Polanka Horyniecka

Polanka Horyniecka
Village
Wayside cross (1841)
Polanka Horyniecka
Coordinates: 50°14′37″N 23°19′57″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Lubaczów
Gmina	Horyniec-Zdrój
Established	1785

Polanka Horyniecka [pɔˈlaŋka xɔrɨˈɲɛt͡ska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Lubaczów and 98 km (61 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

The village was established in the course of Josephine colonization by German Roman Catholic and Calvinist settlers in 1785.[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Lepucki, Henryk (1938). Działalność kolonizacyjna Marii Teresy i Józefa II w Galicji 1772-1790 : z 9 tablicami i mapą (in Polish). Lwów: Kasa im. J. Mianowskiego. pp. 163–165.