Podolínec

Podolínec (German: Pudlein, Hungarian: Podolin, Polish: Podoliniec) is a town in the Stará Ľubovňa District of the Prešov Region in northern Slovakia. Originally Podoliniec belonged to Poland and was part of the Ziema Sądecka land. The first written record of Podolínec dates from 1235 and is included in the Kraków Bishop complaint to the Pope regarding the Hungarian clergy, illegally collecting taxes from the local church, which belonged to the Diocese of Kraków. In 1244 Bolesław V the Chaste, the Dux of Sandomierz-Kraków land granted a location permit to a knight from Kraków, called Henryk. In 1292 the place was given the city rights. Later in the second half of the XIV century, the town passed in the reign of Hungary. In April 1412,...