Editing Sorbs (section)

====18th century====
The 18th century saw increased Polish-Sorbian contacts during the reign of Kings [[Augustus II the Strong]] and [[Augustus III of Poland]] in Poland and Lusatia. Sorbian pastor {{ill|Michał Frencel|dsb|v=sup}} and his son polymath {{ill|Abraham Frencel|hsb|v=sup}} took their cues from Polish texts in their Sorbian Bible translations and philological works, respectively.{{sfn|Matyniak|1968|p=240}} Also Polish-born Jan Bogumił Fabricius established a Sorbian printing house and translated the catechism and [[New Testament]] into Sorbian.{{sfn|Matyniak|1968|p=242}} Polish and Sorbian students established contacts at the [[University of Leipzig]].{{sfn|Matyniak|1968|p=240}} Polish dignitaries traveled through Lusatia on several occasions on their way between [[Dresden]] and [[Warsaw]], encountering Sorbs.{{sfn|Matyniak|1968|p=243}} Some [[Szlachta|Polish nobles]] owned estates in Lusatia.{{sfn|Matyniak|1968|p=243}}
[[File:Neschwitz Schlosspark Barockschloss 02.jpg|thumb|[[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] Palace of [[Aleksander Józef Sułkowski]] in [[Neschwitz]] ({{langx|hsb|link=no|Njeswačidło}}, {{langx|pl|link=no|Nieswacidło}})<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII|year=1886|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=117}}</ref>]]

The first translation from Sorbian into another language was a translation of the poem ''Wottendzenje wot Liepska teho derje dostoineho wulze wuczeneho Knesa Jana Friedricha Mitschka'' by {{ill|Handrij Ruška|hsb|v=sup}} into Polish, made by Stanisław Nałęcz Moszczyński, a Polish lecturer at the University of Leipzig, and published by the famous Polish traveler [[Jan Potocki]].{{sfn|Matyniak|1968|p=244}}

A distinct remnant of the region's ties to Poland are the 18th-century [[milepost]]s decorated with the [[coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] located in various towns in the region.