Pogranicze polsko-niemieckie w refleksji socjologicznej z perspektywy ćwierćwiecza

The article covers the area of twenty-five years scientific outputs in Sociology regarding the Polish-German borderland. The data on which the analysis is based are 192 publications which has been classified by the author into the universe of analytical texts referring to the area mentioned above. Results of analyses presented in the publication firstly indicate a sustainable rate of growth of knowledge and analysis in subsequent years, secondly allow to notice high concentration of articles in multiply-authors monographies – in comparison much to those coming from magazines and shows prevalence of fourteen scientists as authors of about 60% of overall number of publications. Leading areas of sociological consideration on the Polish western frontier microcosm can be identified as research on the creation and development of the borderland society, daily life of its inhabitants, explorations of frontier cities, national neighborhood, stereotypes, low-life cases.