Galician Village Finding Aid using the village index from ...

Galician Village Finding Aid using the village index from:

Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen

Königreiche und Länder, Bd. 12 Galizien (Galicia)

available at wiki-de.genealogy.net

© 2012 David W. Gorz This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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We’ll be discussing the Gemeindelexikon in a moment. The first place to look for your village is in the

index for the Galicia map found on the Galizien German Descendants Society (GGDS) web site. If you

find your village, the map co-ordinates given in the index will allow you to locate your village on the

Galicia map, also available on the GGDS web site. In many cases the index will have the name of the

parish that the village belonged to, which is necessary to find church records.

If you don’t find your village in the Galicia map index, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll find it in Brian

Lenius’ Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia, if you have access to a copy. The gazetteer will give you

additional information as to the administrative district and sub-districts, where the parishes were for the

various denominations, maps to locate the village, and much more. Links are provided on the GGDS

web site to Brian’s web site where the gazetteer can be purchased.

For those who do not have access to a copy of Brian’s gazetteer, or who do not wish to purchase a copy

at this time, the Gemeindelexikon, viewable on-line at wiki-de.genealogy.net, offers a good alternative.

Look in the index of the Gemeindelexikon for your village and note the page number. You can, at this

point, go to the indicated page in the Gemeindelexikon and get the district and sub-district, or you can

use the table at the end of this document to find which administrative district and sub-district corresponds

to the page number you found in the index. The district number (arbitrarily assigned) shown in the table

will allow you to locate the district on the administrative district map included in this document. The table

also tells you whether the district is now in Poland, Ukraine, or split between them. Minor parts of

southern Galicia are now in Slovakia. Note that there is page overlap between the start and end of some

districts and sub-districts, so check your page number carefully. The Gemeindelexikon will have more

information on your village (in German). A guide to using the data in the Gemeindelexikon is given on

halgal.com and a link to that web site also is given on the GGDS web site.

It appears that the index for the Gemeindelexikon treats umlaut vowels as though they use the common

two letter combination form, e.g., Königsau and Königsberg are found indexed as though the names were

spelled Koenigsau and Koenigsberg.

http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/GGD Maps.htm



http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Gemeindelexikon_der_im_Reichsrate_vertretenen_K%C3%B6nigreiche_und_L%C3%A4nder/12

http://www.halgal.com/gemeindelexikon.html

The administrative district map, below, shows the seventy-eight administrative districts used in the

Gemeindelexikon, which match those listed on the web site of the Polish Genealogy Society of America.

Note that Brian Lenius’ Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia uses eighty-two administrative districts, which

resulted from the splitting of four of the seventy-eight districts, along with other changes made to the

district borders. Sub-districts that later became separate districts are shown in bold Italics in the table.

Jewishgen.org and other web sites devoted to Jewish genealogy often use the seventy-three districts

from the 1877 census. Brian’s district breakdown can be seen on Veit Olschinski’s web site.

Another map in this document is the derived from the administrative district map. The district numbers

have been removed for clarity and some of the major towns in Galicia are noted on the map. This should

help you relate the location of your village’s district to the Galicia map found on the GGDS web site. And

following that is a map of the administrative districts with the Lutheran parish boundaries sketched in,

which should serve as a guide to determining which parish the administrative district was in. Note that

some districts are split between parishes.

The map on the next page, cropped from a map of Austria-Hungary (copyright expired; available from the

Library of Congress web site) shows Galicia and Bukovina along with the scale bars from the original

map. The reddish-brown squares running down the middle of the map are an approximation of the

current border between Poland and Ukraine. Consult a modern map to better determine the current

location of a village near the border. The GGDS web site has links to many maps.

