Kocmyrzów

Kocmyrzów
Village
Kocmyrzów
Coordinates: 50°7′44″N 20°7′43″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Kraków
Gmina	Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca
Population (approx.)	700

Kocmyrzów [kɔt͡sˈmɨʐuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 16 km (10 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village has an approximate population of 700.

History

As a result of the Partitions of Poland (1772–1795), the Galicia area and Kraków were attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy.[2] Kocmyrzów was in the Bezirkshauptmannschaft (powiat?) of Kraków area [3] when the post-office was opened in Austrian Galicia in 1878.

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

Austria KK 5 kreuzer stamp, cancelled at KOCMYRZOW in 1886

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