Low Beskids

Lower Beskids
Polish: Beskid Niski Slovak: Nízke Beskydy
Highest point
Peak Busov (Slovakia)
Elevation 1,002 m (3,287 ft)
Coordinates 49°29′00″N 22°40′04″E / 49.48333°N 22.66778°E / 49.48333; 22.66778Coordinates: 49°29′00″N 22°40′04″E / 49.48333°N 22.66778°E / 49.48333; 22.66778
Dimensions
Length 120 km (75 mi) west-east
Width 50–70 km (30–40 mi) north-south
Area 7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi)
Geography
Countries Poland and Slovakia
Parent range Outer Western Carpathians
Borders on Doły Jasielsko Sanockie,
Bieszczady Mountains, Pogórze Bukowskie,
Bukovské vrchy, Vihorlat Mountains,
Eastern Slovak Lowland,
Slanské vrchy, Čergov,
Ľubovnianska vrchovina
Geology
Type of rock granite, gneiss, limestone
The Low Beskid/Lower Beskids =b1+b2+b3+b4; part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.

The Low Beskids or Lower Beskids (Polish: Beskid Niski, Slovak: Nízke Beskydy), are one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Outer Eastern Carpathians in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. Is a hilly region in Prešov Region, Sanok County and Jasło County, between Busov, Ondavská vrchovina, Laborecká vrchovina, Beskydské predhorie in Slovakia, Beskid Sądecki, Pogórze Bukowskie and Bieszczady near the river Wisłoka, Wisłok and Osława in Poland. The mountain has two separate summits, one of 1,002 (Busov) and one of 997 metres (Lackowa). The Low Beskids separating the East from the West Carpathians.

Original flora and fauna was preserved because of the area's remoteness. The mountain range is covered with beech forests. The area is protected by Magurski National Park and Jaśliski Park Krajobrazowy. Animals living in this reserve are, amongst others, black storks, deers and wolves.

Division

Since there exist many variants of divisions of the mountain ranges and names for the Beskids, several divisions are given in the following:

History

Poland

The region then became a site of contention between Poland, Kievan Rus and Hungary starting in at least the 9th century. The population was primarily Slavic but with contentions over nationality. Germans and town dwelling Lemkos were Polonized and the countryside remained primarily Lemko/Ukrainian. Up until 1947, the majority of the population was Lemko (Rusin). The Lemkos are sometimes considered the westernmost of the Ukraininans. They were forcibly removed in a Polinization plan agreed between the Soviet Union and the Polish communist government. Many were killed or forcibly sent to Soviet Ukraine. Those not sent to Ukraine were dispersed among towns and villages in the new western Polish territory taken from Germany.

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Slovakia

The Lower Beskids on the territory of present-day Slovakia has attracted settlers since the Stone Age. The Slavic forefathers of the Slovaks gradually moved to the basin of Humenné and Bardejov during the great migration of peoples, starting in the 5th century. An intensive and organized settlement of this area started as late as in the middle of the 13th century, after the Mongol raids. However, the first written reference to the town dates back to the 1240s, when monks from Bardejov complained to the King Béla IV about a violation of the town’s borders by Prešov.

Main article: Prešov Region

Rural landscape pictures

Towns and villages

Important towns and villages of this region include:

Ethnic groups

Main article: Lemkivshchyna

Hiking trails

The European walking route E8

Literature

References

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