For a Ukrainian perspective on eastern Galicia, see John-Paul Himka’s Galicia and Bukovina : a

research handbook about Western Ukraine, late 19th and 20th centuries, which can be found on

www.ourroots.ca Himka’s book looks at the history of eastern Galicia from a Ukrainian point of view and

talks about the culture of the region and has information on the Greek Catholic parishes. Additional references and sources are given in the document.

http://www.galizien-online.de/de/galizien/verwaltungskreise.html




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Administrative districts alphabetically

Biala 2 Kamionka Strumilowa 53 Ropczyce 23

Bobrka 50 Kolbuszowa 22 Rudki 44

Bochnia 11 Kolomea 68 Rzeszow 27

Bohorodczany 62 Kosów 70 Sambor 39

Borszczow 75 Krakau 4 Sanok 29

Brody 57 Krosno 25 Saybusch 3

Brzesko 12 Lancut 30 Skalat 72

Brzezany 59 Lemberg 49 Sniatyn 78

Brzozow 28 Limanowa 10 Sokal 47

Buczacz 66 Lisko 35 Stanislau 61

Chrzanow 1 Mielec 18 Stary Sambor 40

Cieszanow 36 Mosciska 38 Stryj 46

Czortkow 74 Myslenice 7 Strzyzow 24

Dabrowa 14 Nadworna 63 Tarnobrzeg 21

Dobromil 34 Neumarkt 8 Tarnopol 64

Dolina 52 Neusandez 13 Tarnow 15

Drohobycz 45 Nisko 26 Tlumacz 67

Gorlice 17 Peczenizyn 69 Trembowla 65

Grodek 43 Pilzno 19 Turka 41

Grybow 16 Podgorze 6 Wadowice 5

Horodenka 77 Podhajce 60 Wieliczka 9

Husiatyn 73 Przemysl 33 Zaleszczyki 76

Jaroslau 32 Przemyslany 54 Zbaraz 71

Jaslo 20 Przeworsk 31 Zloczow 58

Jaworow 37 Rawa Ruska 42 Zolkiew 48

Kalusz 56 Rohatyn 55 Zydaczow 51

Administrative districts numerically

Chrzanow 1 Rzeszow 27 Kamionka Strumilowa 53

Biala 2 Brzozow 28 Przemyslany 54

Saybusch 3 Sanok 29 Rohatyn 55

Krakau 4 Lancut 30 Kalusz 56

Wadowice 5 Przeworsk 31 Brody 57

Podgorze 6 Jaroslau 32 Zloczow 58

Myslenice 7 Przemysl 33 Brzezany 59

Neumarkt 8 Dobromil 34 Podhajce 60

Wieliczka 9 Lisko 35 Stanislau 61

Limanowa 10 Cieszanow 36 Bohorodczany 62

Bochnia 11 Jaworow 37 Nadworna 63

Brzesko 12 Mosciska 38 Tarnopol 64

Neusandez 13 Sambor 39 Trembowla 65

Dabrowa 14 Stary Sambor 40 Buczacz 66

Tarnow 15 Turka 41 Tlumacz 67

Grybow 16 Rawa Ruska 42 Kolomea 68

Gorlice 17 Grodek 43 Peczenizyn 69

Mielec 18 Rudki 44 Kosów 70

Pilzno 19 Drohobycz 45 Zbaraz 71

Jaslo 20 Stryj 46 Skalat 72

Tarnobrzeg 21 Sokal 47 Husiatyn 73

Kolbuszowa 22 Zolkiew 48 Czortkow 74

Ropczyce 23 Lemberg 49 Borszczow 75

Strzyzow 24 Bobrka 50 Zaleszczyki 76

Krosno 25 Zydaczow 51 Horodenka 77

Nisko 26 Dolina 52 Sniatyn 78

Administrative districts of Galicia

Towns in Galicia

District Dist. Sub-District Start End Country District Dist. Sub-District Start End Country

