Wola Piotrowa Explained
| Wola Piotrowa (Lemko: Vola Petrova) |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Nickname: | Piotrowa |
| Etymology: | Its name comes from the west slavic dialect word Wola and Piotr, meaning exactly little village of Peter |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sanok County |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gmina Bukowsko |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 49.4514°N 22.0437°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1526 |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.8 |
| Elevation M: | 270 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2002 |
| Population Total: | 280 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 38 507 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | KUS, RSA |
| Website: | http://www.bukowsko.pl |
Wola Piotrowa is a village in East Małopolska in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, Bukowsko rural commune.
Wola Piotrowa is about 17 miles from Sanok in southeast Poland. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountain, and has an elevation of 340 metres. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Krosno Voivodship (1975-1998) and Sanok district, (10 miles east of Sanok), located near the towns of Medzilaborce and Palota (in northeastern Slovakia).
Twin cities
Literature
- Tarnovich, Julian. Illustrated History of Lemkivshchyna. (Ukrainian Language Publication) Lviv, 1935, Reprinted in New York, NY 1964.
- Iwanusiw, Oleh Wolodymyr. Church in Ruins/Церква в руїнi (English/Ukrainian Edition) A Publication of St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, St. Catharines, 1987. Volya Petrova, retrieved March 8, 2012.
- Prof. Adam Fastnacht. Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Średniowieczu (Historic-Geographic Dictionary of the Sanok District in the Middle Ages), Kraków, 2002, .
- Krasovsky, Ivan. Surnames of Galician Lemkos in the 18th Century. Lemko Foundation & Library, L'viv, 1993.
- Shematism of the Greek Catholic Apostolic Administration of Lemkivshchyna. (Ukrainian Language Publication.) Original Printing in 1936, Lviv. Reprinted in 1970 by the Ukrainian Museum & Library of Stamford, CT. See p. 6, entry on Karlykiv.
- Jerzy Zuba. "W Gminie Bukowsko." Roksana, 2004, (Polish). English translation of 1999 edition, Deborah Greenlee, Editor, 2005, Arlington, TX 76016.
External links
- "Village Histories and Surnames" - Weblog, The Lemko Project. http://lemkoproject.blogspot.com/p/village-histories-and-surnames.html
- Maps and Additional Information on Wola Piotrowa on Philip Semanchuk's website, courtesy of Jerzy Cwiakala. http://semanchuk.com/gen/data/WolaPiotrowa/
- Wola Piotrowa
- Caritas in Zboiska
- Castle in Zboiska
