In 1996, Kazimierz Rymut, a Polish linguist, onomastician, and professor of humanities, began publication of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Polish Place Names) an encylopedic dictionary of the names of places in present-day Poland. The title of each article in the dictionary is the name in its current official form, taken from the list of official names of towns in Poland from 1980-1982. Each article attempts to explain the origin of the place name and describe how the place name changed over time.
Kazimierz Rymut died on 14 November 2006, but the publication of additional volumes has continued after his death. The dictionary has been published in volumes as follows:
Volume I, (AB), published in 1996 Volume II, (CD), published in 1997 Volume III, (EI), published in 1999 Volume IV, (J-Kn), published in 2001 Volume V, (Ko-Ky), published in 2003 Volume VI, (L-Ma), published in 2005 Volume VII, (Mą-N), published in 2007 Volume VIII, (O-Mon), published in 2009 Volume IX, (Po-Q), published in 2013 Volume X, (Ra-Re), published in 2015 Volume XI, (Rę-Rs), published in 2015 Volume XII, (Ru-Rż), published in 2015 Volume XIII, (Sa-Si), published in 2016 Volume XIV, (Sk- Sn), published in 2017 Volume XV, (September), published in 2018 Volume XVI, (Stb- Sy), published in 2021
Volume I includes an introduction that describes the scope of work, a list of sources for the information in the dictionary, and a list of abbreviations. To help English-speaking genealogists understand the information included is Rymut’s dictionary, a translation of the introduction and list of abbreviations in Volume I of the series is provided below.
The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes two entries for the village of Dubiecko, the first is in Volume II.
Source: Sulimierski, Filip, Bronisław Chlebowski, and Władysław Walewski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1885, Volume II, pages 187-188.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the first Słownik Geograficzny entry for Dubiecko Vol. II. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:
Dubiecko (with Czerwonka), a town, Przemyśl County, lies on the left bank of the San, at 49°50′ north latitude, 40°4′ east longitude, on the government highway running from Przemyśl to Dukla, 3.5 miles from Przemyśl, on the very border of the administrative counties of Przemyśl and Brzozów. The area of the property includes: 52 large arable land, 20 meadows and gardens, 21 pastures; 237 smaller arable land, 24 meadows and gardens, 24 pastures, Austrian morgen. Population: Roman Catholic 690, Greek Catholic 114, Israelites up to 700, total 1,505; townspeople mainly coopers and shoemakers. A post office and two parishes are on site. The Roman Catholic parish belongs to the Dynów deanery of the Przemyśl diocese. A report of a visit to this parish by Bishop Sierakowski, from a manuscript by Andrzej Bobola, former parish priest and hospital superior in Dubiecko (1576), describes how the village of Dubiecko, once located near the San River where the settlement of Ruska Wieś now stands, was relocated by Piotr Kmita, voivode of Sandomierz, to its present location, and King Władysław Jagiełło, at Kmita’s request, granted the village town rights. According to Bobola, Piotr Kmita built a church dedicated to St. Nicholas there at the beginning of the 15th century and secured the parish priest’s income. According to local sources, this foundation dates back to 1407, which is all the more credible given that, in a document from 1408 (the will of Jan, canon and parish priest of Przemyśl), Mikołaj, parish priest of Dubiecko, is also mentioned among other witnesses. The heirs of the aforementioned Piotr Kmita enlarged the foundation, namely Mikołaj Kmita, castellan of Przemyśl and heir of Dubiecko, founded an altar and a prebend [a prebend is land or an endowment used to finance the church and its clergy] around 1447; his son, Dobiesław, voivode of Lublin, endowed the college with three mansionaries [a mansionary is a church sexton whose role was to provide maintenance to the church property] in 1471, from which time on, local parish priests began using the title of provost. In 1551, Stanisław Mateusz Stadnicki, then owner of Dubiecko, having