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The Mongols massacred almost all residents. Sack of Kraków (1241) March 1241 Kraków: Mongol Empire: The Mongols massacred almost all residents. Sack of Sandomierz (1260) February 1260 Sandomierz Mongol Empire: The Mongols massacred almost all residents. Gdańsk massacre: 13 November 1308 Gdańsk: Teutonic Knights: 60–1,000 Polish civilians ...
In early February 1241, some ten thousand Mongol warriors concentrated near Wlodzimierz Wolynski, and entered Lesser Poland. The invaders captured Lublin and Zawichost, reaching Sandomierz on 13 February. The Polish army under voivode Włodzimierz Gryf was defeated in the Battle of Tursk and the Battle of Chmielnik.
In 1286, High Duke of Poland Leszek II the Black decided to rebuild Sandomierz in a new location, more convenient for defence.The city once again received its Magdeburg rights (the original document still exists), and its first wojt was a nobleman named Witkon. Duke Leszek also invited Dominican friars from other locations, giving them a plot ...
There were also later, larger Mongol invasions of Poland (1259–1260 and 1287–1288). [12] In 1254 or 1255, Daniel of Galicia revolted against the Mongol rule. He repelled the initial Mongol assault under Orda's son Quremsa. In 1259, the Mongols returned under the new command of Burundai (Mongolian: Borolday). According to some sources ...
They met in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains after the Mongols had unsuccessfully besieged the Święty Krzyż Monastery. Leszek the Black managed to defeat Tulabuga near Łagów, who then withdrew from Poland. After his victory, Leszek the Black rushed south, where another Mongolian force under command of Nogai Khan had invaded Lesser Poland.
During the Mongol invasion of Poland, southeastern Polish city of Sandomierz was regarded by the invaders as a strategically important location, which had to be captured. Sandomierz lies near the confluence of the Vistula and the San rivers, near the 13th-century border between the Kingdom of Poland and Mongol-controlled Red Ruthenia.
In reality, the Mongols likely spared most of Germany because their primary objective was to punish the Hungarian king for supporting the Cumans. The Mongols raided eastern Austria and southern Moravia again in December 1241 and January 1242. A century later in 1340 they raided the March of Brandenburg. Anti-Mongol crusades were preached within ...
Lesser Poland was devastated by the invasion, with the Mongols acquiring much rich loot from their expedition. Some 10,000 Poles were taken with the Mongol invaders as slaves. Through this invasion, the Golden Horde successfully managed to destroy Bolesław’s anti-Mongol alliance and fully subjugate the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia.