Eldership of Spisz was a non-castle eldership territory of Kingdom of Poland from 1412 to 1569 and Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1772. Its seat was located in the Stará ýubovà Âa. It was located in the Spià ¡, and its area consisted of a salient connected to the rest of the Kingdom of Poland, and 5 exclaves.
It was formed on 8 November 1412, after the signing of Treaty of Lubowla between Wà Âadysà Âaw II Jagieà Âà Âo, king of Poland and Sigismund, king of Hungary, in which the Kingdom of Hungary had pledges part of Szepes County to the Kingdom of Poland in exchange for 2 220 000 Prague groschen. The area was meant to remain in Poland until Hungary would pay the loan back, however, it was permanently incorporated as Polish possession in 1489 after Hungary had made a failed attempt to regain the area with military force. In 1569, after the formation of PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth, it became a part of Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The eldership was conquered by the Habsburg monarchy between 1769 and 1770 and remained under occupation until 1772 when it was formally incorporated into the Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary.
It was subdivided into the Dominion of Lubowla and Province of 13 Spisz Towns. Dominion of Lubowla consisted of the towns of Stará ýubovà Âa, PodolÃÂnec and Hniezdne, and the souranding area. Its capital was Stará ýubovà Âa. The dominion bordered the Kingdom of Poland to the north and Podoliniec District, Province of 13 Spisz Towns to the south. The Province of 13 Spisz Towns consisted of the towns of Spià ¡ská Nová Ves, Spià ¡ské Vlachy, Spià ¡ské Podhradie, Poprad, Veþká, Spià ¡ská Sobota, StrÃ¡à ¾e pod Tatrami, Matejovce, Spià ¡ská Belá, Vrbov, ýubica, Ruskinovce, and Tvaroà ¾ná, and 15 villages. It consisted of 6 separate parts, of which Podoliniec District bordered the Dominion of Lubowla, while 5 others were the exclaves surrounded by the Kingdom of Hungary. Additionally, Spià ¡ Castle in Spià ¡ské Podhradie was an exclave of Hungary surrounded by the Eldership. The area of Eldership of Spisz was .