Kocmyrzów Explained

Kocmyrzów
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kraków
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca
Coordinates:50.1289°N 20.1286°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:700
Population Footnotes:(approx.)

Kocmyrzów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 160NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village has an approximate population of 700.

History

As a result of the Partitions of Poland (1772–1795), the Galicia area and Kraków were attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy.[2] Kocmyrzów was in the Bezirkshauptmannschaft (powiat?) of Kraków area [3] when the post-office was opened in Austrian Galicia in 1878.

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