Der Krakauer Wojewode Teodor Gryfita (gest. nach 1237) und die Hl. Kunigunde von Polen aus der Árpáden-Dynastie (1234-1292) als Stifter der ältesten Klöster im Podhale

Both of the above mentioned 13th century monastery foundations in Podhale -the Cistercian Szczyrzyc as well as the Franciscan Stary Sącz - played important religious, cultural and social role in the development of this region. Their founders were important people, both the voivode of Cracow Teodor Gryfita and the Cracow duchess Kinga of the Arpad family (later a saint) inscribed themselves for the work of monastery foundations in Podhale in the colonization and economic process but above all the religious and cultural life in the then Piast state.