Samorząd miejski Krakowa i Lwowa w okresie autonomii galicyjskiej
Cracow and Lviv Municipal Governments during Galician Autonomy

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the author analyses the functioning of modern municipal government in Lviv and Cracow, Galicia’s largest cities during the Galician autonomy. The paper describes the structure of municipal tasks (expenses) and analyses the sources of the income side of the budget. The author identifies the major steps the local authorities took to develop the urban infrastructure in line with modern standards of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Due to the particular historical circumstances, the author also draws attention to municipality tasks that involved the preservation of cultural heritage in a difficult period for partitioned Poland. The analysis is largely based on materials and publications created during the Galician autonomy, though it is in places supplemented by information from contemporary sources.

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