Walddeutsche

As a German forest or deaf- German (Polish Głuchoniemcy ) the inhabitants of the medieval German settlements between Wisłoka and San were called. The better-known residential areas are Rzeszów, Plzen, Łańcut in the north of the Beskids, Krosno, Haczów, Sanok in the middle Beskydy; a third region located in the area between Biecz, Gorlice and Grybów in the southwestern Beskydy / or regional pedemontana.

Even in ancient Polish literature of the 16th to 17th century, the presence of the German settlers was noted in vorkarpatischen room.

In light of the known sources and previous studies suggest that the work of colonization in the regions of Łańcut, Sanok, and Krosno was initiated by King Casimir the Great ( 1349 is traditionally the oldest documented date and refers to the founding of the village was completed in Krzemienica Łańcut ), and between the late 14th and early 15th century. The chronicler Maciej Stryjkowski reported in 1582 that he had himself seen that the German farmers ' able farmers " are at Przeworsk, Premissel, Sanok and Jaroslaw.

As a region of origin of the settlers is based on a linguistic analysis Silesia, particularly the area around the city of Neisse, or Saxons, especially the Thuringian- Saxon border region on both sides of the river Saale considered. The fact that this is purely a settlement area of ​​the former German eastern colonization, arises from the fact that here the shape of the forest hides the village is to be found almost exclusively, so the village form in which then settled the German colonists. Haczów ( the backyard ), Krzemienica ( Kremnitz ), Markova ( Markshau ) Urzejowice, Kombornia ( Kaltenborn ), and all the other villages of this area are typical Waldhufen villages.

In the 18th century there was a complete Polonization of the descendants of German settlers, which contributed to the reinforcement of Polish in the Polish- Ruthenian border area.

Enclaves of rural German settlement in the second half of the 14th century and in the 15th century between San Wisłoka and ( more important cities); Plzen (Pilsen), Brzostek ( Brüsteck ) Biecz ( Beitsch ) Wielopole ( big box ), Frysztak ( Freistadt), Jasło ( Jessel ), Krosno ( Krusty ), Czudec ( Schiedenz ), Rzeszów ( Reichshof ) Łańcut ( Landshut ) Tyczyn ( Titschnersdorf ) Brzozów ( Bresen ) Jaćmierz ( Jatschmirs ) Rymanów ( Reimannshau ) Ropczyce ( Ropschitze ) Przeworsk, Jarosław ( Jaroslaw ), Kańczuga, Dynów ( Dünhof, Denoph ).

The traces of the German forest are also found in many family names in the region.