Poznań Voivodeship
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[edit] Poznań Voivodeship (1) 1975-1998
Poznań Voivodeship 1975-1998 (Polish: województwo poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Capital city: Poznań.
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Poznań (581,800);
- Gniezno (71,000);
- Śrem (29,800);
- Września (28,600);
- Swarzędz (26,100);
- Środa Wielkopolska (21,400);
- Luboń (20,700);
[edit] Poznań Voivodeship (2) 1945-1975
Poznań Voivodeship 1945-1975 (Polish: województwo poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1945-1975, superseded by the voivodeships of Poznań (1), Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno.
[edit] Poznań Voivodeship (3) 1921-1939
Poznań Voivodeship 1921-1939 (Polish: Województwo Poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921-1939, created after World War I from the Prussian-German province of Poznań. (Province of Posen) The borders were changed in 1939: Bydgoszcz passed to the Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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,
- Inowrocław,
- Jarocin,
- Krotoszyn,
- Leszno,
- Miedzychód,
- Ostrów Wielkopolski,
- Rawicz.
[edit] Poznań Voivodeship (4) 14th c.-1793
Poznań Voivodeship 14th c.-1793 (Latin: Palatinatus Posnaniensis), Polish: Województwo Poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795. It was part of Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Greater Poland general governor (Starosta Generalny) seat:
Voivodeship governor (Wojewoda) seat:
Voivode]s:
- Jan Opaliński (1581-1637) (1628-1637)
- Krzysztof Opaliński (1637-1655)
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
Major towns (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 Voivodeship and Kalisz Voivodeship (until 1768) • Poznań Voivodeship, Kalisz Voivodeship, Gniezno Voivodeship, and Netze District (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 Voivodeship (until 1939) • Reichsgau Posen (1939) • Reichsgau Wartheland (until 1945) • Poznań Voivodeship (until 1975) • Poznań Voivodeship, Kalisz Voivodeship, Leszno Voivodeship, Konin Voivodeship and Piła Voivodeship (until 1998) • Greater Poland Voivodeship | |