abandoned the Catholic faith, sent Albert of Iłża, an apostate, from his Niedźwiedź estate in the Kraków diocese to Dubiecko. He ordered him to celebrate the Lutheran liturgy first in the hospital church and then in the parish church. He expelled the Catholic parish priest and confiscated the benefice grant. Stadnicki, having become a Calvinist, took under his care Franciszek Stankar, who had been forced to flee Krakow due to heresy. Stankar opened schools in Dubiecko to spread the Reformation, to which young people flocked from all over the world. Due to the spread of the Reformation, the Przemyśl chapter of 1562 resolved that the Dubiecko school, suspected of heresy by the board of the Przemyśl cathedral school, be dissolved. Around 1621, in Dubiecko, heretical prints, now very rare, were published under the name of Jan Szeliga. In 1588, Andrzej Stadnicki, son of the aforementioned Stanisław, cleared Dubiecko of heretical unrest and restored the Catholic cause to its former state. The former parish church, dedicated to Saints Mikołaj, Stanisław, and Marcin, formerly stood next to Dubiecko Castle; but Grzegorz Krasicki of Siecin, the starost of Dolina, demolished it in 1626 under the pretext that it hindered the castle’s defense against enemy attacks. Parish services were moved to the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the suburbs, which stands on the same site as the present church. In the 18th century, a new church was built thanks to the efforts of Michał Witosławski, a Przemyśl canon and Dubiecko parish priest, funded by contributions from the faithful. It was consecrated in 1755 by Wacław Sierakowski, Bishop of Przemyśl, under the patronage of the Holy Apostles Simon and Jude. Family tradition and Dubiecko archives attribute the construction of the parish church to Anna Krasicka, née Starzechowska, widow of Jan, castellan of Chełm, as confirmed by her portrait in the church, which depicts her holding a plan of the Dubiecko church. In addition to the Church of the mansionaries of the Holy Cross and the Church of the Hospital of the Poor of the Holy Spirit, records also mention the Chapel of St. Anne, located outside the city in the direction of Babice, near the road leading from Dubiecko to the settlement of Nienadowa. On February 3, 1735, Ignacy Krasicki, Bishop of Warmia and a famous poet, was born in the Dubiecko Castle. To the Roman Catholic parish in Dubiecko belong: Drobobyczka, Huta Drohobycka, Hucisko Nienadowskie, Nienadowa, Polechowa and Słonne, Przedmieście, and Ruska Wieś. The total number of Catholics in the entire parish is 5,252, of Israelites 1,696. The Greek Catholic parish of the Bircza deanery includes, in addition to the town of Dubiecko, the following towns: Przedmieście, Nienadowa, Hucisko, Śliwnica, Drohobyczka, and Bachorzec (until 1871, St. John’s Orthodox church stood here, which burned down that year); the total number of Greek Catholic parishioners is 636. The records of the Greek Catholic parish of Dubiecko contain evidence that such a parish had existed for a long time. In 1591, Łuka Teleśnicki was priest in Dubiecko under the inheritance of Stanisław Krasicki, castellan of Przemyśl. In 1674, Wasyl Korytnicki purchased the Dubiecko parish for 200 Polish zlotys for himself, his wife, and his descendants from Jerzy Krasicki, heir to Dubiecko. In 1747, Grzegorz Teleśnicki, a local priest, bought the Dubiecko popostwo [a popostwo was a Ruthenian parish district] for himself and his descendants for 354 Polish złoty. In 1753, a new church was built at the expense of the court and the community in Dubiecko. There are also documents from 1774 and 1775: the first, a donation of a piece of land for the church in Bachórz by Antoni Krasicki of Siecin, Count of Krasiczyn, Colonel of the Crown Army, Knight of the Order of St. Stanislaus, the Dubiecki and Ruskowiejski estates, the keys of the hereditary lord; the second, a gift made by the same Antoni Krasicki to Father Jerzy Teleśnicki, parish priest in Dubiecko, and, as a result of this gift, a decree nominating the said parish priest in Skopowo as parish priest in Dubiecko, issued in Latin by Atanazy Szeptycki Szeptycki, Greek Catholic Bishop of Przemyśl, at the episcopal residence in Straszewice on