Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

żupnik

English translation:

mine administrator

Added to glossary by Jerry Dean
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Polish term

żupnik

Polish to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems
Elżbieta Łokietkówa (1374): "Gdy się te kruszce na czysto przetopią, właściciele onych oddawać będą żupnikom do skarbu królewskiego jedenastą grzywnę srebra, a jedenasty cetnar ołowiu."

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Nov 4, 2011 16:08: Jerry Dean Created KOG entry

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Reference:

Żupnik

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Żupnik

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Royal official in charge of mines - either salt, or silver, or lead.
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Reference:

mine administrator / manager

During seven centuries it was the seat of the ‘Zupnik’ – Chief of the Cracow Salt – Works, and of the administration of the mine in Wieliczka. Rebuilt several times, the castle has become a seat of the Cracow Salt – Works Museum - http://www.poland24h.pl/en/atrakcje/Wieliczka-1050,5.html

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Dokładny słownik polsko-angielski i angielsko-polski By Alexander Chodźko (1890) - http://goo.gl/6l9YS - page 532

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