Republic of Zakopane

Republic of Zakopane[1]
Rzeczpospolita Zakopiańska
1918
Flag of Zakopane
Flag
Coat of arms of Zakopane
Coat of arms
CapitalZakopane
Common languagesPolish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentRepublic
President 
LegislatureParliament
• Chamber
National Council of the Republic of Zakopane
Historical eraEnd of World War I
• Established
October 13, 1918
• Disestablished
November 16, 1918
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Austria-Hungary
Second Polish Republic

The Republic of Zakopane (or Commonwealth of Zakopane; Polish: Rzeczpospolita Zakopiańska) refers to an area in Galicia centered on the city of Zakopane that created its own parliament ("National Organisation") on October 13, 1918. The parliament's principal goal was to join an independent state of Poland. On October 30, the Organisation officially declared its independence from Austria-Hungary and, two days later, made itself a "National Council". This was eventually disestablished on November 16 when the Polish Liquidation Committee took control of Galicia.

The Republic's only president was the Polish writer Stefan Żeromski.

  1. ^ Kamusella, Tomasz (2021). "Short-lived Polities in Central Europe, 1908–1924". Words in Space and Time. Central European University Press. pp. 82–85. JSTOR 10.7829/j.ctv209xmvc.24.