| Republic of Zakopane Rzeczpospolita Zakopiańska |
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| Capital | Zakopane | ||||
| Language(s) | Polish | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
| President | Stefan Żeromski | ||||
| Vice-president | Władysław Zamoyski, Wincenty Szymborski, Mariusz Zaruski | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||
| - chamber | National Organisation/National Council | ||||
| Historical era | World War I Interwar period |
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| - World War I | October 13, 1918 | ||||
| - Self-disestablishment | November 16, 1918 | ||||
The Republic of Zakopane or Commonwealth of Zakopane (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Zakopiańska) refers to the area of the city of Zakopane and a few nearby villages that created its own "parliament" (National Organisation) on October 13, 1918, whose main goal was to join the forming independent state of Poland. On October 30 the Organisation officially declared its independence from Austria-Hungary, two days later it transformed into the National Council which was eventually disestablished on November 16 because the Polish Liquidation Committee took power over the Galicia region.
The Republic's only president was a famous Polish writer Stefan Żeromski.