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The Polish Gorals also hold a particular reference for Pope John Paul II, who they consider as their own, even though Karol Wojtyła was born in Wadowice, Lesser Poland and was not a Goral himself. However, the Late Pope was always considered as "the son of the mountains" by the Gorals. [56]
Silesian Gorals within Cieszyn Silesia: Brenna (1), Wisła (2), Jablunkov (3), Morávka (4) Silesian Gorals [a] are a subgroup of the Gorals living in the Silesian Beskids and Moravian-Silesian Beskids within the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. They are one of the four major ethnographic groups of Cieszyn Silesia. [1]
Goral, less frequently called Highlander or Highland Polish, is an ethnolect of the Lechitic group, more specifically of the Lesser Poland dialect group spoken by the Gorals. Its vocabulary was significantly influenced by many languages like Slovak, [ 2 ] Rusyn, Hungarian, Romanian and German, being common vocabulary of the Carpathian region. [ 4 ]
Pages in category "Polish Gorals" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Action Saybusch;
' below the mountain pastures '), sometimes referred to as the Polish Highlands, is Poland's southernmost region. The Podhale is located in the foothills of the Tatra range of the Carpathian Mountains. It is the most famous [citation needed] region of the Goral Lands which are a network of historical regions inhabited by Gorals. [1]
The seat of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America along Archer avenue just northeast of its intersection with Pulaski (picture taken before remodeling project has begun) The Polish Highlanders Alliance of America ( pl. Związek Podhalan w Ameryce Północnej ) was founded in 1929 in Chicago as an organization that unites all other ...
Action Saybusch (German: Aktion Saybusch, Polish: Akcja Żywiec) was the mass expulsion of some 18,000–20,000 ethnic Polish Gorals [2] from the territory of Żywiec Region (part of the region of Lesser Poland) in the area annexed to the German Province of Upper Silesia, conducted by the Wehrmacht and German police during the German occupation ...
The Germans postulated a separate nationality for people of that region in an effort to extract them from the Polish citizenry during their occupation of Poland's highlands. The term Goralenvolk was a neologism derived from the Polish word Górale (the Highlanders) commonly referring to the ethnic group living in the Beskid and Tatra mountains.