About  .  Contact  .  Donation Archaeologists from the University of Łódź have made a significant discovery at a Przeworsk culture burial site near Kutno in Łódź Voivodeship uncovering both pit and urn burials dating back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE which emerged in the 3rd century BCE and thrived in Poland until its decline in the late 5th century CE developed from the merging of local cultures in the region Its decline is often linked to the Hunnic invasions as well as the broader collapse of the Roman Empire which disrupted trade and triggered social crises The burial site near Mnich was first identified in 1911 by geomorphologist Stanisław Lencewicz a burial custom more commonly associated with the Wielbark culture of Pomerania Wojciech Rutkowski and Irena Podolska-Rutkowska from the University of Łódź have revealed both cremation pits and ceramic urns with some human remains placed in pits and others in burial urns “We have discovered two types of burials: some bone remains from the cremation on the funeral pyre are found in pits but we cannot yet explain the diversity in a single cemetery,” explained Dr combined with the presence of stone circles Stone circles are more typical of the Wielbark culture suggesting possible cultural overlap or influence The archaeologists have also found a variety of burial objects still in situ these artifacts provide crucial dating information allowing researchers to pinpoint the time of burial to within a few decades One of the striking aspects of the site is its preservation “The items placed on the graves centuries ago are still there After clearing just a few centimeters of material such as a clay mug left on the grave.” The burial site has largely been spared from damage by agricultural activities though the collapsing slope of the area poses a threat to the preservation of the findings an anthropologist from the University of Łódź noted that despite the fragmentation of the cremated remains “From an anthropological point of view it’s important to determine whether the remains in a grave pit or urn belong to one person or more These details give us insights into the demographics and lifespan of the population,” she said Students from the university’s scientific circle “Antropołowcy” have also been actively involved in the excavations gaining hands-on experience in both archaeology and anthropology Sources : Science In Poland , University of Lodz and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V. INVENTUM Association/FacebookThe 2,000-year-old sword is likely a spatha While searching for relics from World War II in the forests of southern Poland’s Jurassic Highland metal detectorists Rafal Proszowski and Mariusz Lampa came across something much older: a Roman sword dating back nearly 2,000 years they reported the find to local authorities with experts from the Częstochowa Museum taking the sword in for further analysis and preservation experts believe it to be an ancient spatha sword The blade had also been broken into three parts suggesting it may have been part of some kind of burial ritual Initial reporting of the discovery was done via a Facebook post from the INVENTUM association a historical society to which Proszowski and Lampa both belong the society remarked that the sword “may be another proof of the presence of the Przeworsk culture population (Vandals) in these areas during the period of Roman influence.” echoed the sentiment that this is indeed a rare and valuable find INVENTUM Association/FacebookMetal detectorists Rafal Proszowski and Mariusz Lampa pose with the ancient Roman sword on the spot where they found it Members of the INVENTUM association are history buffs but their work typically focuses on finding relics from World War II both Proszowski and Lampa were shocked to find such an ancient artifact “We’d never found anything like this before,” Proszowski told the Gazeta Wyborcza daily they unearthed other artifacts including an axe and perfectly preserved spurs dating back to the Middle Ages INVENTUM Association/FacebookThe well-preserved ancient knight spurs Once the artifacts had been handed over to the Częstochowa Museum experts began the initial analysis and preservation work They confirmed that the sword dates back to sometime around the third or fourth century C.E and likely had connections to the Przeworsk culture INVENTUM Association/FacebookThe head of an ancient axe found near the sword The Przeworsk culture was an Iron Age society that thrived between the third and fifth centuries C.E where the culture’s artifacts were first identified the Przeworsk culture seemed to emerge out of influences from the Celtic La Tène culture and neighboring groups like the Vandals and the Jastorf Their burial methods typically involved cremation and warrior graves often containing bent or broken weapons Given that the newly discovered sword had been broken in two places researchers suspect it too had been used in an ancient burial rite experts at the museum noted some marks on the blade itself that could suggest exposure to fire — though they need to conduct further testing to prove this hypothesis The sword was not the first piece of evidence linking the Przeworsk culture to the Vandals though the exact nature of this