles from Sanok
Sanok
Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...
in south-west Poland. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountain
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe...
, and has an elevation of 340 metres. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Krosno Voivodship (1975-1998) and Sanok
Sanok
Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...
district, (10 miles east of Sanok), located near the towns of Medzilaborce
Medzilaborce
Medzilaborce is a town in northeastern Slovakia close to the border with Poland, located near the towns of Sanok and Bukowsko . Its population is approximately 6,600.-Characteristics:...
and Palota
Palota
Palota is a village and municipality in the Medzilaborce District in the Prešov Region of far north-eastern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 482 metres and covers an area of 24.116 km². It has a population of about 190 people....
(in northeastern Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
).
The village was a filial parish to Wola Sękowa 3km away.
History
Nagórzany with Lipniki, Ludwikówka and Węglarzyska, village, Sanok district, it lies south of Nowotaniec, along the road to Bukowsko (3.7 km), in a hilly area 390 m. above sea level, on the divide between the PielnicaPielnica
The Pielnica is a river in South-Eastern Poland. Its name comes from the ancient German dialect word piella, the river, a tributary of the Wislok on the right bank. It begins in the Bieszczady mountains and flows through western Pogórze Bukowskie. The Pielnica arises in the Carpathian Mountains...
(tributary of Wisłok) and Sanoczek (tributary of the San River). Forming sort of a suburb of Nowotaniec, it carries a name in contrast to that of Nadolany
Nadolany
Nadolany, supper oppido toto Nowothanecz et suburbis – 1446, Nowothanyecz cum supperiori suburbio - 1486, Wiesz Nadoliany – 1589, Nadolany – 1699, village in East Małopolska in the Lesser Beskid mountains, Bukowsko rural commune, parish in Nowotaniec.Nadolany is about 10 miles from Sanok in...
, lying to the north of the town. Its population in 1880 was 446 people, ecclesiastical sematisms indicate 927 RC belonging to the Nowotaniec parish and 55 GC in the Wola Sękowa
Wola Sekowa
Wola Sękowa, village in East Małopolska in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, Bukowsko rural commune, parish in Bukowsko.Zboiska is about 15 miles from Sanok in south-west Poland. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountain, and has an elevation of 340 metres...
parish. The adornment of the village is the masonry cerkiew p.t. Apostles Peter and Paul, to which belong 16 mórgs of fields and 16 morgs of grubbing for fuel. Nagorzany borders with Jaworowa Wola and Bukowsko
Bukowsko
Bukowsko is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It's in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, parish in loco, located near the towns of Medzilaborce and Palota . During the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was in Lesser Poland prowincja.-Characteristics:Bukowsko is the...
to the south. Nagórzany was founded in 1446 by Bals family.
This part of Poland was controlled by Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
for almost 120 years. At that time the area (including west and east of Subcarpathian Voivodship) was known as Galicia. In 1785 the village lands comprised 6 ½ lan. There were 50 Greek Catholics, 267 Roman Catholics and 5 Jews. In 1899 the village lands comprised 3,43 km². There were 49 Greek Catholics, 431 Roman Catholics, and 10 Jews. The church at Nagórzany is right on the road an easy to get to. Church was "Saint Michael" 1848 - Apostles Saints Peter & Paul". The name was changed from Saint Michael in 1864. The cemetery has a few headstones in it.
On April, 1946 the village was attacked by a strong unit of UPA and some buildings were burnt. Only over a dozen years after the war the village started to rebuild . At one time the entire village was burned to the ground by the UPA with the exception of two houses belonging to Lemkos
Lemkos
Lemkos , one of several quantitatively and territorially small ethnic groups who also call themselves Rusyns , are one of the ethnic groups inhabiting the Carpathian Mountains...
. No one was killed but every house was destroyed.
The rural families are poor, agriculture is rarely profitable and low income makes it difficult for farms to invest in from improvements.
Most popular surnames in the region
Surnames from 1787 Cadastral Records : Balwierczak, Banasiewicz, Blażejoski, Braćko, Burnat, Cysarczyk, Czapla, Daniczko, Debczak, Delimant, Dembicki (Dębicki), Długosz, Drozd, Dróżny, Dymiński, Gac, Gackoski, Gembus, Gerlach, Golak, Jakubowski, Jankowski, Jasiński, Jazoski, Kaszubski, Kędlarski, Kielar, Kindlarski, Kluczka, Kopacz, Kowalczyk, Kozimor, Krajnik, Krasoski, Krawiec, Królicki, Kulikowski, Kuźmierski, Leniewicz, Lenio, Leńczyk, Loeffler, Łuszcz, Maykiewicz, Mieleniewicz, Miklasz, Mszański, Muszański, Nagórski, Pankiewicz, Patrylak, Pawiak, Piszczyński, Pociecha, Pstrąk, Rabicki, Radwański, Ragan, Ragański, Rawicki, Raychel, Reichel, Roczniak, Ryzoski, Ryżoski, Sabat, Sadowski, Sagański, Sas, Senio, Siedlarski, Silar, Silarski, Sielarski, Sokalski, Solon, Szagański, Szatkowski, Szkalęba, Szombrzyński, Szwast, Szymański, Urban, Urbanik, Wewiórski, Wielgos, Wierzbicki, Drewnik, Żmigrodzki.Time zone :
UTC+1
UTC+1
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/SummerUTC+2
UTC+2
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Literature
- Adam FastnachtAdam FastnachtAdam Fastnacht doctor hab., historian, editor . He was a distinguished a Polish historian, researcher of the history of the town and the district of Sanok Land, one of the most renowned Polish historians of his time. Adam Fastnacht was born 1913, in Sanok to a German family who setteled in the east...
, Nagórzany [in:] Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Średniowieczu (Historic-Geographic Dictionary of the Sanok District in the Middle Ages), Kraków, (II edition 2002), ISBN 83-88385-14-3. - Jerzy Zuba "W Gminie Bukowsko". Roksana, 2004, ISBN 83-7343-150-0. Translated by Deborah Greenlee. Arlington, TX 76016.
External links
- Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Lands Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich. tom. XV, pages 561-562. Warszawa. 1876. (digital edition)