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It's almost over.XV year belonging to the advanced Lusatia region of Lower Silesia
How many inhabitants of Zgorzelec, Lubania or the Rich realize They don't live in Lower Silesia. What about advanced Lusatia? I'm shooting, not many. possibly a small more than that, they live in Lower Silesia in advanced Lusatia. They're wrong. Although...?
Upper Lusatia grew on the map of Europe in the mediate Ages. In the second half of the era. I would very much like to date this fact more accurately, but not in a way. The advanced Lusatia identity was born from earlier Milsk, and This process lasted at least respective decades. The outline of the advanced Lusatia borders can be crossed out much more confidently. The settlement in the present Lusatia basin, which is the east part of the country, was conducted by the powerful from 3 sides: the Missenian bishops from the west, the kings of parts from the south and the Silesian princes from the east. ♪ Ticking ♪ not so far The wilderness met in the valley of Kwisa, flowing from the Jizera Mountains, falling into Bobru at the interface between Lusatia (Lower) and Silesia. The first paper describing, sometimes enigmatically, this boundary is the alleged advanced Lusatia Border paper of 1241.
I have no ambition in this text to talk about the course, changes and historical-geographical meanders border of advanced Lusatia in its entirety. It's a subject of large importance for a separate discussion. Moreover, already discussed in literature and publications Polish-speaking respective times. To realize my thoughts just focus on the east border, separating advanced Lusatia from Silesia. It rapidly settled on the mentioned Apris and its run (with tiny deviations) was honoured until 18 May 1815. Only the detaching of the northern part of the country by Prussia changed not only the conventional border with Silesia but even changed nationality It's a neighborhood. Although she lost her autonomy, she never stopped being the advanced Lusatia. Only as a tiny part of large Saxony. The Prussian northern part was incorporated into Silesia and together with its lands formed Provinz Schlesien. In later administrative divisions of this country in the Kingdom of Prussia, the “Silesian advanced Lusatia” were included in the Lower Silesian era (Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz, between 1919 and 1938 and 1941-45 a separate Provinz Niederschlesien). Hence, the Silesian past of Görlitz-Zgorzelca, Lauban (Luban) and the north-eastern part of the present Polish advanced Lusatia, lying between Kwisa and Witka (Směda). Only the confederate Saxon section, in the area that coincides about with today's urban-rural municipality of Bogatynia, retained the advanced Lusatia identity continuously until May 1945.
It is worth remembering that the states and nations of the Napoleonic coalition, i.e. specified as Saxony, besides Poland, never reconciled with Prussian annexation of advanced Lusatia and inclusion of their territory in Silesia.
The east belt of advanced Lusatia, between Nysa Lusatia and Kwisa was donated by Iosif Wissarionowicz Jugaszvili (Józef Stalin). Maltese divisionCentral Europe build a fresh Poland as a compact territory, with limits based on natural obstacles. The Communist Tsar did not care about specified nuances as countries, nations or cultural differences. It didn't substance if the full population was picked up anyway. The Germans were to be displaced, and the social and architectural order was to be NEW.
Even if 1 of the fresh settlers was aware of the cultural distinctness of the advanced Lusatia region of Europe, he could at least laughter at it. There wasn't a single reason to bother with specified trifles. Zanyskie Górne Łużice was simply incorporated into the administrative region of Silesia Dolny, which was shortly renamed Wrocław Voivodeship... and now.
As in all areas of modern Poland seized from the fallen Reich Greater Germany (Großdeutsches Reich), and in the advanced Lusatia there was a full population exchange. surviving on the right bank of Nysa Lusatia Upper borrowingThey were mostly German.Slavic population– Lusatia Serbs – focused around the main centre of the country - Budziszyn. At most, individual families lived in the East advanced Lusatia. Even if they were compact groups, doubtful or communist authorities would agree to stay in the fresh state. By analogy with the advanced Silesians, not available I don't want to take sides. two hostile nationalities – Poles and Germans – you may think that Serboring would be treated like a V column. The advanced Silesians frequently ended their postwar misery in transition camps and beyond the western border.
