The research project examines the administrative history of the Galician capital of Lviv from 1772 to 1914, as the foundations for the city's development from a city in decline to a multi-confessional and multi-ethnic metropolis are seen in its municipal administration.
The research project examined the administrative history of the Galician capital Lviv from 1772 to 1914, as the city administration is seen as the basis for the development from a city in decay to a multi-confessional and multi-ethnic metropolis. The aim was to compile an integral history of Lviv from the perspective of the city administration. Going beyond mere administrative history, aspects of the communal coexistence of different denominations and ethnicities were therefore researched in their organizational, i.e. legal-administrative foundations.
The focus is placed on the last third of the 19th century because three fundamental developments collided during this phase, which are essential for the research question of the project: In addition to the achievement of autonomy, necessary modernizations were carried out in the face of social, hygienic and infrastructural challenges, and the urban, now polonized administration was faced with the political and cultural challenges of the increasingly developing national movements (at the urban level, this was most evident in the school system). According to the basic premise of the project, it was these converging trends that provided the decisive impetus for urban development.
The focus is placed on the last third of the 19th century because three fundamental developments collided during this phase, which are essential for the research question of the project: In addition to the achievement of autonomy, necessary modernizations were carried out in the face of social, hygienic and infrastructural challenges, and the urban, now polonized administration was faced with the political and cultural challenges of the increasingly developing national movements (at the urban level, this was most evident in the school system). According to the basic premise of the project, it was these converging trends that provided the decisive impetus for urban development.
