Besko
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Besko | |
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Coat of arms of Besko Coat of arms | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Sanok |
| Gmina | Besko |
| Population | 3,700 |
| Website | http://www.besko.pl |
Besko [ˈbɛskɔ] is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Besko.[1] It lies approximately 20 km (12 mi) west of Sanok and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.
History
[edit | edit source]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] When a postoffice was opened in 1890,[3] the town was in the Sanok Bezirkshauptmannschaft.
For more details, see the article Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Atlas des peuples d'Europe centrale, André et Jean Sellier, 1991, p.88
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
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