In today's rich municipality, the only Polish roundabout about never being formally part of advanced Lusatia, No household with Serbian pedigree lives. As in all German regions of Poland, the cultural identity was cut in the erstwhile Milsk. For the first decades, she settled in Zgorzelec County population, had no thought where they lived. Whether it is Lower Silesia or advanced Lusatia – it was completely indifferent. It was usually said to be the chaotic West, from which far away. It was only close to the Czech Republic and Germany, but there was a нельзя. The advanced Lusatia was sometimes mentioned after the consolidation of the Polish statehood, and especially After 1970 and accepting the border on Nysa and Odra by the national Republic of Germany.
It is so no wonder that advanced Lusatia in Poland are only present in the contemporary discourse symbolically.
Historical-regional complexities through the past half century have been of small concern to anyone. Local identity was eliminated by the Poles during the last war and the People's Authority. They effectively built a uniform Polish nationality by blurring all ethnic, linguistic, spiritual and ceremonial differences. mostly effective. However, after 60 years of Polishism in the erstwhile German and Czech territories, especially in Silesia, advanced and Lower Lusatia and in Kłodzki County, The residents are looking for a common home identity. For how many generations can 1 feed on the “seed lost” behind Bug, over Germany or even over Pilica and Bzura? How long can you mention fairy tales of different end winters, golden benches, sweet apples and beautiful girls with braids left far off on the steppes?
Despite the global telecommunications village, newUpper borrowingAnd the Slaves hunger for fellowship with the earth on which they have lived for 4 generations. Aged second generation born in western Silesia, in east advanced Lusatia, raised in Silesian townhouses, or in adjournment-shachull huts, I want to know where he lives. What were the fates of their lesser, but closer country, why different from another parts of the countryWho lived in their homes before them? They scope for history.
All you gotta do is comb the net to see what kind of They are very popular collections of old postcards, galleries of age photographs,forum devoted to the past of cities, municipalities and districts. The hunger for local identity is expanding and feeds on the past on an unprecedented scale.
Meanwhile systemic-political reality, as formal, by nature secondary things and usually slowed down, He can't keep up with these needs.
Today's voivodships are not a representation of historical dependencies, divisions and regional identity. Especially in the case of voivodships formed in non-modern Poland territories before 1945. Demanding orthodoxic reconstruction of the borders of the Prussian state of Silesia or the Autonomous state of Silesia are utopian. It is besides hard to anticipate that the population surviving in south-western, western and north-western provinces – completely inflow, will reconstruct regional relations of erstwhile hosts.
When in 1998 the second phase of self-government improvement was introduced (the creation of powiats and fresh voivodships) - its creators themselves admitted that it was respective years late and highly imperfect. any sceptics did not question the thought of self-government, but criticized the return to a three-step division at a time erstwhile tools arose to scope the citizen straight from the headquarters. Even the full liquidation of voivodships was proposed and leave only municipalities, with the anticipation of joining unions, to implement local and regional strategies. Looking from a perspective15 years, which have passed since the improvement was introduced, Even present this imagination is most likely besides futuristic for most politicians and officials. However, specified a solution would surely prove what it is. Socio-economic and cultural unions unite Polish local communities. It is possible that different districts would make in the country than drawn borders of 16 voivodships. It is certain that the modern division into regional administrative units, in virtually no case reflects conventional regions. By establishing 15 years ago fresh voivodships from each region were broken, or glued to it, any subregion that had previously been associated with another region. besides called voivodships completely artificialAs if having nothing to do with their territory.
The best example is the Lubuskie Voivodeship, which was assembled from 2 artificially tight parts. In order to satisfy the ambitions of Gorzów and Zielona Góra elites, and not to fatten besides much Lower Silesian and Wielkopolska. This is how Silesian was created, with 51 % of the territory of Małopolska. The effect is that frequently Stupid mass-media They're calling the sleds! A community between Małopolska Częstochowa and Zagłębie Dąbrowski and advanced Silesian Conurbation was dedicated. Meanwhile, the Polish chain of hearts, torn half of advanced Silesia and carved for himself the bastard province, That people inactive run distant from. These examples are more.
It was bad with the old Silesian. A country with almost 1000 years of past was torn into voivodships: lubuskie, dolnośląskie, opolskie and śląskie (the trumpet was even cut by Wielkopolska).
Lower Silesian was drawn on the map artificially. The boundaries did not take into account many of the diversity of deep history. It is worse that besides modern, shaped for 54 years postwar symbiosis of cities, subregions and districts of the state. Protecting interests grown on the basis of 49 "capitals" of the provincial, local authoritative groups, preserving the local pseudo-identity, the division of co-living centres specified as Zielona Góra – Głogów – Legnica or Wrocław – Brzeg – Opole was made.
