[2] The town has been ruled at various points by the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, the Russian Empire, Poland, the Soviet Union, and is now part of the Lviv Oblast in Ukraine; as a result Bibrka has had several official and native names, including: Bóbrka (Polish), Bobrka (Russian), Prachnik (German), and Boiberik/Boyberke (Yiddish).

Local craftsmen – tanners, weavers, shoemakers, and merchants – paid taxes to the Lviv starosta as the king's representative.

[3] From 1353 to 1366, Dmytro Koryatovych (known in Russian chronicles as the voivode of Bobrok-Volynskyi) owned land on the banks of the river Biborka.

In 1469, Biborka received Magdeburg rights by the privilege of Casimir IV Jagiellon, which allowed for two annual fairs and weekly (specifically, every Tuesday) markets.

The privilege was confirmed by Sigismund II Augustus in 1569, who allowed for a third annual fair and markets not only on Tuesdays, but also on Saturdays.

[4] On October 10, 1518, the city was exempted from paying taxes for 6 years due to its destruction during the Tatar invasion.

On January 13, 1530, the city, along with the villages of Serniki, Lany, and Piatnychany, was transferred to the lifelong possession of Peter Venglivsky's widow, Anna Venglivska, after his death.

From 1605 to 1633, the Lviv district, to which Biborka belonged, was devastated by Tatar invasions 14 times in 28 years, including in 1612–1624 and 1626.

Biborka could not recover from this devastation for a long time: in the 1621 inventory, royal foragers could not find any provisions in the city.

In 1638, the Polish Sejm recognized that Biborka had almost completely declined and again exempted its residents from paying taxes for 4 years.

On April 28, 1643, King Władysław IV Vasa granted the right of "life tenure" to half of the city of Biborka and the villages of Lany, Lanky, and Piatnychany to Lviv stolnik Stanisław Kowalski.

To the north of the market square and to the east of the Great Synagogue is the prayer house, which was built in the mid-19th century.

On March 3, 1918, a "celebration of statehood and peace" (veche) was held in the city in support of the actions of the UNR government, attended by about 20,000 people.