Podczerwone

Podczerwone [pɔtt​͡ʂɛrˈvɔnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Nowy Targ and 74 km (46 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.^[1]

The Town of Podczerwone was founded by Szymon Czerwinski under the Royal Decree of Zygmunt III Waza in 1604 giving the property privileges in Western Tatra Mountains and Czarny Dunajec river valley. The privileges included the Dolina Lejowa, Polana Bialy Potok, Hawrylowka, Roztoki, Polynica, the forests of Furtaska, Kryta and Krzyskowka. During Poland's Partition Period (123 years) the region remained under Austrian jurisdiction and the town and its privileges were sold in Vienna to land investors. Under the communists' jurisdiction, in 1976 the governmental decree illegally expropriated Dolina Lejowa. The forests of Furtaska, Kryta, Krzyskowka and Bialy Potok, Hwrylowka and Roztoki valley did survive and remained as part of the 7 Villagaes Commonwealth with the Head Office in Witow. Presently the village counts about 640 residences. A significant number of them emigrated to USA and Canada. They became strong contributing members of new North American communities and also active members of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America (Zwiazek Podhalan) in Chicago and Toronto.

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