Tuchowicz is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Stanin __NOTOC__ Gmina Stanin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stanin, which lies approximately south-west of Łuków and north of the regional capital Lubli ...

, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of

Stanin Stanin is a village in Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stanin. It lies approximately south-west of Łuków and north of the regional capital Lublin Lu ...

, west of Łuków, and north of the regional capital

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

. The village has an approximate population of 450. Tuchowicz belongs to historic

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a s ...

, and for centuries it was part of Łuków Land, Lublin Voivodeship. The village was first mentioned in 1350 as Tanczcovicz. In 1430, its name was spelled Thuchowicz, and in 1470 - Thuchowyecz. Its name probably comes from Slavic first name Tuchowit. On June 26, 1430, King Wladyslaw Jagiello granted

Magdeburg rights Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within ...

to the village, allowing for two fairs (July 22 and October 16). Tuchowicz remained a small town, losing its charter probably in the late 18th century. In the 19th century, this former town belonged to the Hempel family, which controlled it until 1945. From 1815 until 1916, Tuchowicz was part of Russian-controlled

Congress Poland Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It w ...

(see

Partitions of Poland The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 12 ...

References

{{Gmina Stanin Villages in Łuków County Lesser Poland Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795) Lublin Governorate Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939)