Poznan 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województwo poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodship.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: Poznan
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Poznan (581,800);
- Gniezno (71,000);
- Srem (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województwo poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by the voivodships of Poznan (1), Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno.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 Poznan. (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 and population of 2,339,600 people.
- regional capital: Poznan
- 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:
General council (Sejmik Generalny) for Greater Poland seat:
Regional council (Sejmik) seat:
Administrative division:
- Poznań County (Powiat Poznański), Poznań
- Kościan County (Powiat Kościański), Kościan
- Wałcz County (Powiat Walecki), Wałcz
- Wschowa Land (Ziemia Wschowska), Wschowa
Mojor tows (in alphabetic order):
- Drahim
- Kościan
- Leszno
- Oborniki
- Międzyrzecz
- Poznań
- Rogoźno
- Śrem
- Szamotuły
- Wieleń
- Wałcz
- Wronki
- Wschowa
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| Historical administrative divisions Duchy of Greater Poland (12th-13th centuries) Poznań Voivodship and Kalisz Voivodship (until 1793) South Prussia (until 1806) Poznan 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 | |
| Greater Poland Uprisings 1794 1806 1846 1848 1918 | |
See also:
- Voivodships of Poland
- Poznań (city)
- History of Poznań (city)