Lipinki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Explained

Lipinki
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gorlice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Lipinki
Coordinates:49.6792°N 21.3°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:2400
Website:http://www.e-lipinki.pl

Lipinki is a village in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lipinki. It lies approximately 11km (07miles) east of Gorlice and 1070NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

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

A postoffice was opened in 1890, under the Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gorlice.[3]

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