No. page page No. page page

Biala 2 Auschwitz 6 9 P Brzesko 12 Brzesko 68 75 P

Biala 8 11 P Radlów 74 77 P

Kety 10 13 P Wojnicz 76 79 P

Zakliczyn 80 83 P

Bobrka 50 Bobrka 14 19 U

Chodorow 20 25 U Brzezany 59 Brzezany 82 89 U

Kozowa 88 93 U

Bochnia 11 Bochnia 24 31 P

Niepolomice 30 35 P Brzozow 28 Brzozow 92 97 P

Wisnicz 34 39 P Dynow 96 101 P

Bohorodczany 62 Bohorodczany 40 43 U Buczacz 66 Buczacz 100 105 U

Solotwina 42 45 U Monasterzyska 104 109 U

Potok Zloty 108 113 U

Borszczow 75 Borszczow 44 51 U

Mielnica 51 55 U Chrzanow 1 Chrzanow 112 117 P

Jaworzno 116 119 P

Brody 57 Brody 54 61 U Krzeszowice 118 123 P

Lopatyn 60 65 U

Zalozce 64 69 U Cieszanow 36 Cieszanow 122 127 P

Lubaczow 126 133 P

Gemeindelexikon pages 6 – 133



Czortkow 74 Czortkow 132 137 U Grybow 16 Ciezkowice 200 205 P

Grybow 204 211 P

Dabrowa 14 Dabrowa 138 145 P

Zabno 144 151 P Horodenka 77 Horodenka 210 213 U

Obertyn 214 217 U

Dobromil 34 Bircza 150 155 P/U

Dobromil 156 161 P/U Husiatyn 73 Husiatyn 216 221 U

Kopyczynce 220 223 U

Dolina 52 Bolechow 162 165 U

Dolina 164 169 U Jaroslau 32 Jaroslau 224 227 P

Rozniatow 168 173 U Pruchnik 228 231 P

Radymno 230 235 P

Drohobycz 45 Drohobycz 172 177 U Sieniawa 234 239 P

Medenice 176 179 U

Podbuz 180 183 U Jaslo 20 Jaslo 238 247 P

Zmigród 246 253 P

Gorlice 17 Biecz 182 185 P

Gorlice 184 193 P Jaworow 37 Jaworów 252 257 U/P

Krakowiec 256 261 U/P

Grodek 43 Grodek 192 197 U

Janow 196 201 U

Gemeindelexikon pages 132 – 261



Kalusz 56 Kalusz 260 267 U Lancut 30 Lancut 328 331 P

Wojnilow 266 269 U Lezajsk 330 335 P

Kamionka Strumilowa 53 Busk 268 273 U Lemberg 49 Lemberg 336 343 U

Kamionka Strum. 272 277 U Szczerzec 342 347 U

Radziechow 276 281 U Winniki 346 351 U

Kolbuszowa 22 Kolbuszowa 282 287 P Limanowa 10 Limanowa 352 359 P

Sokolów 286 289 P Mszana Dolna 358 361 P

Kolomea 68 Gwozdziec 290 293 U Lisko 35 Baligrod 362 369 P

Kolomea 292 297 U Lisko 368 373 P

Lutowiska 374 377 P

Kosów 70 Kosów 296 301 U Ustrzyki Dolne 376 381 P

Kuty 300 303 U

Zabie 302 305 U/S Mielec 18 Mielec 382 389 P

Radomysl 388 393 P

Krakau 4 Krakau 304 313 P

Liszki 312 317 P Mosciska 38 Mosciska 394 399 U/P

Sadowa Wisznia 398 403 U

Krosno 25 Dukla 318 321 P

Krosno 320 327 P Myslenice 7 Jordanow 402 405 P

Makow 404 407 P

Myslenice 406 411 P

Gemeindelexikon pages 260 - 411



Nadworna 63 Delatyn 412 415 U Przemysl 33 Dubiecko 480 485 P

Nadworna 414 417 U Nizankowice 484 489 P/U

Przemysl 488 497 P/U

Neumarkt 8 Czarny Dunajec 418 419 P/S

Kroscienko 418 421 P Przemyslany 54 Gliniany 498 501 U

Neumarkt 422 425 P Przemyslany 500 507 U

Neusandez 13 Altsandez 426 431 P Przeworsk 31 Przeworsk 506 511 P

