Forest Germans: a forgotten ethnic group in the contemporary landscape of the Polish Carpathians
In the 1340s, the Kingdom of Poland expanded eastwards, prompting large-scale settlement in the Wisłoka and Wisłok river basins, formerly a borderland between Poland and Ruthenia. This initiative integrated German and Polish settlers, who became known as the “Forest Germans” (Polish: Głuchoniemcy)....
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2025-05-01
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| Series: | Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2025-0010 |
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