Zawichost[zaˈvixɔst]ⓘ is a small town (ca. 1,800 inhabitants as of 2006[update]) in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. It is located by the Vistula River in Lesser Poland, near Sandomierz. It is first mentioned in historical documents from around 1148. In 1205 the Battle of Zawichost was fought nearby. In 1241, 1259 and 1287 the town was ravaged by Mongol raids. Granted town rights before 1255, in the late Middle Ages it was one of the most important urban centers of Lesser Poland.
Zawichost [zaˈvixɔst] is a small town (ca. 1,800 inhabitants as of 2006[update]) in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. It is located...
The Battle of Zawichost (1205) was fought between Roman the Great of Galicia-Volhynia and Leszek I the White of Lesser Poland, along with his brother...
Gmina Zawichost is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat...
1259–1260. During this invasion the cities of Sandomierz, Kraków, Lublin, Zawichost, and Bytom were sacked by the Mongols for the second time. The invasion...
Szymon Askenazy (December 24, 1865, Zawichost – June 22, 1935, Warsaw) was a Jewish-Polish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the...
princes of Rus'. Roman died in a battle with the Poles at the Battle of Zawichost. He was the eldest son of Mstislav Izyaslavich, Prince of Volhynia at...
voivode and the castellan of Sandomierz, and castellans of Wislica, Radom, Zawichost, Żarnów, Malogoszcz, Połaniec and Czchow. The voivodeship had several...
attack against Poland and Lithuania, led by general Burundai (Lublin, Zawichost, Sandomierz, Kraków and Bytom were plundered) in 1259. Also in 1265 there...
and brother, Vasily, joined the Mongol expedition. Lublin, Sandomierz, Zawichost, and Kraków were ravaged and plundered by the Mongol army. Berke had no...
east. The gorge is about 70 kilometers long, extending from the town of Zawichost in the south, to Puławy in the north. It is considerably narrow, only...
Regina Lilientalowa, born Gitla née Eiger; 24 November 1875 Zawichost — 4 December 1924, Warsaw). She was a Polish ethnographer, translator, and journalist...
Hungary. In January 1241, Batu sent reconnaissance troops to Lublin and Zawichost. The invasion was launched a month later, by an army of 10,000 men under...
White of Sandomierz, had their greatest military victory at Battle of Zawichost against Prince Roman the Great of Galicia–Volhynia. The Ruthenian army...
and, after by-passing Lublin, the army tried to cross the Vistula near Zawichost. Since the river was not frozen, they had to find a ford, heading southwards...
Podszyn [ˈpɔtʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawichost, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central...
In 1245 she joined the Order of Poor Ladies and founded a monastery in Zawichost in which to live as nuns according to the Rule of Saint Clare. Because...
Kolecin [kɔˈlɛt͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawichost, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central...
character actor Linów, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawichost, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Linów, a village...
Burundai with young princes Nogai and Talabuga. Lublin, Sieradz, Sandomierz, Zawichost, Kraków, and Bytom were ravaged and plundered. Berke had no intention...
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