Muszyna 430 435 P

Neusandez 434 445 P Rawa Ruska 42 Niemirow 512 513 U

Rawa Ruska 514 519 P/U

Nisko 26 Nisko 446 449 P Uhnow 518 523 P/U

Ulanów 450 453 P

Rohatyn 55 Bursztyn 522 529 U

Peczenizyn 69 Peczenizyn 454 457 U Rohatyn 528 535 U

Pilzno 19 Brzostek 456 459 P Ropczyce 23 Debica 536 539 P

Pilzno 460 465 P Ropczyce 538 545 P

Podgorze 6 Podgórze 464 467 P Rudki 44 Komarno 546 551 U

Skawina 468 473 P Rudki 550 555 U

Podhajce 60 Podhajce 472 479 U

Wisniowczyk 478 481 U




Rzeszow 27 Glogow 554 557 P Sokal 47 Belz 618 623 U

Rzeszow 556 563 P Sokal 622 631 U

Tyczyn 562 567 P

Stanislau 61 Halicz 630 637 U

Sambor 39 Laka 566 569 U Stanislau 636 641 U

Sambor 568 577 U

Stary Sambor 40 Stara Sol 640 643 U/P

Sanok 29 Bukowsko 576 581 P Stary Sambor 644 649 U

Rymanow 582 585 P

Sanok 586 593 P Stryj 46 Skole 648 655 U

Stryj 654 661 U

Saybusch 3 Milowka 594 597 P

Saybusch 596 599 P Strzyzow 24 Frysztak 662 667 P

Slemien 600 603 P Strzyzów 666 671 P

Skalat 72 Grzymalow 604 607 U Tarnobrzeg 21 Rozwadów 670 675 P

Podwoloczyska 608 609 U Tarnobrzeg 676 681 P

Skalat 610 613 U

Tarnopol 64 Mikulince 680 685 U

Sniatyn 78 Sniatyn 612 617 U Tarnopol 684 691 U

Zablotow 616 619 U




Tarnow 15 Tarnow 692 701 P Zaleszczyki 76 Tluste 756 761 U

Tuchow 700 705 P Zaleszczyki 760 765 U

Tlumacz 67 Ottynia 704 707 U Zbaraz 71 Nowe Siolo 764 769 U

Tlumacz 706 711 U Zbaraz 768 773 U

Tysmienica 710 713 U

Zloczow 58 Olesko 772 777 U

Trembowla 65 Budzanów 714 715 U Zborow 776 783 U

Trembowla 714 719 U Zloczow 782 791 U

Turka 41 Borynia 720 725 U/P Zolkiew 48 Kulikow 790 795 U

Turka 724 729 U/P Mosty Wielkie 794 797 U

Zolkiew 798 803 U

Wadowice 5 Andrichau 730 731 P

Kalwarya 732 737 P Zydaczow 51 Mikolajow 802 805 U

Wadowice 736 741 P Zurawno 804 809 U

Zator 740 743 P Zydaczow 808 813 U

Wieliczka 9 Dobczyce 744 749 P

Wieliczka 748 757 P


Gemeindelexikon Appendix

The following pages are a guide to the Appendix of the Gemeindelexikon. The Appendix includes

information about the schools and churches for the villages listed in the Gemeindelexikon.

The tables are similar to the previous tables, but the page number columns have been modified to

show the page number to be entered into the page box of the Gemeindelexikon online (Online

Page) and the second entry is the page number that is shown on the page itself (Page number).

As explained on the GGDS web site, the two “page numbers” differ by 9 due to the inclusion of

unnumbered pages at the beginning of the Gemeindelexikon. The page numbers given are for the

start of a sub-district. The information may span more than one page.

