Poznań Voivodship
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Poznań Voivodship (1) 1975-1998
Poznań Voivodship 1975-1998 (Polish: województwo poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodship.Capital city: Poznań.
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Poznań (581,800);
- Gniezno (71,000);
- Śrem (29,800);
- Wrzesnia (28,600);
- Swarzedz (26,100);
- Sroda Wielkopolska (21,400);
- Lubon (20,700);
Poznań Voivodship (2) 1945-1975
Poznań Voivodship 1945-1975 (Polish: województwo poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by the voivodships of Poznań (1), Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno.
Poznań Voivodship (3) 1921-1939
Poznań Voivodship 1921-1939 (Polish: Województwo Poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921-1939, created after WWI from the Prussian-German province of Poznań. (Province of Posen) The borders was changed in 1939: Bydgoszcz passed to Pomeranian Voivodship, but some Eastern areas were included. After the changes, the area was 28,100 km² with a population of 2,339,600 people.
- regional capital: Poznań.
- Main cities:
- Bydgoszcz,
- Gniezno,
- Inowroclaw,
- Jarocin,
- Krotoszyn,
- Leszno,
- Miedzychód,
- Ostrow Wielkopolski,
- Rawicz.
Poznań Voivodship (4) 14th c.-1793
Poznań Voivodship 14th c.-1793 (Latin: Palatinatus Posnaniensis), Polish: Województwo Poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795. It was part of Greater Poland province.
Greater Poland general governor (Starosta Generalny) seat:
Voivodship governor (Wojewoda) seat: Voivodes:- Jan Opaliński (1581-1637) (1628-1637)
- Krzysztof Opaliński (1637-1655)
- Poznań County (Powiat Poznański), Poznań
- Kościan County (Powiat Kościański), Kościan
- Wałcz County (Powiat Walecki), Wałcz
- Wschowa Land (Ziemia Wschowska), Wschowa
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| Historical administrative divisions Duchy of Greater Poland (12th-13th centuries) • Poznań Voivodship and Kalisz Voivodship (until 1768) • Poznań Voivodship, Kalisz Voivodship and Gniezno Voivodship (until 1793) • South Prussia (until 1806) • Poznań Department, Kalisz Department and Bydgoszcz Department (until 1815) • Grand Duchy of Poznań (until 1846) • Province of Posen (until 1918) • Poznań Voivodship (until 1939) • Reichsgau Posen (1939) • Reichsgau Wartheland (until 1945) • Poznań Voivodship (until 1975) • Poznań Voivodship, Kalisz Voivodship, Leszno Voivodship, Konin Voivodship and Piła Voivodship (until 1998) • Greater Poland Voivodship | |
See also:
- Voivodships of Poland
- Poznań (city)
- History of Poznań (city)
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