{"id":2876,"date":"2025-05-07T09:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/galicia\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T12:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:39:37","slug":"galicia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/galicia\/","title":{"rendered":"Galicia"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2876\" data-postid=\"2876\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2876 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_4n0p550 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_gjdz550 first\">\n                    <!-- Breadcrumbs module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-breadcrumbs tb_sjed550 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"tbp_breadcrumb_trail\"><ul class=\"tbp_trail_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><meta name=\"numberOfItems\" content=\"1\" \/><meta name=\"itemListOrder\" content=\"Ascending\" \/><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\" class=\"tbp_trail_item tbp_trail_end\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/\" rel=\"home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><!-- \/Breadcrumbs module -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_7vjz334 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5ydx334 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6nkc334   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Galicia<\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_i9wi645 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_rvbl645 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_b1cn645   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>What is Galicia?<\/h1>\n<p>Good! &#8211; So you are not confusing the Polish-Ukrainian Galicia with the province of the same name &#8220;Galicia&#8221; in northern Spain. Then you&#8217;ve come to the right place!  <\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column tb_h0q2410 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_v32p21 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1950\" height=\"1325\" src=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2311\" title=\"UKRAINE, LVIV - October 12, 2013: Lviv and surrounding areas gr\" alt=\"UKRAINE, LVIV - October 12, 2013: Lviv and surrounding areas gr\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien.jpg 1950w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-1536x1044.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1950px) 100vw, 1950px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_seaf542 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_dfd6542 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_v3fy542   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>A localization<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria&#8221;, together with the Grand Duchy of Krakow and the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator, lay on the northern side of the Carpathian Mountains, between 20 and 26 degrees east longitude and 48 and 50 degrees north latitude. Its geographical location is closely linked to the historical development of Europe in the second half of the 18th century. Galicia stretched over a length of more than 500 km along the north-eastern slopes of the Beskids and Forest Carpathians. It was bordered to the south by the Carpathian Mountains against Hungary (Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine), to the west by Prussian Silesia and Austria with the border towns of Bielitz and Myslowitz and to the east by the river Zbrucz, a natural border against Russia (Volhynia). In the north of Galicia, from west to east, are the Kielc Hills and the Lublin region (Congress Poland, which later became part of Russia).    <\/p>\n<p>Galicia was the easternmost and at the same time the largest crown land of the Habsburg Monarchy with the capital Lviv.<\/p>\n<p>After the First World War, the name Galicia disappeared from the maps. After 1918, western Galicia and, from 1921, eastern Galicia belonged to Poland until both were destroyed in World War II. The Poles called it &#8220;Lesser Poland&#8221; (Malopolska). Administratively, it was divided into four voivodeships (Krakow, Lviv, Stanislau and Tarnopol). Today, the eastern part of the former Galician territory, up to the so-called Curzon Line, is part of Ukraine, while the rest belongs to Poland.      <\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_dht0899 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_lzlt900 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_avcm29   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Historical facts about Galicia<\/h2>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_508z421\">\n                <div  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or &#8220;Galitsch&#8221;, the former name of the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Wappentext\">The word &#8220;Galitsch&#8221; contains the root of the Slavic word for &#8220;jackdaw&#8221;, namely &#8220;Galka&#8221;. This also explains the jackdaw in the country&#8217;s coat of arms. &#8220;Galicia&#8221; is therefore the &#8220;land of jackdaws&#8221;. Lodomeria is the Latinized name of the former principality of &#8220;Vladimir&#8221; in Volhynia. &#8220;Vladimir&#8221; translates as &#8220;rule the world&#8221;.    <\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"71ev861\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_71ev861 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_4 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_9q31861 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_09rq861\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_0d0d861\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_r6sj861   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-271x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-300x332.png 300w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-250x276.png 250w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-200x221.png 200w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/>Contact us if you have any questions about Galicia<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module plain text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-plain-text tb_1su1861 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    \n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2878-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2878\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2876#wpcf7-f2878-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init cf7mls-no-scroll cf7mls-no-moving-animation\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"2878\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.5\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f2878-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required name\" autocomplete=\"name\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Your first and last name\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"name\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"Email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"30\" minlength=\"7\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Your e-mail address\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"Email\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"Subject\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Subject\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"Subject\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"textarea\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" maxlength=\"2000\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Your message\" name=\"textarea\"><\/textarea><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12px; line-height:16px !important;\">This form saves your name, your e-mail address and the content so that we can process your request. 