almost whole voivodeship was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Galicia. What remained in Poland were towns of Dubienka and Korytnica, together with some villages (...) In 1793 the voivodeship ceased to exist, as after the second partition of Poland, its remaining parts were annexed by the newly created Chelm Voivodeship and Volodymyr-Volynskyi Voivodeship". The area received an influx of szlachta from Mazovia, Lesser Poland and Greater Poland. In 1570–1580, 79% of the local noble families (among those of known provenance) was of Polish origin, while the percentage of Ruthenian and Wallachian noble families amounted to 15% and 4% respectively. Peasant strata of the population remained the least affected by migrations from the west. Municipal government Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat: Belz Regional council (sejmik generalny) for all Ruthenian lands: Sudova Vyshnia Regional council (sejmik) seats: Belz Administrative division Belz County, (Powiat Bełzski), Belz Grabowiec County, (Powiat Grabowiecki), Grabowiec Horodło County, (Powiat Horodelski), Horodło Lubaczów County, (Powiat Lubaczowski), Lubaczów Busk Land, (Ziemia Buska), Busk Voivodes Rafał Leszczyński (1579-1636) (1619–1636) Jakub Sobieski (from 1638) Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski (from 1692 to 1710) Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski (from 1726) Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions Ruthenian Voivodeship Volhynian Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship References External links Map of Belz Voivodeship Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Geographic history of Ukraine 1462 establishments in Europe 15th-century establishments in Poland 1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth History of Red Ruthenia Early Modern history of Ukraine