Biała County, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Biała County (Polish: Powiat bialski; German: Bezirk Biała) also known as Biala County (German: Bezirk Biala), was a county of Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary that existed between 1867 and 1918. The seat of the county was Biała (now part of Bielsko-Biała, Poland).[1]

Biała County
Powiat bialski
County of Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
1867–1918

Location of Biała County within Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
CapitalBiała
History
History 
• Established
1867
• Reorganization into Biała County, Kraków Voivodeship
1918
Contained within
 • Country Austria-Hungary
 • Crown land Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Biała District
Oświęcim District
Kęty District
Oświęcim County
Biała County
Today part of Poland

In 1879 county had area of 378.44 km2 (146.12 square miles) and had population of 79 610 osób. It had 74 settlements organized into 63 municipalities. There were 3 county courts located in Biała, Kęty and Oświęcim.[1]

On 1 August 1910 part of the county was separated and united with part of Wadowice County in order to form Oświęcim County. Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria seeded to exist in 1918 with Biała County being incorporated to Second Republic of Poland where it was reorganized into Biała County, Kraków Voivodeship.[1]

County mayors
  • Władysław Hallauer (1870–1871)
  • Jan Hild (1879–1882)
  • Eugeniusz Kraus (1890)
  • Maciej Biesiadecki (1904–1913)

Government commissioners
  • Jan Sałasz (1870)
  • Juliusz Prokopczyc (1871)
  • Władysław Chądzyński (1879)
  • Karol Schmidt, Franciszek Szałowski (1882)
  • Franciszek Szałowski (1890)

County commissioners
  • Edward Stonawski (1917)[2]

References
  1. Szematyzm Królestwa Galicyi i Lodomeryi z Wielkiem Księstwem Krakowskiem na rok 1879, Lviv, 1879
  2. "Część urzędowa". Gazeta Lwowska (in Polish). No. 92: 1. 22 April 1917.

Bibliography
  • Szematyzm Królestwa Galicyi i Lodomeryi z Wielkiem Księstwem Krakowskiem na rok 1879, Lviv, 1879 (in Polish)
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