Lipinki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lipinki
Village

Oil rig "Dziadek" in Lipinki
Lipinki
Coordinates: 49°40′45″N 21°18′0″E / 49.67917°N 21.30000°E / 49.67917; 21.30000
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Gorlice
Gmina Lipinki
Population 2,400
Website http://www.e-lipinki.pl

Lipinki [lʲiˈpʲiŋkʲi] is a village in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lipinki. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Gorlice and 107 km (66 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village has a population of 2,400.

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

A postoffice was opened in 1890, under the Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gorlice.[3]

Austrian KK 25 heller stamp, cancelled LIPINKI in 1900

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

Coordinates: 49°40′45″N 21°18′0″E / 49.67917°N 21.30000°E / 49.67917; 21.30000


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