The map of the Galizien colonies have been updated including some adjustments in location and/or current names for the following colonies: Alt-Bielitz, Bielitz, Hundstal, Kunzendorf, Krzywulanka, Kranzberg, Mariahilf, Marienhof, Mikulsdorf, Münchenthal, Muzylowice Narodowe, Neu-Babylon, Olszanka, Ostrowiec, Preppendorf.
While looking through the Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder (Gazetteer of the Crown Lands and Territories Represented in the Imperial Council), we found that a two villages on the historical map by Rudolf Unterschütz of Galizien were technically a part of Schlesien (Silesia) – Alt-Bielitz, Bielitz. The area reflects this now, and a reference to the pages online are included in the sources for each village.
The following maps have been updated:
All of the maps associated with this site along with their descriptions can be found on the Maps page and a list of sources used on the Sources page.
Galizien Sources:
- Archiwum Map Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny 1919 - 1939 (Map Archive of Military Geographical Institute 1919 - 1939 (WIG)
- Die deutschen Siedlungen in Galizien (Map of the German Settlements in Galicia), Rudolf Unterschütz, circa 1939.
- Galizien German Descendants
- Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder (Gazetteer of the Crown Lands and Territories Represented in the Imperial Council), XII, Galizien (Galicia). Vienna, 1907.
- Historical Maps of the Habsburg Empire, Austrian Third Military Survey (1869-1887). Mapire.
- Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe: An Atlas of the Shtetl – Galicia
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