Donations and exchanges of land in the 14th and 15th centuries and their impact on the economic development in the Cistercian Monastery in Szczyrzyc
Until the death of the founder of the Cistercian Monastery in Szczyrzyc, Teodor Gryfita, in 1238, the Ludzmierz-Szczyrzyc abbey, though not among the richest, was well endowed. Its real estate consisted of 20 villages concentrated in the Nowatorszczyzna region. In the following centuries, the monastery’s holdings expanded, partly through land purchases. As early as 1252, the monastery acquired two villages: Kurdwanow and Sciborzyce. Before the 15th century, the village of Maszana was part of the monastery’s estate. A document from 1254 mentions the village of Pogorzany as belonging to the monastery.
In 1403, the abbot of Szczyrzyc, Mikolaj Suchorabski, purchased half a pond located between Jodlownik and Dobroniow in Dabrowka from Mikolaj Droboth, also known as Dobracht of Jodlownik, for 20 grzywnas. Two years later, in 1405, he acquired one-third of the Sciborzyce village headship from Jakusz of Zarnowiec and Jan Mleczko with his wife for 70 grzywnas. By the end of the 15th century, th
