The Province of 13 Szepes Towns was an autonomous administrative division of the Eldership of Spisz, that until 1568 belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, and since then to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth. Since 1772, it belonged to the Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary.
The province was formed on 8 November 1412, in with the Spià ¡ Pledge, in which Hungary had pledged part of Szepes County to the Kingdom of Poland, with the Province of 24 Szepes Towns was divided into Province of 11 Szepes Towns in Hungary, and Province of 13 Spisz Towns in Poland. 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 Habsburg monarchy between 1769 and 1770 and remained under occupation until 1772 when it was formally incorporated into the Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary. After that, it existed as the seat until 1778, when it unified with the Dominion of Lubowla, forming the Province of 16 Szepes Towns.
The province had been formed from salient formed by Podoliniec District, that was connected to the rest of the Dominion of Lubowla, and via it to the rest of the Kingdom of Poland, and 5 exclaves surrounded by the Kingdom of Hungary. It was divided into 5 districts: