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river (30 sq. miles), and the Land of
Wschowa (9 sq. miles). In the mid-16th century, it had 259 Roman-Catholic parishes. Most densely populated was the Land of Wschowa, while Wałcz County was covered by vast
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into two almost equal halves, made western part of
Greater Poland. Its area was 294 sq. miles, divided into Poznań County (162 sq. miles), Kościan County (92 sq. miles), Wałcz County behind the
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Poznań Voivodeship had nine senators. These were: the Bishop of Poznań, the
Voivode of Poznań and the Castellan of Poznań, as well as six minor castellans – those of
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Poland was divided among his sons, for more than 150 years
Greater Poland was a separate duchy. In 1305 it was united with the
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in his monumental book
Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of Poznań Voivodeship:
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767:(in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Kultury Historycznej. 1935. p. 42.
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in the north. The adjacent
Greater Polish area in the east belonged to the
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Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth
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1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth
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The largest city of the voivodeship was the royal city of
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The voivodeship comprised the western part of the former
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444:, who turned it into a voivodeship (...) In 1346, King
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in 1772, the voivodeship lost the northern area around
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527:, the capital of the voivodeship, in the 17th century
507:, and 4 deputies to the Greater Poland Tribunal at
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1182:Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
782:Poznań Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger
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1197:Former administrative regions of Greater Poland
1177:States and territories disestablished in 1793
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412:, was in the ancient times inhabited by the
424:, while the city of Poznań itself was main
1172:States and territories established in 1320
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82:the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1635.
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110:15,015 km (5,797 sq mi)
18:Poznań Voivodeship (14th century–1793)
1192:14th-century establishments in Poland
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765:Polska encyklopedja szlachecka, Tom I
452:, uniting it with Poznań Voivodeship.
434:Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty
404:"Poznań Voivodeship, together with
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491:. The Land of Wschowa had its own
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621:Greater Poland general governor (
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420:, the Land of Poznań had its own
335:. As the westernmost part of the
1119:Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
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323:Map of the voivodeship from 1664
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457:The voivodeship, split by the
337:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
272:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
13:
1:
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1074:Duchy of Livonia (1561–1621)
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307:in 1793. It was part of the
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685:) for Greater Poland seat:
539:. (in alphabetical order):
416:. As early as the times of
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1213:
901:Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
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432:(...) When, following the
345:Margraviate of Brandenburg
331:with its historic capital
305:Second Partition of Poland
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709:Administrative division:
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1109:Lauenburg and Bütow Land
366:The Northern outpost of
293:Palatinatus Posnaniensis
34:Palatinatus Posnaniensis
1148:52.408902°N 16.927997°E
378:. In the course of the
343:region of the Imperial
329:Duchy of Greater Poland
309:Greater Poland Province
222:Duchy of Greater Poland
635:Voivodeship governor (
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374:according to the 1657
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301:Województwo Poznańskie
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287:14th century to 1793 (
189:: 3, plus Wschowa Land
183:Political subdivisions
36:Województwo poznańskie
725:(Powiat Kościański),
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355:in the south and the
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266:¹ Voivodeship of the
80:Poznań Voivodeship in
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1091:Inflanty (1621–1772)
743:(Ziemia Wschowska),
716:(Powiat Poznański),
537:Royal free elections
509:Piotrków Trybunalski
448:took control of the
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663:Krzysztof Opaliński
372:Brandenburg-Prussia
349:Bohemian crown land
339:it bordered on the
132:• Established
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734:(Powiat Walecki),
704:Środa Wielkopolska
695:Regional council (
623:Starosta Generalny
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501:Środa Wielkopolska
442:Wladyslaw Lokietek
376:Treaty of Bromberg
361:Kalisz Voivodeship
357:Duchy of Pomerania
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285:Poznań Voivodeship
32:Poznań Voivodeship
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985:Duchy of Siewierz
681:General council (
675:Stanisław Potocki
446:Casimir the Great
438:Kingdom of Poland
347:in the west, the
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274:. Voivodeship of
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142:• Split off
16:(Redirected from
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370:was pawned to
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732:Wałcz County
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483:, Przemecz,
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450:Wschowa Land
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278:before 1569.
268:Polish Crown
204:Succeeded by
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66:Coat of arms
26:
1151: /
993:(1619–1635)
920:Province of
826:Province of
677:, 1756–1760
671:, 1743–1751
665:, 1637–1655
659:, 1628–1637
570:Międzyrzecz
516:Major towns
473:Miedzyrzecz
459:Warta river
199:Preceded by
1166:Categories
1139:16°55′41″E
1136:52°24′32″N
1028:Nowogródek
975:Sandomierz
881:Pomeranian
851:Inowrocław
751:References
1023:Mstsislaw
1005:Lithuania
970:Ruthenian
960:Podlaskie
940:Chernihów
590:Szamotuły
315:Geography
51:1320–1793
1038:Smolensk
980:Volhynia
965:Podolian
871:Masovian
699:) seat:
650:Voivodes
639:) seat:
637:Wojewoda
625:) seat:
565:Oborniki
493:starosta
466:forests.
422:voivodes
187:Counties
1082:Parnawa
1053:Vitebsk
1048:Vilnius
935:Bracław
896:Sieradz
866:Malbork
861:Łęczyca
846:Gniezno
841:Chełmno
776:Sources
745:Wschowa
727:Kościan
610:Wschowa
580:Rogoźno
555:Kościan
497:sejmiks
485:Krzywin
477:Rogoźno
410:Kuyavia
353:Silesia
341:Neumark
270:in the
161:Prussia
157:Annexed
155:•
119:History
106:•
87:Capital
1086:Wenden
1078:Dorpat
1043:Trakai
1033:Połock
955:Lublin
950:Kraków
886:Poznań
856:Kalisz
718:Poznań
697:Sejmik
644:Poznań
630:Poznań
605:Wronki
595:Wieleń
575:Poznań
560:Leszno
550:Drahim
545:Człopa
533:Poznań
525:Poznań
489:Santok
430:Lechia
414:Polans
406:Kalisz
368:Drahim
333:Poznań
297:Polish
260:Poland
122:
100:
91:Poznań
44:Poland
1101:Fiefs
1018:Minsk
876:Płock
736:Wałcz
600:Wałcz
463:Noteć
440:, by
384:Wałcz
289:Latin
945:Kiev
930:Bełz
891:Rawa
690:Koło
585:Śrem
505:Sejm
487:and
481:Srem
426:gord
408:and
149:1772
136:1320
97:Area
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