Lanckorona

Coordinates: 49°50′47″N 19°42′54″E / 49.84639°N 19.71500°E / 49.84639; 19.71500
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Lanckorona
Village
Lanckorona
Websitehttp://www.lanckorona.pl

Lanckorona

Battle of the Bar Confederation that took place at the castle and within a 4 km (2 mi) range south of the town borders on 22 February 1771. In recent years, Lanckorona has become a tourist attraction for the well preserved 19th century wooden houses in its centre. The township of Lanckorona was established by Casimir III the Great in 1336, to protect the road to Kraków, following the creation of new regional borders following the homage given by Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn to Wenceslaus II of Bohemia in 1291. Lanckorona lost its town rights on 13 July 1933 as its population declined.[1]

History

As documented by

Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Parish Church of Lanckorona in 1336.[2] In its Township Act, King Casimir III the Great gave its inhabitants the right to hold a weekly Thursday town marketplace as well as a concession to import beer into the town. At the time, the dwellers of Lanckorona enjoyed the same rights as the inhabitants of its much larger neighbouring Capital City of Kraków.[3]

Two of the main battles of the Bar Confederation, a league of Polish nobles and gentry formed to defend the liberties of the nobility and the independence of Poland from Russian encroachment, took place on the plains before Lanckorona. On 22 February 1771, the Bar Confederates defended Lanckorona and its castle from the Russian army led by Alexander Suvorov.

Battle of the Bar Confederation
at Lanckorona

In 1602,

Passion of Christ in the neighbouring town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska modeled on the Calvary outside the city walls of Jerusalem
.

References

  1. ^ "County of Lanckorona". County of Lanckorona. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  2. ^ County of Lanckorona. "Location Act of 1366". County of Lanckorona. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ^ Kubiak, Grażyna. "Time Slows Down in Lanckorona". Małopolska24. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

External links

  • Media related to Lanckorona at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website of Lanckorona [1]
  • Official website of the Region of Małopolska [2]