March 22, 1775. Since 1588, when Stanislaw Krasicki of Siecin, steward of Anna Jagiellon, the Przemyśl castellan, acquired Dubiecko (with Sliwnica, Przedmieście, Drohobyczka, Połchów, Rybno, Podbukowina, Słonne Wola Jawornicka, Ruska Wieś, and Przysada), thus since the 16th century these estates have belonged to the Krasickis; only Dubiecko Castle and Śliwnica belong to Count Stanisław Konarski, born of Krasicka. The Dubiecko castle holds the archives of the Krackis and related houses, as well as letters from Bishop Ignacy, his portrait painted by Mieris, and three volumes of his manuscripts. A beautiful park stands on the banks of the San River. Around 1608, Dubiecko burned down; that same year, Jan Żabczyc published a poem in Krakow lamenting the fire. B[ronisław] R[ozwadowski]
The second entry for Dubiecko in the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) is in Volume XV (Part 1).
Source: Chlebowski, Bronisław, Józef Krzywicki, Filip Sulimierski, and Władysław Walewski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1900, Volume II, page 445.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the second Słownik Geograficzny entry for Dubiecko Vol. XV. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:
Dubiecko, city, Przemyśl powiat. In 1508 Barbara Kmita, the wife of the castellan of Przemyśl, paid from Dubiecko and villages belonging to it 31-1/2 grosze and 6 denarii [the denarius was worth about 1/10 of a grosz]. The city gives a czopowe [czopowe is a tax on the production, import, and sale of alcoholic beverages] of 5 grzywna [an old Polish monetary unit, equivalent to the Western mark] and 7 grosze. In 1515, she paid 8 grosze, and from the mill 3 grosze. In 1589 she gave 9 florins from 22 craftsmen and merchants, and from 3 wheel mills. Near the city is the Dubiecko Przedmieście and Dubiecko-Ruskie (today Ruska Wieś).
According to Wikipedia, the Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubiecko currently serves the villages of Dubiecko, Nienadowa Dolna, Przedmieście Dubieckie, Słonne, Śliwnica, Wybrzeże, and Winne-Podbukowina.
The cadastral map of the Polish village of Dubiecko, created by officials of the Austrian Empire in 1852 is available on the website of the Polish State Archives at Szukaj w Archiwach. The files at Szukaj w Archiwach include four images that, together, form the complete map.
The Gesher Galicia Map Room includes a high-resolution version of the cadastral map of Dubiecko with the individual images stitched together. One of the great features of the maps in the Gesher Galicia Map Room is that the user can zoom in and out of the maps to view either an overview of the map or concentrate on the smallest details.
Dubiecko Parish – 1910 Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Faculty of Informatics, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics); digital images, Lazarus ELTE (http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/40-50.jpg: accessed 21 November 2025)
The administrative structure to which Hucisko Nienadowskie and Nienadowa belonged evolved as follows:
01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989:Village, Przemyśl Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998:Village, Przemyśl Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
31 Dec 1998-Present:Village, Przemyśl Powiat, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
The administrative structure to which Bachórzec, Drohobyczka, Dubiecko, Polchowa, Przedmieście Dubieckie, Ruska Wieś, and Śliwnica belonged evolved as follows:
01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989:Village, Przemyśl Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998:Village, Przemyśl Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
31 Dec 1998-Present:Village, Przemyśl Powiat, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
Note: According to the Słownik Geograficzny Królewstwa Polskiego (Volume II, published in 1881), the Roman Catholic parish of Dubiecko served the villages of Drobobyczka, Hucisko Nienadowskie, Huta Drohobycka, Nienadowa, Polchowa and Słonne, Przedmieście, and Ruska Wieś; and the Greek Catholic parish of Dubiecko served the villages of Bachorzec, Drohobyczka, Hucisko, Nienadowa, Przedmieście, and Śliwnica.
Dudyńce Parish – 1910 Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Faculty of Informatics, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics); digital images, Lazarus ELTE (http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/40-50.jpg: accessed 21 November 2025)
The administrative structure to which Dudyńce, Jędruszkowce, Markowce, Podgaj, Pisarowce, and Pobiedno belonged evolved as follows:
Dylągowa Parish – 1910 Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Faculty of Informatics, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics); digital images, Lazarus ELTE (http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/40-50.jpg: accessed 02 October 2025)
The administrative structure to which Dąbrówka Starzeńska, Dylągowa, and Pawłokoma belonged evolved as follows:
Jan Staroba and Mariana Husták were married on 19 November 1894 in Komňa, Uherský Brod District, Hradišťský Region, Margraviate of Moravia, Austria-Hungary. Today, Komňa is in the Uherské Hradiště District, Zlín Region, Czechia. Note that different parts of this record are written in German, Latin, and Czech!
As written in German, Latin, and Czech, the record states:
sv. II. Fol. 146. Trauungs-Matrik für das Jahr 1894. Obec Komna Tom. et Fol.: sv. II. Fol. 146 Jahr, Monat und Tag der Trauung: 1894 listopad 19. Name und Charakter des trauenden Priesters: Jan Mikulka, farář Des Bräutigams Haus-Nro.: 177 Name, Stand und Filiation: Jan Staroba, stolář a domkař v Komně, syn Jan Staroby, domkaře v Komně, a aeho manželky Františky, dcery Františka Malca, domkaře v komně. (4/9 1869) Relig.: katholicsch Ulter: Jahre 25, Monate 2 ledig Der Braut Haus-Nro.: 57 Name, Stand und Filiation: Haus-Nro.: 177 Name, Stand und Filiation: Marianna, dcera Josefa Hustáka, čtovtnika v Komné, a jeho manželky Marianny, dcery Antonina Mickulky, čtovtnika v Komné (5/8 1875) Relig.: katholicsch Alter: Jahre 25, Monate 2 ledig Nižepsaný otec nezletilé nevésty sooluje ktomsto manželstoí soým a ě svědkú podpisem: Joznf Hůsták otec; Tomáš [L. Nalno?], svédek; Ondřej Mlčuch, svédek Der Beistände: Name: Tomáš [L. Nalno?]; Ondřej Mlčuch Stand und Wohnort:
Ohlášeni byli Dom. 25. – Dom. 26. – Dom. 27. post Pent. t. j. 4. – 11. – 18. Listopadu 1894.
Coram me parocho Joanne Mikulka
In English, the record states:
Volume II. Folio 146. Marriage-Register Volume and Folio: Volume II. Folio 146 Year, month, and date of the wedding: 19 November 1894 Name and character of the officiating priest: Jan Mikulka, parish priest The Groom: House Number: 177 Name, Status and Affiliation: Jan Staroba, carpenter and peasant in Komno, son of Jan Staroba, peasant in Komno, and his wife Františka, daughter of František Malc, peasant in Komno. (4/9 1869) Religion: Catholic Age: 25 years, 2 months Single The Bride: House Number: 57 Name, Status and Affiliation: Marianna, daughter of Josef Husták, small landowner in Komná, and his wife Marianna, daughter of Antonin Mickulka, small landowner in Komná (5/8 1875) Age: 19 years, 3 months Single The father of a minor bride named below solemnizes the marriage with his and a witness’s signature. Josef Hůsták father; Tomáš [L. Nalno?]; witness; Ondřej Mlčuch, witness The Assistants: Name: Tomáš [L. Nalno?]; Ondřej Mlčuch Status and Residence: small landowner in Komná; small landowner in Komná
They [marriage banns] were announced on Sunday 25th – Sunday 26th – Sunday 27th after Pentecost, i.e. November 4th – 11th – 18th, 1894.
