Zboiska [zbɔˈiska] (Ukrainian: Збоїська, Zboyis’ka) – Boyscza 1361, Boyska 1398, Boyschcze 1402, Bogiska 1437, Szboyska 1539, Zboiska alias Uhrynowce 1676, is a village in East Małopolska in the Lesser Beskid mountains. It is in the Bukowsko rural commune and the parish of Bukowsko.
Zboiska
Zboiska | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Zboiska | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′43″N 22°06′36″E / 49.51194°N 22.11000°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Region | Subcarpathian Voivodship |
| Founded | 1361 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 220 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 38507 |
Zboiska is about 10 miles from Sanok in south-west Poland. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountain, and has an elevation of 340 metres. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), but was previously in Krosno Voivodship (1975–1998) and Sanok district, (10 miles east of Sanok).
Twin cities
editLiterature
edit- Adam Fastnacht, Nagórzany [in:] Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Średniowieczu (Historic-Geographic Dictionary of the Sanok District in the Middle Ages), Kraków, (II edition 2002), ISBN 83-88385-14-3.
- Jerzy Zuba "W Gminie Bukowsko". Roksana, 2004, ISBN 83-7343-150-0. Translated by Deborah Greenlee. Arlington, TX 76016.
External links
edit- Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Lands Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich. tom. XV, pages 561–562. Warsaw. 1876. (digital edition)
- Caritas in Zboiskach
- Castle Zboiska