Poland Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/poland/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:06:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png Poland Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/poland/ 32 32 The Pearl on the Sian River: The Ukrainian Narodnyi Dim in Peremyshl https://forgottengalicia.com/the-pearl-on-the-sian-river-the-ukrainian-peoples-home-in-peremyshl/ https://forgottengalicia.com/the-pearl-on-the-sian-river-the-ukrainian-peoples-home-in-peremyshl/#respond Sat, 10 Apr 2021 09:18:19 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=11497 By Kasia Komar-Macyńska for Nasze Słowo The history about the uniqueness of the architecture and secrets held by the Narodnyi Dim (National or People’s Home) in Peremyshl (Przemyśl). In 2021, this building will be 117 years old. Exploring its past is like collecting puzzle pieces that were scattered all over the house […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/the-pearl-on-the-sian-river-the-ukrainian-peoples-home-in-peremyshl/feed/ 0 Centers of a World that No Longer Exist https://forgottengalicia.com/centers-of-a-world-that-no-longer-exist/ https://forgottengalicia.com/centers-of-a-world-that-no-longer-exist/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:23:06 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=10350 By Kasia Komar-Macyńska for Nasze Słowo A bell tower was here, right here. Now we go inside… there was a white and black cement tile floor. But when the church was dismantled, they probably liked it, so they took it. But for some reason it was left at the sanctuary — […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/centers-of-a-world-that-no-longer-exist/feed/ 1 Przemyśl at the Turn of the Century: From the Notes of Feliks Mantel https://forgottengalicia.com/przemysl-at-the-turn-of-the-century-from-the-notes-of-feliks-mantel/ https://forgottengalicia.com/przemysl-at-the-turn-of-the-century-from-the-notes-of-feliks-mantel/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2020 19:04:48 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=10326 Below is a translation from Polish of the article Przemyśl na przełomie wieków …z zapisków Feliksa Mantela Feliks Mantel (1906-1990) came from a family of Przemyśl Jews. His father, Józef Mantel (1875-1920), was a lawyer and a close associate of [lawуer and socialist politician] Herman Lieberman. Józef Piłsudski, who stayed in […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/przemysl-at-the-turn-of-the-century-from-the-notes-of-feliks-mantel/feed/ 4 Galicia’s Sokolnie: The Architectural Heritage of the Polish Sokół Society https://forgottengalicia.com/galicias-sokolnie-the-architectural-heritage-of-the-polish-sokol-society/ https://forgottengalicia.com/galicias-sokolnie-the-architectural-heritage-of-the-polish-sokol-society/#respond Sat, 08 Aug 2020 10:12:00 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=9602 The former buildings of the Sokół Polish Gymnastic Society stand today in the center of almost every Galician town on both sides of the Polish-Ukrainian border. Serving as sports and cultural centers, these were once significant buildings in the town space and often outstanding architectural masterpieces. Although today few of […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/galicias-sokolnie-the-architectural-heritage-of-the-polish-sokol-society/feed/ 0 Historical Manhole Covers: Przemyśl https://forgottengalicia.com/historical-manhole-covers-przemysl/ https://forgottengalicia.com/historical-manhole-covers-przemysl/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:00:22 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=177 In the part of Galicia that is today Ukraine, dating certain remnants of the past can be relatively easy due to the language of the inscription — anything in Polish dates from before WWII. On the other hand, in a city like Przemyśl where Polish was and still is the […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/historical-manhole-covers-przemysl/feed/ 1 Boot Scrapers: Przemyśl https://forgottengalicia.com/boot-scrapers-przemysl/ https://forgottengalicia.com/boot-scrapers-przemysl/#respond Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:30:12 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=1344 It was in Przemyśl, a small Galician city situated today in Poland near the Ukrainian border, that I first discovered what a boot scraper was and where my love for these remnants of the past began. I had first seen these odd metal objects in Lviv, but hadn’t given them […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/guard-stones-warsaw/feed/ 1 Reawakening Polish Prewar Urban Music https://forgottengalicia.com/reawakening-polish-prewar-urban-music/ https://forgottengalicia.com/reawakening-polish-prewar-urban-music/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:17:59 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=84 Late last year I had the opportunity to immerse myself in the atmosphere of Lviv’s interwar music scene at a live performance of a young band from Warsaw, which plays famous tunes from Poland’s 1920-1930s musical heritage. Warszawska Orkiestra Sentymentalna (Warsaw Sentimental Orchestra) comprises a group of young musicians united […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/reawakening-polish-prewar-urban-music/feed/ 0 Warsaw Village Band: Preserving the Folk Music Culture of Poland https://forgottengalicia.com/warsaw-village-band-preserving-folk-music-culture-poland/ https://forgottengalicia.com/warsaw-village-band-preserving-folk-music-culture-poland/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:45:23 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=1124 “Presenting six young people who have created their own version of Polish folk punk! This band has found a welcome in the homes of elderly village musicians who see their traditions disappearing before the onslaught of urban life. They have taken these youngsters under their wing and have taught them […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/warsaw-village-band-preserving-folk-music-culture-poland/feed/ 0 Orkiestra św. Mikołaja: ‘From the High Field’ https://forgottengalicia.com/orkiestra-sw-mikolaja-high-field/ https://forgottengalicia.com/orkiestra-sw-mikolaja-high-field/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:51:52 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=269 “Z wysokiego pola” (From the High Field) is one of my favorite songs by Orkiestra św. Mikołaja. The melody of the song is Hungarian, while the text is a Polish ballad from the region near Zamość— an ancestral land.  In the early nineteenth century my great 4x grandfather had an estate in Zalesie. […]

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