connection is still somewhat debated INVENTUM Association/FacebookThe sword was roughly three feet in length The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe first mentioned in Roman records as inhabitants of what is now Poland They have been linked archaeologically to the Przeworsk culture as well but this culture likely encompassed multiple ethnic groups Other historians have suggested the Vandals were actually part of the Lugii a confederation of tribes mentioned by Roman authors the overlapping and fluid nature of ancient tribal identities makes this somewhat difficult for historians to parse other recent archaeological discoveries have further illuminated some kind of link between the Vandals and the Przeworsk culture In September 2024, for example, Archaeology Magazine reported on the discovery of two Vandal warrior graves unearthed in a cemetery near Glinka Provincial Office for the Protection of Monumentsin Kielce/FacebookArtifacts from the Polish Vandal graves discovered in September 2024 were carefully placed in the graves—a clear indication of the ritualistic practices associated with Vandal burials,” excavation leader Marek Florek said at the time the presence of a bent sword buried alongside the warriors was representative of burial practices typically associated with the Przeworsk culture Discoveries like this and the Roman sword suggest that various societies were deeply integrated with the local Przeworsk culture While the exact nature of these integrations remains unclear perhaps future discoveries could shed even more light on this ancient connection After reading about the Roman sword discovered in Poland, read about the recent discovery of a cave in Poland with evidence of prehistoric cannibalism. Then, learn about the English metal detectorist who stumbled across two spatha swords still in their scabbards we learn thanks to grave robbers having a civic moment 2022Get email notification for articles from Viktoria Greenboim Rich FollowJul 3 2022Grave robbers suddenly overcome by a sense of civic responsibility have helped shed light on the Celtic influences on a powerful Germanic culture in Poland and Ukraine 2,300 years ago Archaeologists call this culture the Przeworsk (pronounced “Perevorsk”) based on the name of the Polish town where they were first discovered The lessons learned from the graves were reported by Volodymyr Sydorovych research fellow at the Lviv Regional Council at the History and Local Lore Museum in the Ukrainian journal “Arheologia” in 2022 who also stresses the irreversible loss to posterity caused by looting ancient sites The paper is based on archaeological investigation done in 2019 some identify them with the Vandals who would later sack Rome in 455 C.E is that the Lugians and the Vandals were the same people Open gallery viewItems from burials in a Przeworsk cemetery SydorovychAs for the archaeological evidence it indicates that the Przeworsks were locals living in central and southern Poland from about 2,300 years ago who spread east beyond the Vistula River (an important ancient trade route) into Western Ukraine in the first century C.E The Przeworsk seem to have persisted in Ukraine up to about 1,600 years ago and their material culture clearly shows influences of Celtic culture (aka the “La Tène culture”) which dominated Iron Age Europe from about 450 B.C.E Celtic influence on the Przeworsk is evident in their metal-smithing and burial rites – including the practice of damaging the weapons placed with the dead Open gallery viewResearching the Przeworsk culture cemetery at Velyka DibrovaCredit: V Our story begins in early 2019 when grave robbers located a burial complex and found it in their hearts to bring an array of broken grave goods to the Regional Historical Museum in Vynnyky The donors explained they had found a “compromised” burial site by the village of Yampil Sydorovych assembled a team of colleagues to set forth see it with their own eyes and inspect the location What remained inside the pit dug by the robbers was a destroyed burial site with fragments of calcined bones and ceramic shards – which did however suffice to date the burial to about 1,800 years ago The items brought by the looters included a bent double-edged sword, a shield handle and a spearhead; iron spurs and fibulae (brooches), and a damaged shield boss. These items and other research into the Przerworsk show intense Celtic influence Sydorovych says: burying the dead with broken or otherwise damaged weapons was a Celtic practice Sydorovych clarifies that grave robbery is a major obstacle to Ukrainian archaeology Thieves with metal detectors have nothing to do with archaeology and what they find ends up usually on the black market Even if the items find their way eventually to the museums which is crucial to archaeological research and the reconstruction the conditions and purpose of creating a particular object (in this case Open gallery viewExcavating the Kariv-I cemetery in Ukraine (2018)Credit: V would usually cremate the dead and place their calcined remains in an urn or pit Such inhumated remains may have been of local nobles: a local elite may have emerged based on trading contacts with the Roman Empire Their power may have stemmed partly from the Romans seizing