Biała, Rzeszów

For other places with the same name, see Biała.
Biała
District
Biała
Coordinates: 49°58′48″N 22°1′16″E / 49.98000°N 22.02111°E / 49.98000; 22.02111Coordinates: 49°58′48″N 22°1′16″E / 49.98000°N 22.02111°E / 49.98000; 22.02111
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
City Rzeszów

Biała [ˈbʲawa] (Ukrainian: Біла Bila) is a district of Rzeszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1] It merged with Rzeszów on 1 January 2009.

The former village had a population of 1,300.

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] BIALA was one of the 79 Bezirkshauptmannschaft (powiat?) [3] in Austrian Galicia.

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

Austria KK stamp first issue 1850, cancelled BIALA

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  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
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