Łapsze Niżne

Łapsze Niżne ( German Łapsze Niżne ) is a village and seat of the rural community in the Malopolska province in Nowotarski powiat in Poland.

History

The village was mentioned in 1274 for the first writing, it belonged until 1918 to the Kingdom of Hungary and was there for administrative purposes in the county of Zips. Diegegend the medieval Ostsiedlung waährend was settled by German colonists (see Forest German ). 1910 had 610 mostly Slovak inhabitants, still this place with others of the so-called Polish Zips to Poland entered was that of 1939-1945 again briefly to the Slovak state, since it is a part of Poland.

Community

The community has about 9,000 inhabitants ² over an area of ​​124.79 km.

The following eight localities belong to the Gmina:

• Falsztyn ( German Falkenstein, Slovak Falštín, Hungarian Falstin )
• Frydman ( German Friedmann, Fridman Slovak, Hungarian Frigyesvágása )
• Kacwin ( German Katzwinkel, Slovak Kacvín, Hungarian Szentmindszent )
• Łapszanka ( Kleinlapsch German, Slovak Lapšanka, Hungarian Kislápos )
• Łapsze Niżne ( Łapsze Niżne German, Slovak Nižné lapse, Hungarian Alsólápos )
• Łapsze Wyżne ( Oberlapsch German, Slovak Vyšné lapse, Hungarian Felsőlápos )
• Niedzica ( divided into the Sołectwos: Niedzica and Niedzica - Zamek ) ( German Niest, Slovak Nedeca, Hungarian Nedec )
• Trybsz ( Tripsch German, Slovak TRIBs, Hungarian Újterebes )

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