control from the Celts over the amber road as Sydorovych puts it: “The closer your relationship to Rome is The Roman influence on the Przeworsks is also evident in Roman items in the graves: amphorae terra sigillata (Roman pottery with a specially burnished look) The Roman long sword called a spathe was especially common in Przeworsk burials the Kariv-I cemetery on the border between Ukraine and Poland swords with hilts fashioned like eagle heads (Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs AD 300)Credit: G.dallortoWe cannot know how these Roman goods arrived: trade booty obtained by the “barbarian tribes” when fighting with Rome or even rewards given to local mercenaries for their service by the Roman military leaders like many barbarian tribes beyond the border of the Roman empire their relationship status with Rome was “it’s complicated.” But why would the Przeworsk deliberately damage not only spearheads and shield bosses (which also often bore traces of fire) but small valuables marked the symbolic death of the weapon or item which would “die” too and pass to the afterlife with the dearly departed breaking or bending could have been purely practical in order to wedge them into the urn with the deceased And the cherry on top: breaking and burying armaments deprived the living of the opportunity to use them in this world Examination of the pottery and the urns indicate they were made poorly which could imply they had been made in a hurry Open gallery viewItems from the Przeworsk burials in Koshylivtsi at the Lviv Region Local History MuseumCredit: V academic investigation into historic Ukraine has been hampered by robbers combing ancient burial grounds with metal detectors one has a heart; sometimes the archaeologists win one; and Sydorovych is hopeful that in the future more information will come to light about the mysterious Przeworsk culture What ultimately happened with the Przeworsk All things come to an end and the late third and the fourth centuries C.E were marked by massive population migrations Goths moved into Ukraine from the north and in the late fourth century C.E. Huns arriving from the steppes invaded Europe from the east causing havoc and spurring further migrations That would be the start of what historians call the migration period; as the Roman Empire reeled Sarmatian and Dacian peoples – and assimilated the Przeworsk culture as well This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Mar 31, 2021 | History Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the largest known Roman-era pottery production site in Poland The area has been linked to the Przeworsk culture which is part of an Iron Age archaeological complex stretching over central and southern Poland near the village of Wrzępia in the southern Małopolska Province was first discovered in the 1990s after numerous fragments of pottery vessels were unearthed in a field Small-scale excavations in 1995 also found signs of pottery production the full scale of the site has only now been revealed after archaeologists conducted non-invasive magnetic surface tests over 12.3 acres of land which suggest the existence of pottery furnaces The discovery is therefore one of the largest of such sites in Europe where researchers also used magnetic tests to reveal approximately 200 furnaces A team of archaeologists working on the site this month have excavated two pottery furnaces which are estimated to have been in operation between the 2nd and 5th century who are often associated with the Przeworsk culture the unearthed site produced “storage vessels with characteristic wide spouts” that were up to 50cm in diameter and 70cm in height “The utensils were most likely used for storage such as for food – there are known discoveries of this type of vessels buried in the ground where they were probably used as a kind of pantry,” he told Polskie Radio Other items discovered include remnants of burnt construction clay from furnaces Over 150 Jewish tombstones used for road construction in WW2 unearthed in Polish town Similar sites have also been found across the region The previously largest pottery centre associated with the Przeworsk culture was a site in Zofipole near Kraków Iron production centres have also been found in areas that are now part of Poland The largest is located in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains with other large centres also found in the Masovian and Silesian provinces these became some of “the largest ancient metallurgical centres in so-called Barbarian Europe” showing the scope of the region’s economy at the time Road works uncover 600-year-old city gates in Kraków believes the site probably only served the local area because no vessels characteristic of the region have been found north of the nearby Vistula river The discovery of the site also follows other notable archaeological finds in Poland in recent years. 