The other information on the following pages is as before, including the administrative district, sub-

district, district number, and current country.

Information is given in the Appendix for the centers of worship for the Roman Catholics, Greek

Catholics and Jews. Information about the Lutheran and Reformed parishes are contained within

the body of the Gemeindelexikon at the entry for the village, which will be flagged as either the

parish center or as an affiliated village. See, for instance, the entries for Ugartsthal on page 273 (264) and Landestreu on page 271 (262).

District Dist. Sub-District Online Page Country District Dist. Sub-District Online Page Country

No. page number No. page number

Biala 2 Auschwitz 827 818 P Brzesko 12 Brzesko 837 828 P

Biala 827 818 P Radlów 838 829 P

Kety 828 819 P Wojnicz 838 829 P

Zakliczyn 839 830 P

Bobrka 50 Bobrka 828 819 U

Chodorow 829 820 U Brzezany 59 Brzezany 839 830 U

Kozowa 840 831 U

Bochnia 11 Bochnia 830 821 P

Niepolomice 831 822 P Brzozow 28 Brzozow 841 832 P

Wisnicz 832 823 P Dynow 842 833 P

Bohorodczany 62 Bohorodczany 833 824 U Buczacz 66 Buczacz 842 833 U

Solotwina 833 824 U Monasterzyska 843 834 U

Potok Zloty 844 835 U

Borszczow 75 Borszczow 833 824 U

Mielnica 834 825 U Chrzanow 1 Chrzanow 844 835 P

Jaworzno 845 836 P

Brody 57 Brody 835 826 U Krzeszowice 845 836 P

Lopatyn 836 827 U

Zalozce 836 827 U Cieszanow 36 Cieszanow 846 837 P

Lubaczow 846 837 P


See text for explanation of page numbering



Czortkow 74 Czortkow 847 838 U Grybow 16 Ciezkowice 860 851 P

Grybow 860 851 P

Dabrowa 14 Dabrowa 848 839 P

Zabno 849 840 P Horodenka 77 Horodenka 861 852 U

Obertyn 862 853 U

Dobromil 34 Bircza 850 841 P/U

Dobromil 851 842 P/U Husiatyn 73 Husiatyn 862 853 U

Kopyczynce 863 854 U

Dolina 52 Bolechow 852 843 U

Dolina 853 844 U Jaroslau 32 Jaroslau 863 854 P

Rozniatow 854 845 U Pruchnik 864 855 P

Radymno 864 855 P

Drohobycz 45 Drohobycz 854 845 U Sieniawa 865 856 P

Medenice 855 846 U

Podbuz 856 847 U Jaslo 20 Jaslo 866 857 P

Zmigród 867 858 P

Gorlice 17 Biecz 856 847 P

Gorlice 857 848 P Jaworow 37 Jaworów 868 859 U/P

Krakowiec 869 860 U/P

Grodek 43 Grodek 858 849 U

Janow 859 850 U





Kalusz 56 Kalusz 870 861 U Lancut 30 Lancut 881 872 P

Wojnilow 871 862 U Lezajsk 882 873 P

Kamionka Strumilowa 53 Busk 871 862 U Lemberg 49 Lemberg 883 874 U

Kamionka Strum. 872 863 U Szczerzec 885 876 U

Radziechow 873 864 U Winniki 886 877 U

Kolbuszowa 22 Kolbuszowa 874 865 P Limanowa 10 Limanowa 886 877 P

Sokolów 875 866 P Mszana Dolna 888 879 P

Kolomea 68 Gwozdziec 875 866 U Lisko 35 Baligrod 888 879 P

Kolomea 876 867 U Lisko 889 880 P

