West Galicia

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New Galicia
Neugalizien (
Habsburg Monarchy)
1795–1803

New Galicia is shown with yellow and green colors
CapitalLublin
Kraków (from 1797)
History 
24 October 1795
• Joined Galicia
1803
• Treaty of Schönbrunn
15 December 1809
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795)
Sandomierz Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Duchy of Warsaw

New Galicia or West Galicia (Polish: Nowa Galicja or Galicja Zachodnia; German: Neugalizien or Westgalizien) was an administrative region of the Habsburg monarchy, constituted from the territory annexed in the course of the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.

History

After the failed

Bug and the Pilica forming the northern border with New East Prussia
.

In 1803, it was merged with the

Polish–Austrian War by invading the Duchy of Warsaw. Despite the archduke's plans to move in as a national liberator, he was challenged by the forces of Prince Józef Poniatowski at the Battle of Raszyn. Austria was finally defeated at the Battle of Wagram on 6 July, whereafter New Galicia was attached to the Duchy of Warsaw by the Treaty of Schönbrunn
.

With the Final Act of the

Free City of Kraków
.

Administration

From 1797, the seat of the local government (Gubernium) was located at Kraków. The province was divided into twelve districts:

Civil code

A civil code was introduced in West Galicia, prior to the introduction of the Austrian Civil Code in 1811. It contained little in the way of solving feudal-class problems and was based on the laws of nature.

See also