Podlesie, Lubaczów County Explained

Podlesie
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Subcarpathian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lubaczów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Lubaczów
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1783
Coordinates:50.1592°N 23.2708°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:75

Podlesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubaczów, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately 12km (07miles) east of Lubaczów and 920NaN0 east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

The village was established by German colonists in 1783 as Reichau, which was a part of a larger settlement campaign undertaken by the Austrian Empire in its then-young crownland Galicia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Lepucki, Henryk. Działalność kolonizacyjna Marii Teresy i Józefa II w Galicji 1772-1790 : z 9 tablicami i mapą . Kasa im. J. Mianowskiego. Lwów. 1938. 163–165. Polish.