Between 1811 and 1848, approximately 400 families from Bohemia and the Egerland came to eastern Galicia and settled in 22 villages in the Carpathians Mountains and their border areas.
Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, part of the Holy Roman Empire and the predecessor of the modern Czech Republic. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the territory became part of the Habsburg Austrian Empire, and subsequently the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867. Bohemia retained its name and formal status as a separate Kingdom of Bohemia until 1918.
Machliniec
Machliniec was the German name of a small village in the Austrian province of Galizien. It is located at 49°14′35″N 24°21′18″E / 49.24306°N 24.355°E / 49.24306; 24.355, 16.8 km due east of Stryj,Ukraine and is presently known as Maxлинeць (Makhlynets’).