After looting the abbeys at Jedrzejow, Mogila, Szczyrzyc and Miechow, the invaders flooded the region in an orgy of murder and destruction.
It was located in the southern part of the Kraków Voivodeship, with the capital in the historic village of Szczyrzyc.
Zygmunt Konieczny spent his childhood in the village of Szczyrzyc.