Kraków Land

The Kraków Land, also known as the Cracow Land,^[a] was a land (administrative subdivision) of Poland in the Middle Ages.^[1] It was located in the Lesser Poland, and centered around its capital, Kraków. Since 1138, it was a main land of the Seniorate Province, that in 1227, was replaced by the Duchy of Kraków.^[2] Around 1314, the area of land was incorporated into Kraków Voivodeship, that was established within the same borders.^[3]

The coat of arms of the Kraków Land.

Kraków Land (ziemia krakowska) and other historical lands of Poland against the background of modern administrative borders

Symbols

The coat of arms of the Kraków Land depicted the white (silver) eagle with its head turned right, with a yellow (golden) crown.^[4]

Notes

1. Polish: ziemia krakowska; Latin: Terra Cracoviensis

References

1. Jan Długosz: Insigniorum clenodiorum Regis et Regni Polonie descriptio. In: Jan Długosz: Insignia seu Clenodia Regis et Regni Poloniae.
2. J. Wyrozumski: Dzieje Polski piastowskiej (VIII w.-1370). Kraków, Fogra. 1999. ISBN 83-85719-38-5, OCLC 749221743.
3. Z. Gloger: Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski, Kraków 1903.
4. Barbara Miodońska: Przedstawienie państwa polskiego w Statucie Łaskiego z r. 1506, In: Folia Historiae Artium, vol. 5, Kraków, 1968. p. 34.