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P. Jokiel and Z. Michalczyk
Fig. 7.5 The “Kipiaczka” spring in Szkło on the Tarnogrod Plateau (Ukraine – photo T. Grabowski)
7.2 Studies on Springs in Poland
Written information on Polish springs was first published in the mid eighteenth
century: first, as research notes, then in the form of specialist papers and monographs. Naturally, this does not mean than no springs had been heard of or described
before that. They had been worshiped by the inhabitants of old-Slavic gords such as
Biskupin ever since the neolith. Excellent spring water was commonly available, and
some of the springs became very famous because their water had some healing or
miraculous properties. The saint patrons of Polish springs include John the Baptist,
P. Jokiel and Z. Michalczyk
Fig. 7.5 The “Kipiaczka” spring in Szkło on the Tarnogrod Plateau (Ukraine – photo T. Grabowski)
7.2 Studies on Springs in Poland
Written information on Polish springs was first published in the mid eighteenth
century: first, as research notes, then in the form of specialist papers and monographs. Naturally, this does not mean than no springs had been heard of or described
before that. They had been worshiped by the inhabitants of old-Slavic gords such as
Biskupin ever since the neolith. Excellent spring water was commonly available, and
some of the springs became very famous because their water had some healing or
miraculous properties. The saint patrons of Polish springs include John the Baptist,