In the 14th century, Sandomierz Voivodeship and Kraków Voivodeship were created, and in 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created of three Sandomierz Voivodeship counties.

Sandomierz Voivodeship had the area of 25, 762 km < sup > 2 </ sup >., and Lublin Voivodeship-11, 033 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

In 1938, Polish government announced plans to liquidate Kielce Voivodeship, and create Sandomierz Voivodeship, based on Central Industrial Area.

For centuries, Radom was part of the Sandomierz Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland, later Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Radom remained one of the most important urban centers of Sandomierz Voivodeship, the seat of a county, and of the Treasure Tribunal ( 1613-1764 ), which controlled taxation.

Radom remained within Sandomierz Voivodeship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until the third partition of Poland ( 1795 ).

In 1816-1837 it was the capital of the Sandomierz Voivodeship, whose capital, despite the name, was at Radom.

Jan Zbigniew Ossoliński Voivode of Podlaskie Voivodeship ( 1513 – 1795 ) | Podlaskie Voivodeship from 1605 and Sandomierz Voivodeship | Sandomierz from 1613, Poland

** Sandomierz Voivodeship

The town originally belonged to the Sandomierz Voivodeship, but in 1474, it became part of the Lublin Voivodeship ( 1474-1795 ).

The city of Mielec, part of Sandomierz Voivodeship, was founded on 17 March 1457, when King Casimir IV granted a charter to John Mielecki for the establishment of a city under the name of Nowy Targ.

The title of No. 6b, as provided by the Soviet editors of his letters, is « Сандомирский » (, Sandomierz Jew ).

Casimir's full title was: Casimir by the grace of God king of Poland, lord and heir of the land of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Pomerania ( Pomerelia ) and Ruthenia.

Historically, Lesser Poland was divided into two lands-Kraków Land and Sandomierz Land, both of which emerged after the Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty.

Northern part of Lesser Poland ( Lublin and Sandomierz ) was probably inhabited by another tribe, the Lendians, and dr Antoni Podraza, historian of the Jagiellonian University claims that ancient division of Lesser Poland into two major parts – Land ( Duchy ) of Kraków, and Land ( Duchy ) of Sandomierz, is based on the existence of two Slavic tribes in the area.

At the same time, Lesser Poland was divided into two parts, when its eastern part formed the Duchy of Sandomierz, carved by the ruler for his son Henry of Sandomierz.

The province was pillaged during the Mongol invasion of Poland, when a combined army of Kraków and Sandomierz was destroyed by Baidar in the Battle of Chmielnik.

Another center of the province, Sandomierz, was destroyed by the Tartars in 1260, and burnt by the Lithuanians in 1349.

Some historians suggest that the regions of Sandomierz, Lublin and Czerwień ( western Red Ruthenia ) were indeed annexed by Mieszko's state in the 970s, as lands valuable for trade reasons and as a starting point for a future attack against what was to become Lesser Poland, then in the hands of Bohemia.

Sandomierz under this scenario was the central hub of the area, with Czerwień, Przemyśl and Chełm assuming the function of defensive borderland strongholds.

The word " vodka " was recorded for the first time in 1405 in Akta Grodzkie, the court documents from the Palatinate of Sandomierz in Poland.

Nevertheless one year later ( 1239 ) Henry was compelled to resign the regency, although he remained on good terms with the Dukes of Opole and Sandomierz and also managed to retain Greater Polish Kalisz and Wieluń.

After this all Lesser Poland, including Kraków and Sandomierz, was in the hands of the Mongols.

In 1837-1844 it was the capital of the Sandomierz Governorate, and from 1844 until the oubreak of World War One, the city was the capital of the Radom Governorate.

In the will of King Bolesław Krzywousty, Poland was divided into five provinces – Silesia, Mazovia with Kuyavia, Greater Poland, Pomerania, the Sandomierz Region, and Lesser Poland, the ' senior palatinate ', which comprised the areas around Kraków, Łęczyca, and Sieradz.

Despite the Rebellion of wójt Albert in Kraków and Sandomierz, he was able to hold these cities thanks to the support of the nobility, gentry and townsfolk.

Chodkiewicz was one of the few magnates who remained loyal to the king, and after helping to defeat the Sandomierz rebellion ( rokosz ) against the Grand Duke of Lithuania and Polish king in 1606-1607, a fresh invasion of Livonia by the Swedes recalled him thither, and in 1609 once more he relieved Riga besides capturing Pernau.

He received the title of chorąży of Sandomierz, and was elected the military deputy for the Sejm in January of 1652.

