Tylicz
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| Coordinates: 49°24′N 21°2′E / 49.400°N 21.033°E | |
| Country |
 Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Nowy Sącz County |
| Gmina | Krynica-Zdrój |
| Population | 2,000 |
Tylicz [ˈtɨlʲit͡ʂ] (Rusyn: Тылич, Tȳlych, Ukrainian: Тилич, Tylych) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Krynica-Zdrój, 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Nowy Sącz, and 108 km (67 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The village has a population of 1,800.
The history of Tylicz dates back to the 13th century, when a settlement called Ornamentum was founded along merchant trail from Poland to Hungary. At that time, Tylicz was also called Oppidium Novum and Ornawa, and was an important garrison of Polish royal army, which guarded southern border of the kingdom. Furthermore, Ornamentum/Ornawa was home to royal courts and councils of local nobility.
In 1363 King Kazimierz Wielki, who promoted settlement in this sparsely populated corner of Poland, granted Magdeburg rights to Ornawa, changing its name into Miastko. Furthermore, the king founded a parish church together with a school. Soon afterwards, a defensive wall was built. Miastko had its own court, and the right to stock merchant products, which provided it with revenue.
In 1391, Wladyslaw Jagiello handed Miastko together with nearby Muszyna to Bishop of Kraków, Jan Radlica. In a document, issued by Jagiello for this occasion, Tylicz/Miastko was named Ornamentum and Novum Oppidium, and the town remained part of the vast bishophoric Muszyna Estate until the first partition of Poland (1772). In 1474, Tylicz and whole southern Lesser Poland was affected by a disastrous Hungarian raid of King Matthias Corvinus. The destruction was so severe that in a 1529 document called Liber retaxatiorum, Tylicz/Miastko was called a village. A royal castle probably stood nearby, but its location has not been establishes.
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