Lemberg (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Siméon Vailhé · 1913
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Description
Lemberg, Polish Lwow and Latin Leopol, seats a Latin, a Uniat Ruthenian, and a Uniat Armenian archbishopric. Ruthenian King Daniel founded it in 1259 for his son Leo, Prince of Halicz, whose name it took, though Tatars destroyed it in 1261 and Leo rebuilt it in 1270.
Casimir the Great took it in 1340, built two castles, drew German colonists, and chartered it on Magdeburg's model. Louis of Hungary, Hedwig's dowry, and Jagellon's marriage made it Poland's capital of Red Russia, autonomous until 1433, and a great entrepot of Europe's eastern trade after Constantinople fell. Sieges by Lithuanians, Wallachians, Turks, and Cossacks, Charles XII's sack in 1704, Austria's gain in 1772, and the 1848 revolt and bombardment mark its later story. In a deep Pelter valley it holds about 160,000 people, 45,000 of them Jews.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Siméon Vailhé |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |