{"id":2468,"date":"2008-04-28T20:26:38","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T03:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/28\/history-of-the-village-and-parish-of-dylagowa\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:06:05","slug":"history-of-the-village-and-parish-of-dylagowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2468","title":{"rendered":"History of the Village and Parish of Dyl\u0105gowa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple of days ago, I\u00a0translated the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny<\/em> entry for\u00a0the Polish village of Dyl\u0105gowa<\/a>, the seat of the parish\u00a0in which I believe my paternal grandmother was baptized and married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, I’ve done some additional research on the history of the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0location was settled in 1484 and, at that time was called Vylagowa. In 1489 the village was called Dylagowka, in 1515 it was called Dilagowa, and in 1559 it was called Dyli\u0105gowa .\u00a0Finally, in 1700,\u00a0it\u00a0assumed its present name:\u00a0Dyl\u0105gowa. The name apparently originates from the first settler, Johannes Dyl\u0105g, whose nickname dyl\u0105g<\/em> means long man or stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical records first mention Dyl\u0105gowa in 1484 and state that the place belonged to Piotr Kmita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 16th Century, the local parish priest, Andrzej from Dyn\u00f3w, advocated the Reformation in his homilies and was excommunicated by the Bishop of Przemy\u015bl . In 1552, the Roman Catholic Church in Dyl\u0105gowa was seized and looted by Calvinists, led by Stanis\u0142aw Stadnicki, who had also taken over the church in nearby Dubiecko. Stanis\u0142aw’s son, Marcin Stadnicki of \u017bmigr\u00f3d, castellan of Sanok, granted a new endowment to the Roman Catholic Church in 1625.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1703, the church burned down and documents regarding the early history of the church in Dyl\u0105gowa were destroyed. In 1706, Teofil Czartoryski and Stanis\u0142aw P\u0119klaski endowed a new church. This church was built of wood and named for Saint Zofia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the years 1906-1911, a stone church, again under the name of Saint Zofia, was built in the Romanesque style on new ground by the Reverend J. M. Steli\u0144ski. This church was 33 meters long, 15 meters wide, and 12 meters high. The main altar and two side altars were brought from the old wooden church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The village of Dyl\u0105gowa experienced hard times during World War II .\u00a0Because of\u00a0an attack on the command of Second Lieutenant Aleksander Grube (alias “The Vulture”) in the guard of the Ukrainian Police in Jawornik Ruski, a decision was made to “pacify” Dyl\u0105gowa. The rectory of the church was taken by the occupying armies. Residents were\u00c2\u00a0sent to Siberia or to the German Death Camps. On 25 Apr 1944, any residents still in the village were imprisoned in the church and convicted to death. The church was to be blown up with the people inside. The Reverend Fr. Pa\u015bciak prepared the people for the explosion and distributed Holy Communion. In the end, the lives of the residents were spared when the Reverend Father sacrificed his own life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 04 Oct 1945, Dyl\u0105gowa and the neighboring villages of Bartk\u00f3wka, \u0141\u0105czki, Sielnica and Paw\u0142okoma were burned to the ground by the Ukrainian Rebel Army in retaliation for\u00c2 an attack on Paw\u0142okoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except for the church, everything in Dyl\u0105gowa had been burned and many of the residents had been killed. The\u00c2 corpse of the Reverend Father was taken to the cemetery by sled and his body was buried there. On 01 Jan 1946, the parish in Dyl\u0105gowa ceased to exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the war, the village\u00a0of Dyl\u0105gowa was\u00a0rebuilt. The Reverend M. Pawul and the parishioners reconstructed the rectory and restored the church. In the present church, on the main altar, new pictures of Saint Zofia, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a crucifix with the figures of Saint Jan and Our Lady at the Grave were installed. New pictures of Saint Antoni and the Mother of God were placed on the side altar. The Stations of the Cross are oil paintings that originate from the year 1888. In the steeple of the church there are two bells, a 300 kilogram bell named Jan and a 150 kilogram bell named Zygmunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 17-voice organ was purchased in 1954 and was built by local craftsmen. Polychromes of Professor K. Szumczak were obtained in 1961. In 1963, the tabernacle was installed and the church was finally wired for electricity. Between 1978-1980, loudspeakers were installed, wood paneling was added, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the church, and a new roof was completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the parish cemetery there still exist gravestones from the 19th century, including those of Aleksander Starze\u0144ski (d. 1831) and Roza n\u00e9e Zabielski Kamieniecki (d. 1843).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written for the Carnival of Genealogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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