Spatial development of Zaklików: Introduction to research

This paper discusses the history and, most importantly, the spatial development and the urban layout of the town of Zaklików. Zaklików is an early-modern-period town founded in 1565 by Stanisław Zaklika of the coat of arms of Topór, probably on previously undeveloped land on the border of the Lublin Upland and the Sandomierz Basin, in Solska Forest. The town was founded on the basis of a charter issued by King Sigismund II Augustus.

The aim of this paper is to present the results of preliminary research on the urban composition of the town from its foundation period. The research was based primarily on a review of the literature, archival queries, as well as fieldwork. The urban structure of the town was analysed and compared to models of other early modern Polish towns. On this basis, Zaklików was classified in a specific group of layouts, characterised as a private town, an economic layout with an early modern use programme, but that still used traditional planning methods.