Besko
Village
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountySanok
GminaBesko
Coordinates49°35′N 21°57′E
Population total3700
Websitehttp://www.besko.pl

Besko /besko/ is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Besko.

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.[1] When a postoffice was opened in 1890,[2] the town was in the Sanok Bezirkshauptmannschaft.

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

References

  1. ^ Atlas des peuples d'Europe centrale, André et Jean Sellier, 1991, p.88
  2. ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967