Place details
Place nameGalicia
Other namesGallich, Galitsiya, Halicz, Galizien
Latitude49
Longitude22
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area of E central Europe, now in the Ukraine & Poland; inhabited by Slavs from 6th cen.; medieval principalities of Halicsz & Lodomeria united 13th cen.; part of Poland 14-18th cen.; was Austrian crown land 18th cen.-1919.