Austrian Empire Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/austrian-empire/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:18:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png Austrian Empire Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/austrian-empire/ 32 32 Ghost Signs of Przemyśl https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-przemysl/ https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-przemysl/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:18:46 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=492 Today a small city in eastern Poland, Przemyśl (Peremyshl in Ukrainian transliteration) was once a major city in Galicia. Przemyśl’s population consisted of many nationalities, including Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, Germans, and Czechs. According to the Austrian census of 1830, the city was home to 7,538 people of whom 1,508 (20%) […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-przemysl/feed/ 0 Ferrum Lwów Sidewalk Stamps https://forgottengalicia.com/ferrum-lwow-sidewalk-stamps-lviv/ https://forgottengalicia.com/ferrum-lwow-sidewalk-stamps-lviv/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:36:00 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=1292 Ferrum-Lwów Machine Factory and Iron and Metal Foundry was part of a large company that had factories in several cities including Łódź, Poznań, Kraków, and Sosnowiec near Katowice. In Lviv, the factory was located in the Pidzamche neighborhood and in addition to various iron and metal works such as manhole covers and […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/ferrum-lwow-sidewalk-stamps-lviv/feed/ 0 Headless Statues and Etched-Out Faces: Vandalism and Ruin in Lychakiv Cemetery https://forgottengalicia.com/headless-statues-and-etched-out-faces-vandalism-and-ruin-in-lychakiv-cemetery/ https://forgottengalicia.com/headless-statues-and-etched-out-faces-vandalism-and-ruin-in-lychakiv-cemetery/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:50:23 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=49548 The beautiful Lychakiv Cemetery greets visitors with its winding paths adorned by exquisite artistic statues and grave vaults, evoking a nostalgic journey through time. However, amidst its splendor, one can’t help but notice the destroyed headstones and vaults. This made me wonder why so much damage can be found in […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/headless-statues-and-etched-out-faces-vandalism-and-ruin-in-lychakiv-cemetery/feed/ 0 From Countryside to City: The Evolution of Ukrainian Urban Folk Fashion in Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/ https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:59:09 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=49460 Ukraine boasts an ancient and rich tradition of embroidery. Folk embroidery was deeply symbolic and connected with a great number of beliefs, myths, and superstitions. At the heart of this tradition was the shirt, known as the vyshyta sorochka or vyshyvanka. For centuries, Ukrainian embroidery was confined to the rural […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/feed/ 1 Lederer & Popper Photomontage Postcards of Galicia and Beyond https://forgottengalicia.com/lederer-popper-montage-postcards-of-galicia-and-beyond/ https://forgottengalicia.com/lederer-popper-montage-postcards-of-galicia-and-beyond/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:26:29 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=2665 I love looking at old photographs of Galician cities and towns, especially postcards with city views. A real treat among these are photomontages — postcard collages. I first came across montage postcards depicting Lviv and was particularly struck by the one with a woman who had fallen from her bicycle. […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/lederer-popper-montage-postcards-of-galicia-and-beyond/feed/ 1 ‘Servus’: ‘Hello’ from the Old Days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire https://forgottengalicia.com/servus-hello-from-the-old-days-of-the-austro-hungarian-empire/ https://forgottengalicia.com/servus-hello-from-the-old-days-of-the-austro-hungarian-empire/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:42:25 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50057 Servus! This article is about a Galician tradition that can be found on both sides of the current Polish-Ukrainian border. It is about the word “servus,” a salutation typically used as a greeting, which gained popularity during the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and which became common across its entire territory. While […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/servus-hello-from-the-old-days-of-the-austro-hungarian-empire/feed/ 5 Fire Marks from the Kraków Mutual Insurance Society https://forgottengalicia.com/fire-marks-from-the-krakow-mutual-insurance-society/ https://forgottengalicia.com/fire-marks-from-the-krakow-mutual-insurance-society/#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:25:05 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50103 Shortly before the full-scale war started, I was working on an article about fire insurance companies that worked in Lviv (Lwów / Lemberg) in Austrian times. Thanks to this, I had learned about the Kraków Mutual Insurance Society and knew that their former headquarters still stood in Kraków. Thus some […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/fire-marks-from-the-krakow-mutual-insurance-society/feed/ 0 ‘Obezpechyla Azienda’: Lviv’s Prewar Ukrainian-Language Fire Mark https://forgottengalicia.com/obezpechyla-azienda-lvivs-prewar-ukrainian-language-fire-mark/ https://forgottengalicia.com/obezpechyla-azienda-lvivs-prewar-ukrainian-language-fire-mark/#respond Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:23:32 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=49734 I started working on this article in February 2022, shortly before the war started and before I ended up in Kraków for several months. *** Every day I walk to work across Lviv’s Old Town, passing Rynok Square right in front of the city hall building, down Ruska Street, then […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/obezpechyla-azienda-lvivs-prewar-ukrainian-language-fire-mark/feed/ 0 Finding Solidarity with Ukraine: 12 Ways Kraków and Lviv Are Connected via Their Historical Built Environment https://forgottengalicia.com/finding-solidarity-with-ukraine-12-ways-krakow-and-lviv-are-connected-via-their-historical-built-environment/ https://forgottengalicia.com/finding-solidarity-with-ukraine-12-ways-krakow-and-lviv-are-connected-via-their-historical-built-environment/#comments Sun, 29 May 2022 16:56:24 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=49757 Kraków has become my temporary wartime home. When Russia began it full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, I made the difficult decision to leave my home in Lviv and depart for Poland. I didn’t know how long I would be gone or where I would end up; but […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/finding-solidarity-with-ukraine-12-ways-krakow-and-lviv-are-connected-via-their-historical-built-environment/feed/ 1 ‘Ked’ my pryshla karta’: An Austro-Hungarian Recruit Song https://forgottengalicia.com/ked-my-pryshla-karta-an-austro-hungarian-recruit-song/ https://forgottengalicia.com/ked-my-pryshla-karta-an-austro-hungarian-recruit-song/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2022 13:17:12 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=11853 “Ked’ my pryshla karta” (Кедь ми прийшла карта) is a folk ballad from the Lemko region (Lemkovyna or Lemkivshchyna), a mountainous territory that stretches along the present-day borders of Ukraine, Poland, and Slovakia. The area that today belongs to Poland and Ukraine was a part of Galicia until WWI, while […]

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