- Pilzno County
Pilzno County (Polish: "Powiat pilznenski") was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland and later
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . It is unknown when it was established, probably some time in the XV century. It was located in the southernmost corner of theSandomierz Voivodeship and within its borders were such towns asTarnow ,Debica ,Mielec ,Kolbuszowa ,Sedziszow Malopolski andRopczyce . It ceased to exist in1774 , following thePartitions of Poland , when Austrian government moved its capital to Tarnow.In
1867 , following territorial reorganization of Galicia, the Austrians created the Pilzno county again, and it existed until1931 , when government of theSecond Polish Republic merged it with theRopczyce County and moved the capital firstly to Ropczyce and then in1936 to Debica.Sources
* [http://www.interklasa.pl/portal/dokumenty/r018/main.php?page=hrd_3 History of the Pilzno County]
* [http://www.pilzno.7d.pl/narodzinymiasta.html Pilzno - history]
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