Apart from Magdeburg itself, notable towns based on Magdeburg Law ( or its local variants ) were Biecz, Frysztak, Sandomierz, Kraków, Kurów, Minsk, Polotsk, Poznań, Ropczyce, Łódź, Wrocław, Szczecin, Złotoryja, Vilnius, Trakai, Kaunas, Hrodna, Kiev, Lviv, Czernowitz ( currently Chernivtsi in Ukraine ), Brody, Lutsk, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Sanok, Sniatyn, Nizhyn, Bardejov, Humenné and Krupina, among others.

It was projected to become capital of the Sandomierz Voivodeship, and local authorities planned fast development of the city.

During his government, the Mongols finally defeated the rebellion of Danylo of Halych and made a second attack against Lithuania and Poland, led by famous general Burundai ( Lublin, Zawichost, Sandomierz, Kraków and Bytom were plundered ) in 1259.

Lesser Poland superimposed on borders of current Polish voivodeships, with its three historic lands-Kraków, Sandomierz and Lublin

Lesser Poland lies in the upper confluence of the Vistula river and covers a large upland, including the Świętokrzyskie Mountains with Polish Jura further west, Lesser Polish Upland, Sandomierz Basin, and Lublin Upland.

Mieszko's conquest of Sandomierz could also have taken place later, together with the take-over of the Vistulans ( western and central Lesser Poland ).

Sandomierz, Poland.

English: Vladislaus by God's grace king of Poland, Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia, and lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Supreme Prince of Lithuania, lord and heir of Pomerania and Ruthenia

In Lesser Poland the Mongols didn't have an equal opponent, defeating and killing almost all the Kraków and Sandomierz nobility in the Battle of Tursko ( 13 February ) and the Battles of Tarczek and Chmielnik ( 18 March ) where, among the casualties, were the voivode of Kraków, Włodzimierz and the castellan Clement of Brzeźnica.

His son, Casimir III the Great, inherited Lesser Poland, the Duchy of Sandomierz, Greater Poland, Kuyavia, and the Duchies of Łęczyca and Sieradz, while Silesia and Lubusz Land to the west, along with Gdańsk Pomerania, Western Pomerania, and Mazovia to the north remained beyond the Kingdom's borders.

* Blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz

It guarded eastern border of the Sandomierz Land, against warring tribes from the East including the Yotvingians and the Lithuanians.

First mention of Opoczno comes from 1284, when Prince Leszek II the Black mentioned in documents that it belonged to the Sandomierz Collegiate church.

In that year, Lublin Voivodeship was split away from Sandomierz Voivodeship.

In 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created from eastern part of Sandomierz Voivodeship.

Rail lines stem from Tarnobrzeg into for directions: southwards towards Debica, southeast towards Rzeszow, east towards Stalowa Wola, and northwards, towards Sandomierz.

The city itself, at that time part of Sandomierz Voivodeship, was built from scratch in 1597 by Jakub Gawroński of Rawa coat of arms on the left bank of the Kamienna river, situated in the Vistula river basin.

The word " vodka " was recorded for the first time ever in 1405 in Akta Grodzkie, the court documents from the Palatinate of Sandomierz in Poland.

These military developments compelled the Austrians to withdraw from Warsaw-a counteroffensive by their main force resulted in the retaking of Sandomierz on June 18.

It has been suggested the primary target of the Soviet offensive was bridgehead on the Vistula river in central Poland, and that Operation Bagration was to create a crisis in Belorussia to divert German mobile reserves to the central sectors as a part of Maskirovka, removing them from the Lublin-Brest, Lvov – Sandomierz area where the Soviets intended to undertake the Lvov – Sandomierz Offensive and Lublin – Brest Offensive.

Bolesław V the Chaste, the Shy or the Bashful () ( 21 June 1226 – 7 December 1279 ) was Duke of Sandomierz in Lesser Poland from 1232 and High Duke of Poland from 1243 until his death.

In the following internal struggle for supremacy among the Piast dynasty, Duke Henry I the Bearded of Silesia prevailed, who unchallengedly ruled the Seniorate Province at Kraków from 1232 onwards and vested minor Bolesław with the Sandomierz duchy once held by his father Leszek.

Category: People from Sandomierz County

In the course of the time, the number of villages grew, and a busy merchant road was constructed from Zamość to Sandomierz.

Kolbuszowa was located on an important trade route from Sandomierz to Przemyśl.

The first mention of Jewish settlements in Lvov ( 1356 ), Sandomierz ( 1367 ), Kazimierz near Kraków ( 1386 ) and several other cities date from the second half of the 14th century.