See also: Milówka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
| Official Name: | Milówka |
| Total Type: | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Żywiec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Milówka |
| Leader Title: | Sołtys |
| Leader Name: | Sławomir Salamon |
| Population Total: | 4300 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 49.5631°N 19.0875°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 34-360 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | SZY |
| Website: | http://www.milowka.pl |
Milówka is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland (historic and geografical province of Lesser Poland). It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Milówka.[1] It lies It is situated in the Żywiec Beskids mountain range, approximately 18km (11miles) south-west of Żywiec and 780NaN0 south of the regional capital Katowice. Polish musical group Golec uOrkiestra hails from here.
Milówka was first mentioned in 1537, when this part of the Kingdom of Poland belonged to Lesser Poland's Kraków Voivodeship. Mountains and hills of the Beskids, which were covered by dense forests, were at that time settled by Polish farmers, who gradually moved southwards along the Soła river. After the Poles, in the second half of the 16th century, came shepherds from Wallachia, who in the course of the time assimilated with Polish population. In 1772 (see Partitions of Poland) Milówka was annexed by the Austrian Empire, and became part of the province of Galicia, where it remained until late 1918. According to the Austrian census of 1900, the village had the population of 2,678, with 93% Catholics, and 6.5% Jews. Until 1975 Milówka was administratively tied with Kraków (with the exception of World War II, when it was directly annexed into the Third Reich). Among points of interest there is a Regional Museum, with a wooden peasant house from 1739, and a parish church (1834).