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Village Gurka

The settlement is mentioned at different times under different names - Gorki, Gurka, Górka. Our village is marked on the map of 1832 under the name “Gorka”. There is also a mention of Gorki on the Schubert maps of 1864-1887. Schubert cards 1864-1887 On Russian maps from the early 20th century, the village is called Gurka. In a document from 1905, about the population of the Russian Empire with more than 500 inhabitants, Gurki is mentioned with a total population of 949 people, 470 males, 479 females.

Village Horyce

The first mention of Horyce can be seen on Schubert’s maps of 1866. Horyce was marked as a volvarek, it was located to the north of today’s location of the village of Horyce. Schubert maps 1866 During the II Republic of Poland 1919 - 1939. The map mentions Horyce already as a village in the same place where the village is now, above on the map you can see the Horyce Folwark, which was marked on Schubert’s maps.

Сhurch in Glinno

The first mention of the church in Glinno can be attributed to 1660. The then Orthodox church was destroyed by the Polish army. This record is mentioned in Wlodimir Leontiuk’s book “Slovnik Berestiyschyny”. It is not known in what year and by whom the old Orthodox church was built or restored. In the following records this church is mentioned as a Uniate church. This is confirmed by a list of Greek Catholic clergymen in Glinno: