Seivų valsčius amžių būvyje

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Seivų dvaras; Seivų valsčius; Suvalkija; Valsčiaus savivalda; County Self-government; Seivai County; Seivai Manor; Suvalkija.

ENSuvalkija, the southern part of the historic Sūduva, today the geographical region of Poland, for long devastated and ravaged by the crusaders, was eventually abandoned by its people in the 13th century and became a blank and empty space, just “nobody’s land”. After the Melnas Black Peace Treaty between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Order of the Teutonic Knights on September 27, 1422, Sūduva was left for Lithuania, and the land started recovering from the lethargy. About the middle of the 16th century, given the efforts of the Polish and Lithuanian Queen Bonna, after the reform of the valaks, Sūduva started turning towards a European civilization. The Merkinė forests were colonized, forestry supervisors, hunters, beekeepers, foresters, craftsmen started settling down in the forest openings. Kings and dukes set up manors, palivarks, and villages around them. The rulers entrusted the management and maintenance of the villages to their representatives - established residences, for example, the villages of Vižainis, Seivai, Kadariškės, Mockava. The Seivai Manor was first mentioned in 1559, in the lists of the inventory description in 1642, when Knight Jonušas Radvila, the Elder of Seivai and Vižainis, rented the two neighbourhoods for 4 years to Gotardas Budenbrukas. During the time of the GDL, Seivai became the centre of two neighbourhoods. After 1795 Suvalkai fell under the rule of the Russian Empire, the autonomous Kingdom of Poland, including the Seivai County, as a result of the collapse of both countries, with the changing dependence of the countries. The headquarters remained in the aforementioned manor. This structure was valid until the First World War. In the second year of the Rzeczpospolita, as well as after the Second World War, apart from the German occupation, an old administrative division in the country remained. The name of the Seivai Parish in Punskas remained due to the demolition of the manor premises.The decree of the Polish Council of Ministers on June 25th, 1952 was followed by another administrative redistribution, regulation of structures and names. The long road of destiny did the Seivai County experience, the relic of the slavery era definitely disappeared from the eyes of the people, and the history of Punskas County began The decree of the Polish Council of Ministers on June 25th, 1952 was followed by another administrative redistribution, regulation of structures and names. The long road of destiny did the Seivai County experience, the relic of the slavery era definitely disappeared from the eyes of the people, and the history of Punskas County began. [From the publication]