Pilzno County (Polish: ''Powiat pilznenski'') was an administrative territorial entity of the
Kingdom of Poland
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Historical political entities
*Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031
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and later
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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. It is unknown when it was established, probably some time in the 15th century. It was located in the southernmost corner of the
Sandomierz Voivodeship
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and within its borders were such towns as
Tarnów
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,
Debica,
Mielec
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,
Kolbuszowa
Kolbuszowa ( yi, קאלבאסאוו) is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants (02.06.2009).
Situated in the Sandomierz Forest in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County. Kolbuszo ...
,
Sedziszow Malopolski and
Ropczyce
Ropczyce ( yi, ראָפּשיץ) is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the valley of the Wielopolka River (a tributary of the Wisłoka, Wisłoka River). The town has a population of 15,098 (). and is the ...
. It ceased to exist in 1774, following the
Partitions of Poland
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, when
Austrian
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government moved its capital to Tarnow.
In 1867, following territorial reorganization of
Galicia, the Austrians created the Pilzno county again, and it existed until 1931, when government of the
Second Polish Republic
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merged it with the Ropczyce County and moved the capital firstly to Ropczyce and then in 1936 to Debica.
Sources
History of the Pilzno County
Ziemias
History of Lesser Poland
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