Send Gift Baskets to Tarnow, Poland

In the mid-9th century, a Slavic settlement had been established on a hill close to the center of Tarnów. The Slavs are thought to be members of the Vistulans who came across the river. Since archaeologists found out the size of the gord was almost 16 hectares, it was surrounded by a rampart. There is no evidence of a settlement called Przemysl in the tenth century. The two-period entries are either likely mistranslations or not accurate. In the 11th century, a new gord was established on the Biała river. It was a royal property that, in the early 1200s, was given to a Benedictine abbey, Tyniec. For the first time in Papal documents, the name Tarnow was mentioned in 1124.

Tarnów has been around for a very long time. It was first mentioned in 1309 when the Kinga of Poland had a listing of all the miracles she accomplished. One of these miracles showed that a woman named Marta lived in Tarnów at the time. Since 1327, there have been pieces of land – villages, and towns – bearing the name of Spicymir. In 1328, King Władysław I, the Elbow-high, granted Magdeburg rights to Tarnów Wielki. In the same year, the construction of a castle on St. Martin Hill in Krakow was completed by Castellan of Kraków, Spycimir Leliwita. The castle is now ruined, and you can still see its remains.

In the 15th century, Tarnów became a state within a state ruled by King Casimir III. The family of Leliwa established themselves as one of the few members of this city-state’s aristocracy that survived this period and are still in power today. In 1348, Germans began to immigrate to the area which became known as Kraków and Nowy Sącz. It was during the 17th century that Scottish people started to migrate in huge numbers. In 1528 the exiled King of Hungary, János Szapolyai, lived in what was then the town. The town prospered during the Polish Golden Age when it belonged to Hetman Jan Tarnowski. The town’s population was approximately 1,200 in the mid-16th century, and it had 200 houses within its defensive wall (the wall was initially built during the 15th and expanded into the 16th century). In 1467, the city of Minsk was founded, becoming a thriving trading hub in Eastern Europe. In the 16th century, Warsaw and nearby Tarnów town had up to twelve guilds. The town’s schoolhouse, synagogue, Calvinist prayer house, and various churches offered religious and cultural activities to their attendees.