Regional self-government centres, cultural centres, media centres with various intensity, a bit jumpy trying to build a Lower Silesian identity. 1 of the Wroclaw mutations of the nationwide diary years ago distributed a car sticker “I am a Lower Silesian”. Various media campaigns item "lower Silesianness", encouraging social consolidation within the voivodship. The effects of these treatments are not very clear. possibly due to the fact that the voivodship is simply a government creation, and possibly a 24-year fragmentation in 49 provinces (from 1975 to 1999).
Polish east Lusatia – Lower and advanced – fell to Lubuskie and Lower Silesian. This has not been noted in the names, although in both administrative units the Lusatia lands represent a crucial share. And yet the two-member names, honoring regional duality, function in respective cases, e.g. Warmian-Masurian and Kujawsko-Pomeranian provinces, and districts: Czarnko-Drzcianecki, bierunsko-Lędziński, ropczycko-Sędziszowski, shooting-drezdenecki. If, in his wisdom, the creators of the voivodships' names wanted to give the south-western name "Slasko-Górnołużycki", and the Silesian name "Slasko-Małopolskie", then the Opole name would suffice "Górnośląskie". Names would pay tribute to the regional diversity of confederate Poland, which is older than the Polish State.
In the meantime, we have a “bottom-Silesian” with an apparent monoculture.
The advanced Lusatia so seldom appears the lives of the subregional community, actually only in the symbolic layer. This is the Lużycki Border defender Branch, and this is the Lužické Medical Center, which is again a band called Łujdzianki, or the press title “Łuzyce” (with the same name glassworks), the Lužice Real property Exchange, etc.
Although it is not much – it is happy. In the consciousness of the inhabitants, it is vain to search recognition with the Upper-Lusatia country. I do not have the results of the research, so I cannot be sure, but I have not met the declaration "I am (Górno)Łużyński". However, I besides did not meet in advanced Lusatia the case of a akin Lower Silesian declaration. This could prove no regional identity whatsoever.But being a “homeless mutt” in conventional Polish culture does not go long.
It must be hard for any readers to refrain from asking, “What the hell does it substance that what utilized to be advanced Silesian is now Lower Silesian, even if only 15 years old?” After all, the borders of regions, countries and countries in Europe have changed so many times. On our continent, there was almost no decade so that any part of the state, and even more so the region did not change its membership. Even the latest political changes: erstwhile I compose these words The fact becomesseparation from Ukraine Donbas, and a fewer months ago Russia She broke up. Crimean Peninsula. He was attached to the Ukrainian Socialist russian Republic equally 60 years ago...
Since advanced Lusatia within the borders of Poland are besides tiny and weak (and deprived of indigenous people)to make any distinction, possibly it's better that they've become part of a bigger and stronger Lower Silesia?
Yeah. It's an optics that's hard to argue with. It is even harder to foretell what cultural processes await us in a fewer decades, which will be followed by the identity of the Lower Silesian. Will it strengthen, whether he dies in a united European culture? All the more certainty, that in Poland the awareness of the distinctness of advanced Lusatia will be completely erased. Then why insist on her?
There is at least 1 reason. I don't think so. Disappearance from the Cultural Map in Poland advanced Lusatia is simply a large threat to advanced Lusatia monuments. This is clearly seen in the most recognizable example - the symbol (mountain) Lusatia – a construction of adverb-shachulce.
That's why you request advanced Lusatia independence! If only the formal existence. If advanced Lusatia in Poland enjoyed specified a sub-regional identity as the Lower Silesian-Górnołużycki territory existing for respective years(Landkreis Niederschlesische Oberlausitz) in Germany with ‘capital’in Görlitz – perhaps they would have a better chance of gaining interest and funding to defend material culture. For years at coffee tables and in the corridors of any offices, the creation of the Górnołużycki region is discussed (in the model of the Tatra region and the Bieszczady County). As is frequently the case in Poland, there is automatically a conflict: which of the existing districts would become it? Lubański or gory? Both cities have been competing for a more Lusatia designation for years. Even if they joined forces and formed 1 larger territory – it would most likely be hard to agree in which city – Zgorzelec or Lubań – will be the seat of the fresh district. However, there are patterns in Poland: "double capitals" – Lubuskie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie and even powiats – olecko-gołdapski from 1999 to 2002.
