Żupnik
A żupnik (from ''żupa'', old Polish word for a salt mine) in Polish salt and metal mining between the 13th and 18th century was a manager which oversaw the operations of a mining district, often in the name of the king. ''Żupnik'' was in charge of the Royal Wieliczka Salt Mine and the Bochnia Salt Mine in southern Poland, near the original capital city of Kraków of the Piast dynasty The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented List of Polish monarchs, Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I of Poland, Mieszko I (–992). The Poland during the Piast dynasty, Piasts' royal rule in Pol .... Notable żupniks include Jan Boner. References Mining in Poland Government officials of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{mining-stub ...
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