TY - JOUR
TI - Would-be Settlement from Upper Silesia in Northern Bulgaria in 1882
AU - Popek, Krzysztof
TI - Would-be Settlement from Upper Silesia in Northern Bulgaria in 1882
AB - The aim of the article is to present the fate of the would-be settlement of Poles from the Koźle county to the district of Svishtov in northern Bulgaria in 1882, based on the Ministry of Finance’s materials found in in the Central State Archives in Sofia. As a result of the information provided by the missionary Grzegorz Piegza operating in the area of Svishtov, about 150 families from Upper Silesia expressed their willingness to move to the Balkans and live among the Catholic communities functioning there. It seemed that they could take advantage of the settlement action organized by the Bulgarian authorities from 1880, which assumed the distribution of land to the newcomers. However, these petitions met with a refusal by the authorities in Sofia, who wanted to bring only Bulgarians living outside the Balkans. Petitions sent from Upper Silesia to the Bulgarian authorities in 1882 are a source of information not only on the causes of migrations from this part of Prussia, but also provide knowledge about the identity of Silesians at the end of the 19th century. The analysis also served as a starting point for reflection on Bulgarian migration policy of this period.
VL - 2024
IS - Tom XXXIII
PY - 2024
SN - 2451-4993
C1 - 2543-733X
SP - 241
EP - 256
DO - 10.4467/2543733XSSB.24.013.20037
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/ssb/artykul/would-be-settlement-from-upper-silesia-in-northern-bulgaria-in-1882
KW - Upper Silesia
KW - Bulgaria
KW - Balkans
KW - migrations
KW - 19th century