Andrzej Wielocha, We’re all from AKT
An essay to commemorate the centenary of the first Polish academic tourist club (AKT) with brief presentation of the specificity of the Polish academic tourism.
Mieczysław Orłowicz, The Carpathians 1907. An excerpt from the „Tourist Memoirs”
Two fragments of the memoirs of an outstanding Polish tourist activist, describing hikes to the Eastern Carpathians from the early years of the Lvov AKT. Czytaj dalej
Andrzej Wielocha:
THE JOSEPHINIAN SETTLEMENT IN THE GALICIAN PART OF THE CARPATHIANS
A brief description of German settlement in Galicia, organized by Joseph II at the end of XVIII century, and further vicissitudes of German villages.
Marek Grabski:
GERMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE SANDECIAN REGION IN XVIII CENTURY
A detailed description (population, architecture, economical conditions) of the German villages in environs of Nowy Sącz. Czytaj dalej
ROMAN REINFUSS
An obituary for the outstanding Polish ethnologist, whose work was dedicated especially to the Carpathian peoples. Text both in Polish and Lemkian. Accompanied with the bibliography of late Mr Reinfuss works, concerning Lemko ethnic group.
Tadeusz M. Trajdos
A STUDY OF HISTORY OF BANICA
The historical monography of Banica, the village in western part of the Lower Beskidy Mts. (continued from „Płaj” 15). Inter alia the detailed analysis of the 17th cent, icon, found in local church in the eighties. Czytaj dalej
Olena Duć-Fajfer
LEMKOS IN POLAND – DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR ETHNIC CON-SCIOUSNESS, CONTEMPORARY SITUATION AND PERSPECTIVES OF SURVIVAL
The autoress, a Lemkian national activist, describes the evolution of ethno-national consciousness of the Lemko ethnic group, as well as their present organisational and cultural activities.
ON EXILE. A DIARY OF REV. J. BOHATIUK 1944-1945
The author, a Greek-catholic priest from the Tarnopol Region has spent the last months of WW II in some villages of the Lemko Region. The diary covers the period from September 1944 to June 1945, the time of German-Soviet fights and the first expatriation of the Lemko population. Czytaj dalej
Tadeusz Andrzej Olszański
ON THE NATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE PRZEMYSL-DYNOW HIGHLANDS
A broad analysis of the national and religious data concerning the Przemyśl-Dynów Highlands (see below) in XVIII-XX centuries. A detailed presentation of some localities attached. Note: The Przemyśl-Dynów Highlands are the foresteeps of Bieszczady and western part of Lower Beskidy Mts.
Szymon Modrzejewski, Radostaw Szewc
AN OUTLINE OF THE MONOGRAPHY OF DYDIOWA AND LOKIEC VILLAGES
An outline of history and ethnography of two villages in Polish part of Bieszczady Mts., now abandoned, based on the relations from the beginnings of XX century and the authors’ own explorations. Czytaj dalej
Tadeusz M. Trajdos
TRANSCARPATHIA
A broad historical account and description of certain localities and antiquities of former Hungarian Carpatalja (Subcarpathians), at present Ukrainian Transcarpathia. Focused on Hungarian heritage.
Wasyl Słobodian
THE ROCKS OF THE SKOLE REGION
A detailed description of history, scientific exploration and to-day status of three most attractive rocky groups on the northern slopes of the Ukrainian Carpathians, where in the Middle-Ages monasters and a stronghold were located. Czytaj dalej
Michał Źrołka
ME, THE LEMKO (EXCERPTS)
The author, Lemko from Wierchomla in Sandecian Beskidy Mts., describes his revisit to this village after about a dozen years of exile and recollects his childish years there. The relation contains many details from the life and customs of pre-war Lemkian village.
Michał Parczewski
THE CARPATHIAN TRIBAL FRONTIER IN EARLY MIDDLE AGES
The author presents the results of archeological explorations in the Carpathian re-gion and formulates certain propositions on the subject of colonization of Northern Carpathians in the early Middle Ages. Czytaj dalej
Serdecznie zapraszamy do Olchowca na kolejny, XVI już kermesz, który odbędzie się w dniach 20-21 maja 2006 roku.
W programie jak zwykle wiele zespołów folklorystycznych, w tym między innymi „Lachy” z Nowego Sącza, „Osławianie” z Mokrego, „Laborczanki” z Międzylaborców na Słowacji, oraz z Ukrainy „Studzionka” z Borysławia i „Beskid” spod Kałusza.
Obejrzeć będzie można także ciekawe wystawy i wysłuchać interesujących wykładów pani Zofii Szanter i pana Bolesława Bawolaka.
Andrzej Wielocha
A popular scientific session „Jews in the Carpathians” was organized by the Carpathian Society, Society of Lesko’s Friends and the Bieszczadian Community Centre under the sponsorship of the Bureau for National Minorities of Polish Ministry of Culture. It took place on May 17-19,1991 in the Bieszczadian Community Centre in Lesko.
The initiativeto organize such a session originated in the Carpathian Society and wasbased on one of the main Society’s tasks — breaking old nationalistic prejudices through reliable researches and presentation of culturalcontribution of various nationalities and ethnic groups to the overallimage of the Carpathians. We believe that it might become a starting point for more extensive activities aiming at saving the remnants,scarce today, of the many centuries of the presence of Jews in the Carpathians. We hope that it can encourage greater interest in the Jewish culture in the Carpathians.
The presence of Jews in theCarpathians, which ended with the Holocaust tragedy, cannot be erased because of the irremovable impact left by it, but it could be forgottenif we lose the ability to see and understand it. Whether one likes itor not, over long centuries Jews became a part of Carpathians, participating in formation of its history and culture. On the otherhand, Carpathians also had their part in Jewish history. So it is important to maintain carefully all that which has been preserved andserves as evidence of this presence: to gather information, to save the monuments. This is our main task for today. It is a huge task, so wehave to encourage as many people as possible to join it.
We hopethat this session helped — even in a small degree — in saving that partof the Carpathian culture which was a contribution of the Jewish community living there. We hope also that it might encourage others tosearch for, and research on, all those remnants, both materiał and nonmaterial, which still can be found, sometimes in the least expectedplaces — in language, music, ornamentation and customs of the contemporary inhabitants of Carpathians.
The session was addressed to all friends of Carpathians, especially to tourist guides. More than70 persons from various parts of Poland and a few from abroad (Germany,Netherlands, Ukraine and USA) and many inhabitants of Lesko took partin it. Czytaj dalej
Tomasz Borucki
The Materials from the Expedition to the springs of Cheremosch River
An account of the author’s expedition to the region, accompanied with the detailed analysis of the works of history and science, dedicated to the one of the less accessible part of the Carpathians, nearby the former border of Poland, Moldova and Hungary.
Mieczysław Woźnowski
Down the Cheremosch River to Zhabie
An account of the rafting down the Black Cheremosch in the Thirties (20th cent). Reprinted from “Orli lot” (Eagle’s Flight) magazine. Czytaj dalej
