Łowiczans

Łowiczans
Ksinzoki (Księżak dialect of Polish)
	Traditional księżak clothing [pl]
Regions with significant populations
	Poland (Duchy of Łowicz [pl])
Languages
	Polish (Masovian dialect group, Łowicz dialect)
Religion
	Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
	Poles, Masovians

Łowiczans (Polish: Łowiczanie) also known as the Łowicz Księżaks (Polish: Księżacy łowiccy, literally "Łowicz Duchy folk"; singular: Księżak łowicki) is an ethnographic group of Polish people, that are part of the ethnographic subgroup of Masovians. They originate from the historical region known as the Duchy of Łowicz [pl] (Księstwo łowickie) around the cities of Łowicz and Skierniewice in south-western Masovia, located within borders of the Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. The group speaks the Łowicz dialect of the Masovian dialect group of Polish.^[1]

History

The group originates from the south west Masovia, located within borders of the Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. Historically, that area was part of the region known as Księstwo łowickie, a private estate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno and the historical name derives from the Polish word "książę", which in this context did not mean "duke", but a respectful appellation to the local archbishop. The area had become an actual duchy when emperor Alexander I of Russia gave Księstwo łowickie into the ownership of Joanna Grudzińska, the second wife of Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, and endowed her with the title "Princess of Łowicz" (Russian: Её Светлость княгиня Лович).

The group had enjoyed more freedoms than the neighboring people, and this contributed to them developing a separate identity. They also were freed from the serfdom much earlier than other groups in the region, further building their cultural identity separate from the other groups.^[2]^[3]

References

^ G. Odoj, A. Peć: Dziedzictwo kulturowe – edukacja regionalna. Dzierżoniów: Wydawnictwo Alex, 2000, p. 74, ISBN 83-85589-35-X, OCLC 749376082.
^ Jan Stanisław Bystroń: Ugrupowanie etniczne ludu polskiego. Kraków: Orbis, 1925, p. 16.
^ Janusz Kamocki: Zarys grup etnograficznych w Polsce. In: Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze: Ziemia 1965 – Prace i materiały krajoznawcze. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka, 1966, p. 109.

[dk-1] G. Odoj, A. Peć: Dziedzictwo kulturowe – edukacja regionalna. Dzierżoniów: Wydawnictwo Alex, 2000, p. 74, ISBN 83-85589-35-X, OCLC 749376082.

[2] Jan Stanisław Bystroń: Ugrupowanie etniczne ludu polskiego. Kraków: Orbis, 1925, p. 16.

[3] Janusz Kamocki: Zarys grup etnograficznych w Polsce. In: Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze: Ziemia 1965 – Prace i materiały krajoznawcze. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka, 1966, p. 109.

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