Bieszczady County (Polish: powiat bieszczadzki) is a unit of territorial
administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship,
in the extreme south-east of Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It takes
its name from the Bieszczady mountain range. The county was created on
January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed
in 1998. In 2002 the western part of the county was split off to form Lesko
County. The only town in Bieszczady County is now Ustrzyki Dolne, the county
seat, which lies 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-east of the regional capital
Rzeszów.
On november 2, 2009, the design of the new symbols was adopted by Bieszczady
County Council. The council passed the draft to the Polish National Heraldic
Commission. This Commission reviewed the draft with the yellow Galician
(Ruthenian) lion.
Source: this
webpage.
Jens Pattke, 6 Dec 2009
Bieszczady county Coat of Arms
image by Jens Pattke, 6 Dec 2009
adopted 2 Nov 2009
![[Bieszczady county flag]](../images/p/pl-pk-bc.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 6 Dec 2009
![[Bieszczady county CoA]](../images/p/pl-pk)bc.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 6 Dec 2009
