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Adelaide of Poland (Polish: Adelajda Kazimierzówna) (c. late 1170s / early 1180s – 8 December 1211), was a Polish princess and member of the Piast dynasty. She was the daughter of Casimir II the Just, Duke of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland, by his wife Helena of Znojmo, a Přemyslid princess.
- Earlier Arrivals
- Panna Maria
- Blue and Gray
- Second Wave in 1870s
- Into The 20th Century
- Important Polish Figures
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A few Poles arrived in Texas as early as 1818. These were members of the predominately French group that sought refuge near present-day Liberty. General Charles Lallemand, a close lieutenant of Napoleon, led several hundred veterans and families into exile at a place they called Champ d’Alise (Field of Asylum). The upheavals in Europe amidst the Fr...
But it was a series of disasters in the 1850s in Poland that created the real impetus for significant immigration to Texas. Severe weather, a poor economy, floods, lack of food, epidemics of typhoid and cholera; all these spurred interest in a better life elsewhere. How that came to be Texas was through the efforts of a Polish priest who had been s...
By 1861, there were some 1,500 Poles in the state, and they were quickly faced with the choice of participation in the Civil War. Most, for as long as possible, tried to stay out of the struggle, but they eventually were involved. In all, some 70,000 Texans served in the Confederate forces, and this included the unit called the Panna Maria Grays, m...
Back in Poland, another insurrection was put down in 1863, resulting in increased restrictions from the ruling powers. In the Prussian partition, Bismarck’s Kulturkampf, a program enforcing German culture onto the Polish people, caused about 152,000 Poles to leave the provinces of Pozan, Bydgoszcz and Silesia. This new wave of immigration in the 18...
The 20th century phenomenon of urbanization included Texas Poles. The Polish community in San Antonio grew as young people left the farms for life in the city. Houston attracted other young Poles. By 1900 there were some 200 Polish families in the port city. A century later there is said to be 55,000 people of Polish descent in Houston. Unlike the ...
Polish contributors to Texas culture include Carl von Iwonski. The paintings by this German-Polish artist portrayed the pioneers in Texas from the 1850s into the 1870s. In the later part of this period, he also became known for his photography. Brought to New Braunfels as a child, he worked in San Antonio and was a leader there during Reconstructio...
The importance of Catholicism as the overwhelming factor in maintaining Polish identity can be seen right from that first Mass at Panna Maria. Almost immediately, as each new location was settled, a church would be started with the priest serving as principal leader and advocate to the civil society around them. Important figures among them were Re...
A few people in the older rural communities still speak an antiquated Silesian dialect that is difficult for modern Polish speakers to understand. Of course, many of the Poles who arrived in the 1980s speak the modern language. Today, two universities in the state, the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University, offer studies of the language...
Panna Maria Homecoming Dinner, OctoberPolish Film Festival, Houston and Austin, NovemberPolish Heritage Festival, Brenham, OctoberPolski Dzien Festival, Bremond, (including the Polish Pickle 5K run), JuneChopin Society of HoustonAustin Polish SocietyPolish Institute of Arts and Sciences, The Sarmatian Review, HoustonPolish Genealogical Society of TexasOpened in 2021, the Polish Heritage Center was founded by Bishop John Yanta, a native of the area and the former head of Amarillo’s Catholic diocese, to preserve the history of his ancestral home.
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Individuals were in Texas as early as 1818, when several Polish soldiers who had served in Napoleon's defeated armies joined the French selement of Champ d'Asile on Texas's Trinity River. The Spanish saw the colony as an in‐cursion, and the selement was shortly disbanded.
Jul 19, 2019 · Adelaide of Poland (Polish: Adelajda Kazimierzówna) (c. late 1170s / early 1180s – 8 December 1211), was a Polish princess and member of the Piast dynasty. She was the daughter of Casimir II the Just, Duke of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland, by his wife Helena of Znojmo , a Přemyslid princess.
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at the end of 1856, the fourth group of Polish pioneers, about 30 families, arrived in Texas. Father Moczygemba's Plan for the Town of Cracow in Texas. While visiting New Braunfels, the capital of German settle. ments in Texas, the historian Oscar Haas was able to satisfy some.
Sep 25, 2007 · Many know that the largest settling of Poles outside of Poland is in Chicago, Illinois. What few know is that the first Polish settlement in America was in Texas, south of San Antonio, in a place called Panna Maria.
