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Pomorze Voivodship (Polish: województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomorze. Capital city: Gdańsk.

Pomorze Voivodship.
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Pomorze Voivodship.

(1) Pomorze Voivodship is a Polish administrative region established January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name, Pomorze.

Pomorze Voivodship borders, to the west, on West Pomeranian Voivodship, and extends eastward along the Baltic Sea.

Gdańsk, in the center of the voivodship, forms part of the "tricity" of Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia. Also part of the voivodship is the narrow Hel Peninsula. Other well-known tourist destinations include Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Rozewie and Kuźnica, with many fishing ports and lighthouses.

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(2) Pomeranian voivodship (1945-1950)

was a unit of administration and local government in Poland established 1945 from most of pre-war Pomeranian Voivodship (3), later renamed Bydgoszcz Voivodship.

Capital city: Bydgoszcz

List of counties in 1946
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

Pomeranian Voivodship 1919-1939
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Pomeranian Voivodship 1919-1939

(3) Pomeranian voivodship (1919-1939)

was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (II Rzeczpospolita) established in 1919 after WWI from the majority of the Prussian province of West Prussia which fell to Poland. Toruń was the capital. In 1938-39 the voivodship extended to the south at the expense of Poznań Voivodship and Warsaw Voivodship, and was called Great Pomerania afterwards.

During WWII it was occupied by Nazi Germany and renamed Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia "(Reich province of Gdańsk-West Prussia)." In 1945 it was returned to Poland and superseded by Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz voivodships. In years 1975-98 reorganized into voivodships of Gdańsk, Elbląg, Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek.

(4) Pomeranian voivodship (1466-1772)

The Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish: Województwo Pomorskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 1454/1466 till the partitions in 1772/1795. Together with the Chelmno Voivodship and Malbork Voivodship it formed the historical province of Royal Prussia. The capital was at Gdańsk. It was renamed to the Prussian province of West Prussia (1772-1919).

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(5) Pomeranian voivodship (1294-1308)

was a province of the Kingdom of Poland. After the extinction of the local dukes 1294 the province fell to Przemysł II of Poland.

Voivodeships of Poland

Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Łódź | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Świętokrzyskie | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania
Principal cities: Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn 





 





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