Lutowiska 890 881 P

Kosów 70 Kosów 877 868 U Ustrzyki Dolne 891 882 P

Kuty 877 868 U

Zabie 878 869 U/S Mielec 18 Mielec 892 883 P

Radomysl 893 884 P

Krakau 4 Krakau 878 869 P

Liszki 879 870 P Mosciska 38 Mosciska 893 884 U/P

Sadowa Wisznia 894 885 U

Krosno 25 Dukla 880 871 P

Krosno 880 871 P Myslenice 7 Jordanow 895 886 P

Makow 896 887 P

Myslenice 896 887 P





Nadworna 63 Delatyn 896 887 U Przemysl 33 Dubiecko 908 899 P

Nadworna 897 888 U Nizankowice 908 899 P/U

Przemysl 909 900 P/U

Neumarkt 8 Czarny Dunajec 897 888 P/S

Kroscienko 898 889 P Przemyslany 54 Gliniany 910 901 U

Neumarkt 898 889 P Przemyslany 911 902 U

Neusandez 13 Altsandez 899 890 P Przeworsk 31 Przeworsk 912 903 P

Muszyna 900 891 P

Neusandez 900 891 P Rawa Ruska 42 Niemirow 913 904 U

Rawa Ruska 913 904 P/U

Nisko 26 Nisko 902 893 P Uhnow 914 905 P/U

Ulanów 903 894 P

Rohatyn 55 Bursztyn 915 906 U

Peczenizyn 69 Peczenizyn 903 894 U Rohatyn 916 907 U

Pilzno 19 Brzostek 904 895 P Ropczyce 23 Debica 917 908 P

Pilzno 904 895 P Ropczyce 918 909 P

Podgorze 6 Podgórze 905 896 P Rudki 44 Komarno 919 910 U

Skawina 905 896 P Rudki 920 911 U

Podhajce 60 Podhajce 906 897 U

Wisniowczyk 907 898 U





Rzeszow 27 Glogow 920 911 P Sokal 47 Belz 931 922 U

Rzeszow 921 912 P Sokal 932 923 U

Tyczyn 921 912 P

Stanislau 61 Halicz 933 924 U

Sambor 39 Laka 922 913 U Stanislau 934 925 U

Sambor 923 914 U

Stary Sambor 40 Stara Sol 935 926 U/P

Sanok 29 Bukowsko 924 915 P Stary Sambor 936 927 U

Rymanow 925 916 P

Sanok 926 917 P Stryj 46 Skole 937 928 U

Stryj 938 929 U

Saybusch 3 Milowka 927 918 P

Saybusch 928 919 P Strzyzow 24 Frysztak 939 930 P

Slemien 928 919 P Strzyzów 940 931 P

Skalat 72 Grzymalow 929 920 U Tarnobrzeg 21 Rozwadów 940 931 P

Podwoloczyska 929 920 U Tarnobrzeg 941 932 P

Skalat 930 921 U

Tarnopol 64 Mikulince 942 933 U

Sniatyn 78 Sniatyn 930 921 U Tarnopol 942 933 U

Zablotow 931 922 U





Tarnow 15 Tarnow 944 935 P Zaleszczyki 76 Tluste 954 945 U

Tuchow 945 936 P Zaleszczyki 955 946 U

Tlumacz 67 Ottynia 946 937 U Zbaraz 71 Nowe Siolo 956 947 U

Tlumacz 946 937 U Zbaraz 956 947 U

Tysmienica 947 938 U

Zloczow 58 Olesko 957 948 U

Trembowla 65 Budzanów 947 938 U Zborow 957 948 U

Trembowla 948 939 U Zloczow 958 949 U

Turka 41 Borynia 948 939 U/P Zolkiew 48 Kulikow 960 951 U

Turka 949 940 U/P Mosty Wielkie 960 951 U

Zolkiew 961 952 U

Wadowice 5 Andrichau 950 941 P

Kalwarya 950 941 P Zydaczow 51 Mikolajow 962 953 U

Wadowice 951 942 P Zurawno 962 953 U

Zator 952 943 P Zydaczow 963 954 U

Wieliczka 9 Dobczyce 952 943 P

Wieliczka 953 944 P



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