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Learn how your comment data is processed In a stunning find deep in the woods of North Jura metal detectorists have found a Roman sword from 2,000 years ago Rafał Proszowski and Mariusz Lampa from the INVENTUM Association made this discovery which experts have confirmed to be a spatha which researchers think might mean it was part of a burial or ceremony a city known for its pilgrimage significance The sword was immediately secured by the Częstochowa Museum for further analysis the sword dates back to the 3rd or 4th century CE It is one of the most important Roman-era weapons ever found in this area Researchers have connected the sword to the Przeworsk culture The Przeworsk culture flourished in regions under Roman influence and gained fame for its high-status burials This culture sometimes held Roman imports as part of funerary rites which hints that it might have played a role in an ancient cremation rite the detectorists unearthed other important items such as a medieval axe and three well-preserved spurs from the late Middle Ages These finds provide more understanding about the area’s past and its ties to Roman and medieval times They prove that this region wasn’t just a place people passed through This isn’t the first time experts have found significant findings in this area The Częstochowa Museum has dug up other stuff from the Przeworsk culture before But this latest find shows there’s still a lot to explore in the region The site of the discovery is being kept confidential as further research is conducted with the artifacts undergoing conservation at the museum More information: INVENTUM Association burials with horses and more show multiple cultures in ancient western Ukraine in Roman times 2022Get email notification for articles from Viktoria Greenboim Rich FollowOct 27 local archaeologists in western Ukraine discovered an ancient “barbarian” cemetery near the Polish border As research and excavation of the site named Kariv I progressed they began to realize this was no ordinary cemetery for the hoi polloi This was apparently the final resting place for elites these elites hailed from several tribes occupying the region in Roman times: Germanic Open gallery viewExcavating Kariv I in 2017Credit: Volodymyr Sydorovych Now they believe the deceased belonged to a mix of barbaric cultures, which for the sake of convenience the archaeologists dubbed the “Kariv group”, after the name of this cemetery, Kariv I. The cemetery has been excavated and studied by a team of archaeologists from the Museum of History and Local History at Vynnyky and Ivan Franko University in Lviv, and the finds have been published by Yaroslav Onyshchuk, one of the leading scholars of the Roman era in Ukraine. The graves they could investigate turned out to contain individuals of different genders and ages, indicating that this was a permanent cemetery of a specific group of people who lived nearby. Among the deceased were six men, three women, and one child, the archaeologists deduced based on those bones that survived the burning process. (Ancient cremation was not as thorough as modern machinery can achieve.) Many questions remain open, Sydorovich says. For example, they still haven’t found the settlement where the people buried here dwelled. Also: “We assume that next to the burial ground of the ‘elite,’ there should have been a burial ground of the ordinary people,” he adds, but it hasn’t been found yet. Open gallery viewCareful work at Kariv ICredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych This is not of course the only sign of non-Przeworsk tribes in ancient Ukraine. Traces of the “Kariv group” of people have been found in isolated burial sites and sporadic finds in Western Ukraine in the vicinity of Lviv. Unfortunately, many of these burials and items were frist found by grave robbers. Luckily, Kariv-I escaped their greedy hands, providing valuable information about these people and their migration and allowing us to marvel at the material culture they left behind. But who were these people, what did they leave for posterity, and what brought them to the territories of modern Western Ukraine? A German, Balt, and a Slav come to Ukraine In most of the graves, the team found what seem to have been ritually burnt and damaged funeral gifts, such as bent weapons, wire rings, and fibulae (brooches). Burying deliberately ruined armaments and fripperies with their deceased owner was a well-known practice among the Przeworsk, a coalition of Germanic tribes living in modern-day Poland and Western Ukraine, and who highly influenced by Celtic traditions and material culture. (Some historians suggest the Vandals, who would later sack Rome, and the Przework might be one and the same.) Other burials featured horse bones and gear associated with horse-riding, such as bridles and harnesses, as well as various bronze objects. Burials with horses are more typical of the Western Baltic territories, hence the scholars suggests they indicate the presence of Western Baltic cultural traditions or people. However, some burials with horses also had bent and ritually damaged items and Roman important goods. Sort of a “mixed signals” kind of deal. Open gallery viewFragments of the Terra Sigillata bowlCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych And in yet other burials, the archaeologists discovered pottery characteristic of early Slavic local cultures. Of course, some of those items could have reached the region by trade. They do not necessarily indicate these people used to live here. And some burials did not feature any damaged, burned or bent grave