Męcina
| Męcina | |
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Holy church of Saint Anthony
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 Męcina
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| Coordinates: 49°40′43″N 20°32′50″E / 49.67861°N 20.54722°ECoordinates: 49°40′43″N 20°32′50″E / 49.67861°N 20.54722°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Limanowa |
| Gmina | Gmina Limanowa |
| Population | 3,248 |
| Website | http://www.mecina.prv.pl |
Męcina [mɛnˈt͡ɕina] is a village in the administrative district in the Malopolska province of Gmina Limanowa, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Limanowa and 61 km (38 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków. In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the province of Nowy Sacz. The village has a population of 3,248 as of 2013.
Męcina rests at the edge of the mountain called . In the middle of Męcina there is a stream called Smolnik. It is a tributary of a well known river called Dunajec, at the district road Limanowa-Chełmiec.The yellow trail leads to the mountain ridge of Łososińskiego.
The oldest traces of human activity in this area are documented between Męcina and writers . Archaeological excavations have revealed here urnowe burial from the times of the Lusatian culture, which lands Polish lasted in the period 1300-400 BC [2] .
The first mention of the village comes from a knight Męcina pence from 1326 and relate to the local parish [3] .
At the end of the sixteenth century. Męcina divided into Niżna and religion, noble families ruled here Krzeszów and Marcinkowskich. In the mid-sixteenth century. Męciny heir Sebastian Krzesz fell into a dispute with the local parish priest, who soon turned into open conflict [4] . Victorious from this battle came Krzesz, who eventually exiled priest, seized his property, poniszczył parish registers, and the place had brought two preachers Arian . In the temple instead of altars set plain wooden cross [2] . During the Reformation the church served the local congregation ariańskiemu ( brothers Polish ).
It was only in 1605. Arrived at the place of a new Catholic priest that his ministry had to start from the renovation of the church, in which he helped finance the next heir of the House of Krzeszów - Stanislaw, who converted to Catholicism [2] .
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