Subdivisions of Galicia

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The Subdivisions of Galicia were the administrative districts of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, the largest and most populous part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1772 to 1918. It consisted of 73 administrative districts in 1877 and 78 in 1900 and they were responsible for storing vital records. Galicia is today a historical region in Poland and the Ukraine.

Contents 1 Voivodeships and oblasts 2 Administrative Districts in present-day Poland 3 Administrative Districts in present-day Ukraine 4 Jewish Administrative Centers 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Voivodeships and oblasts

Today Galicia belong to 3 Polish voivodeships (Malopolskie, Podkarpackie and Slaske) and 3 Ukrainian oblasts (Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil).^[1]

[edit] Administrative Districts in present-day Poland

Biała Bircza (prior to 1900) Bochnia Brzesko Brzozów Chrzanów Cieszanów Dąbrowa Gorlice Grybów Jarosław Jasło Kolbuszowa Kraków Krosno Łańcut Lesko Limanowa Mielec

Myślenice Nisko Nowy Sącz Nowy Targ Pilzno Podgórze (after 1877) Przemyśl Przeworsk (after 1877) Ropczyce Rzeszów Sanok Strzyżów (after 1877) Tarnobrzeg Tarnów Wadowice Wieliczka Żywiec

[edit] Administrative Districts in present-day Ukraine

Bóbrka Bohorodczany Borszczów Brody Brzeżany Buczacz Czortków Dolina Drohobycz Gródek Horodenka Husiatyn Jaworów Kałusz Kamionka Strumilowa Kołomyja Kosów Lemberg (after 1877) Lviv Mościska Nadwórna

Peczenizyn (after 1877) Podhajce Przemyślany Rawa Ruska Rohatyn Rudki Skalat Śniatyń Sokal Stanisławów (now Ivano-Frankivsk) Stary Sambor Stryj Tarnopol Tłumacz Trembowla Turka Zaleszczyki Zbaraż Zloczów Żółkiew Żydaczów

[edit] Jewish Administrative Centers

The government assigned some towns the status of Jewish Administrative Center. These Administrative Centers were responsible for maintaining Jewish vital records.

[edit] References

1. ^ Galician Distant Cousins

• 1877 Galician Administrative Districts from JewishGen
• 1900 Galicia: Administrative Districts from PolishRoots
• Galician Administrative Districts from The Polish Genealogical Society of America
• 74 Administrative Districts in Galicia
• Galician Administrative Map

[edit] See also

• Subdivisions of Ukraine
• Voivodeships of Poland