goods at all. Yet perhaps the most exciting find was a grave smacking not of local types but of the “warlike” Suebian culture, of Germanic origin. Open gallery viewAnd pots characteristic of proto-Slavic traditionsCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych The Germanic overlord with a sense of fashion “The Suebi are by far the largest and the most warlike nation among the Germans. It is said that they have a hundred cantons, from each of which they draw one thousand armed men yearly for the purpose of war outside their borders” – Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book IV. Note that the “Germanic people” weren’t a monoculture. These were a number of tribes that occupied the territories of central Europe and Scandinavia from antiquity to the Middle Ages; different tribes inhabited different areas. The Suebi people were one of those tribes, living in north eastern Germany and the Czech Republic, and now it appears that at least one also arrived in Western Ukraine. One of the most extraordinary finds in the grave tentatively identified as Suebi was a large cauldron made of alloyed copper, used as an urn. The handles are decorated with head-and-torso busts of a male, with what is known as a Suebian knot hairdo. It looks like a man bun on the side. Who knows, maybe the Suebi were the first hipsters. Inside this pot, the excavators found the cremated remains of an individual 25 to 35 years old, and a bronze belt buckle. Open gallery viewThe Suebi cauldron-urnCredit: Sydorovych Volodymyr Open gallery viewCloseup of the male busts on the cauldronCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych Only three cauldrons of this type have been found so far, including this one. Based on historical documents, this hairdo was a hallmark of the Suebi. The first century C.E. Roman historian Tacitus elaborated on this fashion: Next to it was another unique bucket also fashioned of alloyed copper, with handle attachments in the form of women’s faces, sirens maybe. The archaeologists also found expensive glass bowls inside the grave, a Roman bronze bell, drinking horn fittings, an iron knife, and beautiful metal elements of a drinking horn chain decorated with colorful enamel. Open gallery viewDrinking horn components with enamel decorationCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych Open gallery viewBronze situla with busts in the form of sirensCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych No bent or ritually damaged grave goods were inside this burial. Onyshchuk believes these items may indicate the status of a person buried here, who, he proposes, belonged to the Suebian tribal elite and was in contact with the Roman Empire. Based on chronologically indicative materials such as the brooches, amphorae, glass, and other imported goods found in situ, and undisturbed by robbers, the cemetery dates to the late second century C.E, Onyshchuk says. The bottom line is that the funeral rites exhibited in the cemetery and the material culture all pinpoint a specific period in time, but not a specific culture, and not only that of the Przeworsk who dominated western Ukraine at the time. Rather, the archaeologists believe they have found evidence that peoples from different cultures arrived, and some mixing ensued. Open gallery viewGlass beaker with facet cut decorationCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych Open gallery viewFragment of a glass bowlCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych The population that left the burial ground in Kariv, as well as the sites of the “Kariv group,” in our opinion, writes Onyshchuk, were a mix of people of Suebic, West Baltic, and possibly proto-Slavic origin joining the Przeworsk who already resided in these parts. What were they doing there? Possibly, fleeing the Romans following their defeat in the Marcomannic Wars. The Marcomannic Wars were a series of clashes between the Roman Empire and a coalition of Barbarian tribes from various ethnic groups. The Wars lasted between 166 and 180 C.E. and took place along the length of the northeastern European Roman border (the Limes) on the River Danube, during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. A details from the column of Marcus Aurelius from 180 C.E. depicting his victory over the barbarian tribes. One of these tribes was the Germanic Marcomanni. But they weren’t the only ones. The Lugii, a coalition of various barbaric tribes that various Roman historians mention, also played a vital part. (The Przeworsks and the Lugii may well have been the same people.). Open gallery viewTypical Przeworsk culture bent grave goods from a burial site in Yampil, Lviv region, UkraineCredit: Volodymyr Sydorovych Some scholars suggest that during the Marcomannic Wars, a Germanic tribe called the “Buri” of Suebian origin lived in Transcarpathian Ukraine and joined the Lugii tribal union, based on historical documents written by Roman authors and archaeological materials. Anyway, after the defeat of the barbarian coalition , some areas previously controlled by tribes like the Marcomanni were turned into a Roman military fortified garrison, and movement and pasture restrictions were placed on the locals. The Roman historian Cassius Dio writes that the Romans