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A localization The &#8220;Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria&#8221;, together with the Grand Duchy of Krakow and the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator, lay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2876","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 17:57:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"builder_content":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Galicia<\/h1>\n<h1>What is Galicia?<\/h1> <p>Good! - So you are not confusing the Polish-Ukrainian Galicia with the province of the same name \"Galicia\" in northern Spain. Then you've come to the right place! <\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien.jpg\" title=\"UKRAINE, LVIV - October 12, 2013: Lviv and surrounding areas gr\" alt=\"UKRAINE, LVIV - October 12, 2013: Lviv and surrounding areas gr\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien.jpg 1950w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/galizien-1536x1044.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1950px) 100vw, 1950px\" \/>\n<h2>A localization<\/h2> <p>The \"Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria\", together with the Grand Duchy of Krakow and the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator, lay on the northern side of the Carpathian Mountains, between 20 and 26 degrees east longitude and 48 and 50 degrees north latitude. Its geographical location is closely linked to the historical development of Europe in the second half of the 18th century. Galicia stretched over a length of more than 500 km along the north-eastern slopes of the Beskids and Forest Carpathians. It was bordered to the south by the Carpathian Mountains against Hungary (Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine), to the west by Prussian Silesia and Austria with the border towns of Bielitz and Myslowitz and to the east by the river Zbrucz, a natural border against Russia (Volhynia). In the north of Galicia, from west to east, are the Kielc Hills and the Lublin region (Congress Poland, which later became part of Russia). <\/p> <p>Galicia was the easternmost and at the same time the largest crown land of the Habsburg Monarchy with the capital Lviv.<\/p> <p>After the First World War, the name Galicia disappeared from the maps. After 1918, western Galicia and, from 1921, eastern Galicia belonged to Poland until both were destroyed in World War II. The Poles called it \"Lesser Poland\" (Malopolska). Administratively, it was divided into four voivodeships (Krakow, Lviv, Stanislau and Tarnopol). Today, the eastern part of the former Galician territory, up to the so-called Curzon Line, is part of Ukraine, while the rest belongs to Poland. <\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Historical facts about Galicia<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Galizien-Sphinx-oder-Dohle.pdf\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Galizien-Sphinx-oder-Dohle-100x142.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" title=\"How Galicia came about - &lt;br&gt;&quot;A Galician sphinx or just a jackdaw?&quot;&lt;br&gt;by Artur Bachmann\" alt=\"How Galicia came about - &lt;br&gt;&quot;A Galician sphinx or just a jackdaw?&quot;&lt;br&gt;by Artur Bachmann\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Galizien-Sphinx-oder-Dohle-100x142.jpg 100w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Galizien-Sphinx-oder-Dohle-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Galizien-Sphinx-oder-Dohle.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/> <\/a> <h6> <a href=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Galizien-Sphinx-oder-Dohle.pdf\"> How Galicia came about - <br>\"A Galician sphinx or just a jackdaw?\"<br>by Artur Bachmann <\/a> <\/h6>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mythos-Galizien-Bachmann.pdf\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mythos-Galizien-Bachmann-100x141.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"141\" title=\"Myth of Galicia&lt;br&gt;by Artur Bachmann\" alt=\"Myth of Galicia&lt;br&gt;by Artur Bachmann\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mythos-Galizien-Bachmann-100x141.jpg 100w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mythos-Galizien-Bachmann-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mythos-Galizien-Bachmann.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/> <\/a> <h6> <a href=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mythos-Galizien-Bachmann.pdf\"> Myth of Galicia<br>by Artur Bachmann <\/a> <\/h6>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Coat of arms of Galicia and Lodomeria<\/h2>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wappen_gross.png\" title=\"Wappen_gross\" alt=\"Wappen_gross\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wappen_gross.png 318w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wappen_gross-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/>\n<h3>The 3 crowns stand for Galicia, Lodomeria and Bukovina<\/h3> <p>The name \"Galicia\" is derived from the word \"Halitsch\" or \"Galitsch\", the former name of the country.<\/p> <p>The word \"Galitsch\" contains the root of the Slavic word for \"jackdaw\", namely \"Galka\". This also explains the jackdaw in the country's coat of arms. \"Galicia\" is therefore the \"land of jackdaws\". Lodomeria is the Latinized name of the former principality of \"Vladimir\" in Volhynia. \"Vladimir\" translates as \"rule the world\". <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-271x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-300x332.png 300w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-250x276.png 250w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl-200x221.png 200w, https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wappen-GalizienDeutsche-kl.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/>Contact us if you have any questions about Galicia<\/h3>\n[contact-form-7 id=\"e0fb6af\" title=\"Contact form 1\"]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galizien-deutsche.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}