Native Name: | Polish: Powiat bialski |
Conventional Long Name: | Biała County |
Subdivision: | Powiat |
Nation: | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria |
Capital: | Biała |
Year Start: | 1867 |
Year End: | 1918 |
Event End: | Reorganization into Biała County, Kraków Voivodeship |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Biała County within Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. |
Membership Title1: | Country |
Membership1: | Austria-Hungary |
Membership Title2: | Crown land |
Membership2: | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria |
P1: | Biała District |
P2: | Oświęcim District |
P3: | Kęty District |
S1: | Oświęcim County, Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaOświęcim County |
S2: | Biała County, Kraków VoivodeshipBiała County |
Today: | Poland |
Biała County (Polish: [[Powiat]] bialski), Biała District (German: [[Districts of Austria|Bezirk]] Biała), or Biala District (German: Bezirk Biala|links=no), was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary, that existed between 1867 and 1918. The seat of the county was Biała (now part of Bielsko-Biała, Poland).[1]
In 1879 the county had an area of 378.44km2 and a population of 79,610. It had 74 settlements organized into 63 municipalities. There were 3 county courts located in Biała, Kęty and Oświęcim.[1]
On 1 August 1910 part of the county was detached and united with part of Wadowice County in order to form Oświęcim County. The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ceased to exist in 1918, with Biała County being incorporated into the Second Republic of Poland, where it was reorganized into Biała County, Kraków Voivodeship.[1]