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Republic of Zakopane

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Unrecognized state (1918) For the city, see Zakopane.
Republic of ZakopaneRzeczpospolita Zakopiańska
1918
Flag of Zakopane Flag Coat of arms of Zakopane Coat of arms
CapitalZakopane
Common languagesPolish
Religion Roman Catholicism
GovernmentRepublic
President 
LegislatureParliament
• ChamberNational Council of the Republic of Zakopane
Historical eraEnd of World War I
• Established October 13, 1918
• Disestablished November 16, 1918
Preceded by Succeeded by
Austria-Hungary
Second Polish Republic

The Republic of Zakopane (or Commonwealth of Zakopane; Polish: Rzeczpospolita Zakopiańska) refers to an area in Galicia centered on the city of Zakopane that created its own parliament ("National Organisation") on October 13, 1918. The parliament's principal goal was to join an independent state of Poland. On October 30, the Organisation officially declared its independence from Austria-Hungary and, two days later, made itself a "National Council". This was eventually disestablished on November 16 when the Polish Liquidation Committee took control of Galicia.

The Republic's only president was the Polish writer Stefan Żeromski.

See also

References

  1. Kamusella, Tomasz (2021). "Short-lived Polities in Central Europe, 1908–1924". Words in Space and Time. Central European University Press. pp. 82–85. JSTOR 10.7829/j.ctv209xmvc.24.

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