In advanced Lusatia, as in the full country, social activity is developing. Of course, it is mainly stimulated by the Union's backing system, which prefers NGO grants. Many organizations are painted only for a peculiar project. However, among this wealth (even in the smallest localities there are respective associations and foundations) a large number of organisations are actually taking valuable initiatives. It builds what from Poland always lacked, and what is the weakness of Poles – civilian society. Many of these organizations search their identity through a tiny homeland.
How profoundly does this social ferment feed on advanced Lusatia regionalism? How much will the advanced Leverage grow from this leaven? The advanced Lusatia identity behind Nysa Lusatia among the descendants of Serbs (Górno)Łuzycki, after being liberated from the penal DDR camp, was survived by the Renaissance. Today, he extinguished somewhat, although he found a permanent place for himself in cultural color. Although without national political ambitions, the Lusatia Serbs even gave Saxony the Prime Minister (Stanislaw Tilich). Is it possible that the Polish fresh advanced Leverage will erstwhile become separate and changed the name of Zgorzelecki region to Górnołużycki County? Will they always talk of themselves with pride “I am a advanced Lurch”? The future will tell.
However, there are simple steps that not only is it worth it now, but it's worth it. delight place your bets. So far, the Lower Silesian Road and Railway Service has not come up with the thought of setting up on the roads of the provincial plates informing about entering the advanced Lusatia area. Through the Marshal's Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, an appropriate request for the setting of road signs E-22b and E-22c should besides be sent to the General Directorate of Roads and Motorways, so that the alleged brown tourist boards will besides stand at the "countrymen" and A4.
Municipal and region units liable for promotion and tourism from advanced Lusatia, should absolutely cease utilizing the word ‘Lower Silesia’ in the descriptions of their localities and microregions. By replacing them not with any worse, but with a actual phrase "located in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in advanced Lusatia". The usage of the advanced Lusatia coat of arms in promotional materials would be entirely on site.
A lesson about advanced Lusatia should be introduced permanently in advanced Lusatia schools, at least 1 per semester. There is truly something to talk about, and young people are happy to perceive (I checked in junior high).
The last of the first steps to revive the advanced Lusatia identity Let there be cultural exchange with Lusatia Serbs. Resident in the territory of Budziszyna Slavs are a natural ally of Poles. Since Boleslaw Chrobry's time, the memory of a good king who defended them against German temptations has been maintained. Serbołużan and Poles have 2 strong ties: Catholic religion and languages akin to each another (Dolnołużycki is even more akin to Polish). The Polish people are besides approaching the past – in many ways similar, both nations realize perfectly what it means to defy Germanization And be deprived of your own country. Finally, we have akin culinary tastes. any dishes only disagree in name.
The exchange at the minute is highly doubtful and supported mainly by respective associations (e.g. the Polish-Serbożycki Association Pro Lusatia, Association of Serbs of Domovina Lusatian). Although various cultural or educational events (e.g. Lużycka summertime school) are organised, it is alternatively quiet on the Polish side. M. e. due to the fact that they frequently happen distant from Polish advanced Lusatia, in Namysłów, Opole (the seat of Pro Lusatia) or Wrocław.
It is not essential to convince anyone that close cooperation on local soil, especially in the field of culture, would bring benefits.
The advanced Lusatia Serbs would have a chance to support a large and increasingly strong (especially in the EU) neighbour. It could frequently aid them, for example, to get backing from Serbian folk culture, to keep language, to survey together (historical, archaeological, etc.). These are basic actions that can save this smallest Slavic nation of the world. Who, if not Poles, should aid Serbians? Since Poland has aspirations to make regional policy in Central Europe and supports Ukrainians or Belarusians, it should all the more support for Serbians. After all, this nation is threatened with complete disappearance.
Polish-Serbożycka relationship for Poles could constitute a bridge with Germans. It would velocity up the domestication of east Germany – a natural area of economical and social expansion for the population from western provinces. To have an ally in a country with which Poles cooperate intensively, and which frequently puts force on Poland – priceless.
Unfortunately for now, I do not see any interest in cooperation with the Lusatia Serbs in the advanced Lusatia districts, or in building up the advanced Lusatia identity. Usually specified omissions take revenge. It may be that Revenge is already taking place. Though unobvious, it's felt. Like the east German Landkreis, the Polish western districts are besides abandoned by young people towards the west, or to large Polish cities. If in the advanced Lusatia they do not halt their ability to be good, interesting work, self-development and enjoyment, then the last anchor there could be sympathy for the family, beautiful country – advanced Lusatia.
