Lachy, Pogórzanie and Górale of Nowy Sącz region
The publication is a synthetic description of ethnographic groups inhabiting the former Nowy Sącz region.
Author: Joanna Hołda
Publisher: District Museum in Nowy Sącz
Scientific consultation: Maria Brylak-Załuska, Magdalena Kroh
Nowy Sącz 2009
Fragment opening the publication:
The historic Sądecczyzna region was a colorful and culturally diverse region. It was inhabited by Polish people, with three ethnographic groups: Lachs, Pogórzans and Sądecki Górals, as well as ethnically distinct groups: Lemkos, Jews, settled Carpathian Gypsies and
Germany. The richness of local culture is determined by natural conditions, the history of settlement and political, economic and social history.
these areas. There were two important cultural borders in the Sądecczyzna region: the Góral-Lachian border, running through the entire southern Poland at the junction of the Carpathians and the Carpathian Foothills, and the border between the Polish population and the Lemkos, i.e. Ruthenian (Ukrainian) highlanders.
Fragment opening the publication:
The historic Sądecczyzna region was a colorful and culturally diverse region. It was inhabited by Polish people, with three ethnographic groups: Lachs, Pogórzans and Sądecki Górals, as well as ethnically distinct groups: Lemkos, Jews, settled Carpathian Gypsies and
Germany. The richness of local culture is determined by natural conditions, the history of settlement and political, economic and social history.
these areas. There were two important cultural borders in the Sądecczyzna region: the Góral-Lachian border, running through the entire southern Poland at the junction of the Carpathians and the Carpathian Foothills, and the border between the Polish population and the Lemkos, i.e. Ruthenian (Ukrainian) highlanders.