Siegenthal Explained

Siegenthal
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Subcarpathian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bieszczady
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Ustrzyki Dolne
Coordinates:49.4606°N 22.6311°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Siegenthal was a village (a colony) in the vicinity of what is now Brzegi Dolne, in the administrative district of Gmina Ustrzyki Dolne, within Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.

The settlement was established in the course of Josephine colonization by Lutheran Germans settlers in 1788.[1] They belonged to the Lutheran parish in Bandrów, but maintained a school during winter with one teacher. They left during World War II. In the years 1945-1951 the area belonged to the Soviet Union, later to Poland.[2] It was eventually depopulated and abandoned in 1946. There are remnants of a Lutheran cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lepucki, Henryk. Działalność kolonizacyjna Marii Teresy i Józefa II w Galicji 1772-1790 : z 9 tablicami i mapą . Kasa im. J. Mianowskiego. Lwów. 1938. 163–165. Polish.
  2. Book: Bieszczady. Przewodnik dla prawdziwego turysty. Oficyna Wydawnicza „Rewasz“. Pruszków. 2009. 270. 978-83-89188-85-4.