compelled the Buri to take an oath that they would never dwell or use for pasture a strip of land within eight kilometers next to Dacia (mainly the region of modern-day Romania). Open gallery viewMarcus Aurelius' victory column, in the Piazza Colonna in RomeCredit: penofoto/Shutterstock.comFar from the eye of Rome, but with benefits These restrictions may have been good reason for some of these tribes to look for a new place to live, further deep into the European Barbaricum, far from Roman control and political influence. The lands of Eastern Carpathian and Western Ukraine might seem like a good place to look for a new home. Nonetheless, they maintained relations with the Romans. Just like today, you may not like someone, but you’ll still trade with them and maintain diplomatic relationships. Some high officials might have been loyal to Rome too. These might explain the influx of Roman goods among the material culture of the various Barbaric groups. “The events of the Marcomannic Wars, during or after which some members of the barbaric coalition tried to move to the lands of the European Barbaricum far from Roman political influence, perhaps, were the main reason for the appearance of the ‘Kariv group’,” Onyshchuk writes in his article. And this cemetery is a good example left for us by these people. “Based on the current research results, it is still difficult to say how long the new population inhabited this territory. But it couldn’t have continued for long because at the beginning of the third century C.E., other Germanic tribes arrived and displaced or assimilated the population of the “Kariv group,” Onyshchuk writes. And that’s where their story ends. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 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Further severe weather including storms and heavy rain affected parts of Poland on 29 June IMGW report that several locations recorded more than 50mm of rain in 24 hours The worst of the storm affected the provinces or voivodeships of Podlaskie Masovia (which includes the capital Warsaw) Holy Cross Province (Świętokrzyskie) and Lesser Poland (Małopolskie) Deputy Director of the Government’s Security Center said over 1,300 homes were damaged by flooding At the storm’s peak there were over 14,000 people without power The Security Center reported 1,890 incidents triggered by the storm including 621 in Masovia province (445 in Warsaw in particular) Lesser Poland (283) and Podkarpackie (226) Na chwilę obecną wzmocnienie Warszawy realizowane jest przez 5 plutonów ULEWA – 20 pojazdow — Grzegorz Świszcz (@GSwiszcz) June 29, 2020 KRAJ – skutki frontu burzowego – uszkodzonych zostało 78 budynków mieszkalnych W kulminacyjnym momencie bez prądu pozostawało 14 262 odbiorców — Grzegorz Świszcz (@GSwiszcz) June 30, 2020 zmierzona wysokość opadów deszczu za całą dobę wystąpiła na stacjach: — IMGW-PIB METEO POLSKA (@IMGWmeteo) June 30, 2020 About 400 people were evacuated from their homes in south eastern Poland after flooding that began 27 June Poland’s Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej – IMGW) reported Jasło in Podkarpackie Voivodeship (province) recorded 100.4 mm of rain in 5 hours on 27 June Poland’s State Fire Service were called to around 400 interventions Emergency accommodation was made available for those displaced as well a several roads and bridges in Manasterz (Przeworsk) and Handzlówka (Łańcut) The government of Poland said the Mleczka river flooded houses in Siedleczka in Przeworsk County while the overflowing Strug and Sawa rivers – both tributaries of the Wisłok – flooded areas of Rzeszów and Łańcut Counties River levels across the country remain high IMGW warned on 29 June that the warning level had been exceeded at 10 water gauge stations in the Vistula river basin and at 19 stations in the Odra river basin Wide areas of neighbouring western Ukraine suffered flooding last week said on 28 June that 7,500 homes have been flooded across 250 settlements in five oblasts of Ivano-Frankivsk Policjanci monitorują tereny powiatu jasielskiego dotknięte przez powódź, także z pokładu policyjnego śmigłowca pic.twitter.com/oNaUd4tCGH — Podkarpacka Policja (@Rz_Policja) June 29, 2020 Trwa usuwanie skutków nawałnicy, która w piątek przeszła przez powiat łańcucki. Wskutek gwałtownych burz i silnych opadów deszczu, na terenach gmin Markowa i Łańcut, doszło do podtopień budynków mieszkalnych oraz zniszczeń infrastruktury drogowej https://t.co/4AeYP1N0Iw pic.twitter.com/BGIDMguDWT — Podkarpacka Policja (@Rz_Policja) June 29, 2020 Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList "The process of group layoffs has begun at the furniture company Black Red White from Biłgoraj, which operates three plants in the Podkarpacie region: in Mielec, Dachnów, and Przeworsk. The latter, which produces chairs and tables, will soon cease to exist," reported local news outlet Nowiny24.pl Trade unions are negotiating severance terms for 220 workers who were laid off from a factory in southeastern Poland part of the country's largest furniture group The company has proposed six- or seven-month severance packages particularly for those approaching retirement Layoffs are expected to continue until June and some employees may be transferred to other company plants