Stężyca Land

Stezyca County (Polish: powiat stezycki), also known as Land of Stezyca, was an administrative unit (powiat) of both the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With seat in the town of Stezyca, it was the only county of Sandomierz Voivodeship, located east of the Vistula river, in northeastern corner of the voivodeship. In the 17th century, the area of Stezyca County was 1780 sq. kilometres, with nine towns: Stezyca, Zelechow, Laskarzew, Bobrowniki, Okrzeja, Adamow, Jeziorzany, Wojcieszkow and Maciejowice.

The Land (County) of Stezyca was created in 1568. In the south and east, it bordered Lublin Voivodeship, in the north Mazovia’s Land of Czersk, and in the west its border went along the Vistula. Stezyca was the seat of the starosta and of land court.

The county existed until 1793, when its territory was merged into Lublin Voivodeship.

In contemporary Poland, the territory of former Stezyca County covers whole Ryki County, southern part of Garwolin County, and southwestern corner of Lukow County. Its biggest urban center is Deblin, which was granted town rights in 1954.