Biała, Rzeszów Explained

Biała
Settlement Type:District
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Subcarpathian
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Rzeszów
Coordinates:49.98°N 22.0211°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Biała (Ukrainian: Біла Ukrainian: Bila) is a district of Rzeszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1] It merged with Rzeszów on 1 January 2009.

The former village had a population of 1,300.

History

As a result of the first of Partitions of Poland (Treaty of St-Petersburg dated 5 July 1772, the Galicia area was attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy.[2] BIALA was one of the 79 Bezirkshauptmannschaft (powiat?) [3] in Austrian Galicia.

For more details, see the article Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Atlas des peuples d'Europe centrale, André et Jean Sellier, 1991, p.88
  3. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967