Before me, the pastor Jan Mikulka
Note: This record includes several dates written in after this document was originally created. I have not yet deciphered what all these dates mean.
Celestyna Staroba was born on 02 May 1897 and baptized on 04 Mat 1897 in Komňa, Uherský Brod District, Hradišťský Region, Margraviate of Moravia, Austria-Hungary. Today, Komňa is in the Uherské Hradiště District, Zlín Region, Czechia.
Svaz. III. str. 239 Rodní a křestní kniha. Rok 1897. Obec Komna. Den měsíc a rok narozeni: 2. květen 1897 Den měsíc a rok pokřtěni: 4. květen 1897 Křtěnce: Číslo domu: 198 jmeno: Celestina Náboz.: katol Pohlaví: ženské Lože: manželskě Otce: jmeno, stav a rod: Staroba Jan, stolar, domkař v Komně, syn Jana Staroby, domkaře o Komně, a jeko manželky Františky, dcery Františka Malce, domkaře v Komně. nábož.: katol. Matky: Jmeno, stav a rod: Mariana, dcera Josepfa Hustáka, čtovtnika v Komně, a jeko manželky Mariany, dcery Antonína Mikulky, čtovtnika v Komně. Nábož.: katol. Křtící kněz Bába: Jan Mikulka, farář; Frant. Kudelíková, u Komně čis. 171. Kmotrův jmeno, stav a bydliště: Ondřej Mlčuch čtovtník u Komně a Františka jeho manželka.
In English, the record states:
Vol. III. p. 239 Birth and baptismal register. Year 1897. Komňa village. Day, month, and year of birth: 02 May 1897 Day, month, and year of baptism: 04 May 1897 Baptism: House number: 198 Name: Celestina Religion: Catholic Sex: female Marriage: married Father: Name, status and parentage: Jan Staroba, carpenter, peasant in Komňa, son of Jan Staroba, peasant in Komňa, and his wife of Františka, daughter of František Malka, peasant in Komno. Religion: Catholic Mother: Name, status and parentage: Mariana, daughter of Josep Husták, small landowner in Komňa, and as wife of Mariana, daughter of Antonín Mikulka, small landowner in Komňa. Religion: Catholic Baptizing Priest / midwife?: Jan Mikulka, parish priest; Františka Kudelíková, at Komňa No. 171. Godfather’s name, status and residence: Ondřej Mlčuch, small landowner at Komňa, and Františka, his wife.
This is the first time I’ve tried to read a Czech record. I apologize for any errors in the transcription or translation. Links to the digital archives of Czechia may be found at: https://www.myczechroots.com/search-tools/digital-archives.
Detroit, Jan. 16 (AP)—Four wailing saxophones in the hands and mouths of persons “afflicted with notions that some day they might be musicians” drove Mrs. Augusta Rebitske, 60, from home, she testified in her divorce suit here today.
Judge Guy A. Miller granted her a decree after hearing her story of the musical aspirations of her two step-sons, step-daughter and A step-granddaughter. Among other acts of cruelty on the part of the husband, John Rebitske, was his failure to stop the wails of the four instruments, Mrs. Rebitske said.
In previous posts, the meanings of the words zawczoraj and onegdaj were both defined as “the day before yesterday”, the word zaonegdaj was defined as “three days ago”, and the word niewieści was defined as “women”. Another related word is also difficult to find in current dictionaries: pozawczoraj.
The Słownik języka polskiego (Dictionary of the Polish language) describes the word pozawczoraj in this way:
pozawczoraj «the day before yesterday; the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday»: The day before yesterday they were alone together on a walk! KRASZ. Poeta 174. I saw your father the day before yesterday, he was in good health and went back to the country. KRASIŃ. Letters II, 335. The day before yesterday I spent the evening talking. SŁOW. Letters I, 113 // SW
