Borysławka Explained

Borysławka
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Subcarpathian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Przemyśl
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Fredropol
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:49.65°N 60°W

Borysławka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Fredropol, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.[1] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) south-west of Fredropol, 180NaN0 south-west of Przemyśl, and 630NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.

Geography

The Borysławka stream flows into the Wiar.

History

The first mention of Borysławka dates back to 1494, when Jan Ryboticki received the village.[2]

The Ukrainian population was deported and the village was burned in October 1945 as part of Operation Vistula by the Polish Home Army.

Religion

People from Borysławka

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Ludwik Wyrostek, Ród Dragów-Sasów na Węgrzech i Rusi Halickiej, Kraków 1932, s. 37.
  3. Posada Rubotycka, Блажейовський Д. Історичний шематизм Перемиської єпархії з включенням Апостольської Адміністратури Лемківщини (1828—1939), Львів : Каменяр, 1995, s. 388, ISBN 5-7745-0672-Х.