| Conventional Long Name: | Province of 13 Spisz Towns |
| Subdivision: | Administrative division |
| Nation: | Eldership of Spisz |
| Life Span: | 1412–1778 |
| Membership Title1: | Country |
| Membership1: | Kingdom of Poland (1412–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1772) Kingdom of Hungary (1772–1778) |
| Membership Title2: | Union memberstate |
| Membership2: | Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1569–1772) |
| Membership Title3: | Province |
| Membership3: | Lesser Poland (1569–1772) |
| Membership Title4: | Eldership |
| Membership4: | Eldership of Spisz (1412–1772) |
| Membership Title5: | County |
| Membership5: | Szepes County (1772–1778) |
| Year Start: | 1412 |
| Date Start: | 8 November |
| Event Start: | Spiš Pledge and partition of the Province of 24 Szepes Towns |
| Event1: | Formation of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Date Event1: | 1 July 1569 |
| Event2: | Austrian occupation |
| Date Event2: | 1669 |
| Event3: | Incorporation into Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Date Event3: | 1772 |
| Year End: | 1778 |
| Event End: | Incorporation into the Province of 16 Szepes Towns |
| P1: | Province of 24 Szepes Towns |
| Border P1: | no |
| S1: | Province of 16 Szepes Towns |
| Image Map Caption: | Map of Spiš after the Spiš Pledge, including the Province of 13 Spisz Towns. |
| Political Subdiv: | 5 districts |
The Province of 13 Spisz Towns was an autonomous administrative division of the Eldership of Spisz, that until 1568 belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, and since then to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Since 1772, it belonged to the Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary.[1] [2]
The province was formed on 8 November 1412, in with the Spiš Pledge, in which Hungary had pledged part of Szepes County to the Kingdom of Poland, with the Province of 24 Szepes Towns was divided into Province of 11 Szepes Towns in Hungary, and Province of 13 Spisz Towns in Poland. In 1569, after the formation of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it became a part of Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The eldership was conquered by Habsburg monarchy between 1769 and 1770 and remained under occupation until 1772 when it was formally incorporated into the Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary. After that, it existed as the seat until 1778, when it unified with the Dominion of Lubowla, forming the Province of 16 Szepes Towns.[1] [2]
The province had been formed from salient formed by Podoliniec District, that was connected to the rest of the Dominion of Lubowla, and via it to the rest of the Kingdom of Poland, and 5 exclaves surrounded by the Kingdom of Hungary. It was divided into 5 districts:[3]