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    • The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, also known as Austrian Galicia or colloquially Austrian Poland, was a constituent possession of the Habsburg monarchy in the historical region of Galicia in Eastern Europe. The crownland was established in 1772. The lands were annexed from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the First Partition of P… See more

    Ceremonial name

    The name of the Kingdom in its ceremonial form, in Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria with the … See more

    History

    Galicia was the largest part of the area annexed by the Habsburg monarchy in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. As such, the newly annexed territory was named the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria to underline the … See more

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    StatusCrown land of the Habsburg monarchy (1772–1804) · Crownland of the Austrian Empire (1804–1867) · Crownland of the Cisleithanian part of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
    CapitalLemberg (Lviv)
    Official languagesGerman
    Common languages1910 census: · Polish 58.6% · Ruthenian 40.2%
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    Administrative divisions

    Prior to the First Partition of Poland which established the kingdom, the region had been divided into Voivodeships (historically also 'palatinates'). Specifically, the area that became Galicia and Lodomeria comprised most of the … See more

    Government

    After the partition of Poland the region was governed by an appointed governor, later a vice-regent. During the war time the office of vice-regent was supplemented by a military-governor. In 1861 a regional assembly … See more

    Demographics

    In 1773, Galicia had about 2.6 million inhabitants in 280 cities and markets and approx. 5,500 villages. There were nearly 19,000 noble families with 95,000 members (about 3% of the population). The "non-free" accou… See more

    Economy

    Galicia was economically the least developed part of Austria and received considerable transfer payments from the Vienna government. Its level of development was comparable to or higher than that o… See more

    Culture

    • Newspapers: Gazette de Leopol (1776), Slovo (closed in 1876 due to Ems Ukaze)
    • Weekly: Zoria Halytska (first issue on May 15, 1848) See more

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