Arkadius Lipin
Views: 21881 at 4 January 2024
And here's a bunch of statistics.
For the first time we can find out how many Lusatia people live in Poland.
Lower Silesian Province-50, powiats: Zgorzelec-14, City of Wrocław-11, Lubań-9
lubuskie voivodships -18, powiats: Żary-12
mazowieckie -14
Wielkopolska state -13
Pomorskie voivodship -7
Śląskie voivodship -6
Lesser Poland -6
Łódź -5
other - 11

Here are 50 people in the Lower Silesian state declaring themselves Lusatia, and Mr. Lipin writes an epic on the subject of Lusatia... no, come back!
He does not compose about the Lusatia identity, but about the alleged deficiency of any identity in Lusatia Silesia.
Instead of encouraging (but why?) 50 Lusatias to become Poles, Mr Lipin encourages Poles - How he tries to convince us - It's not like they're going to become top-notch, but possibly it's the same thing as usual.
Almost 3 million people live in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Three million!
300,000 people.
And these 3 million are to adapt to 68 people?????
3 million people are to comply with the confabulation of any fresh Anonym and his stories about the advanced Lusatia?????
Are you certain it's not - why does he compose it???
No household with Serbian pedigree lives.
newUpper borrowingAnd the Slaves hunger for fellowship with the earth, on which they have lived for 4 generations
The text is full of historical inaccuracies and confabulations, suppositions, suggestions, pushy associations, ambiguities, and the author is clearly afraid with Germanism.
Arsa Lipa (the celebrated thief) wouldn't have thought of it better!
Why won't this gentleman be curious in the destiny of Lusatia in Germany? There are many more of them there, they are a large group - it should be noted that after the war their identity was severely damaged, i.e. they began to become more subject to denunciation as a consequence of post-war resettlement of Germans from Pomerania or Silesia.
Since the reader is now "armed" in cognition of the actual amount of Lusatia in Lower Silesia, I propose one more time to read this text and to reflect on its legitimacy, on the German puns stuck in it, on the verbal outbursts and offensive terms and anti-Polish alsos.
This text is besides worth comparing to what I described here:
Geographical-political atlas of Poland - link below
compare for example:
It is certain that the modern division into regional administrative units, in virtually no case reflects conventional regions. By establishing 15 years ago fresh voivodships from each region were broken, or glued to it, any subregion that had previously been associated with another region. besides called voivodships completely artificialAs if having nothing to do with their territory.
Today's voivodships are not a representation of historical dependencies, divisions and regional identity.
with:
There are historical criteria that definitely draw borders from the modern era or even from the mediate Ages (with 1 alternatively small changing exception), erstwhile momentous, but present of little and sometimes no significance.
The author of the 1999 improvement calls it an "accidental hybrid" and says that due to the behind-the-clock political fair, any centres retained regional independency and others lost it.
preserving historical and cultural cohesion and correcting naming accordingly.
at the end of the article is simply a link to the study of the pdf file
also here:
The administrative division of Poland does not adhere to history
"Back to the authority of the provincial conservationists, our administrative division does not adhere to past at all. Historical Lower Silesia is located in 4 voivodships. How can we treat this region as a full erstwhile each fragment explores and protects another voivodship?" - he said in an interview.
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Right Eye: Geographical-political atlas of Poland (maciejsynak.blogspot.com)
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It may be that Revenge is already taking place. Though unobvious, it's felt.
page 23 and very unusual phrases...
“Wroclaw [...] I stand in its center [...] This motionless, like waiting for something makes me afraid to decision so as not to teardrop it down, not desecrate the dead, some Non-existent but palpable the balance of this place.
[...] I besides feel close, lurked like this pigeon presence of graphomania, which any number of explorers will detonate like a supernova.
And erstwhile you close your eyes erstwhile you perceive carefully to the silence of the inactive platforms, you can hear among the wind gusts the “Bahnhof Breslau, aussteigen” shouted by conductor Deutsche Reichsbahn. And the spirit of the German bahnschulz with a reprimand looks at the Polish juicer, who allowed authoritative inscriptions to be engraved.”
"And yet I have turned off my imagination, I am, as they say today, in reality and inactive see German inscription. So he is! It exists!