Malbork Voivodeship

The '''Malbork Voivodeship''' (Polish: ''Województwo malborskie'') was a unit of administrative division and local government in the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]] from 1454/1466 until the [[Partitions of Poland|partitions]] in 1772-1795. Together with the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomeranian]] and [[Chełmno Voivodeship|Chełmno]] Voivodeships and the [[Prince-Bishopric of Warmia]] it formed the historical province of [[Royal Prussia]]. Its capital was at [[Malbork]]. ==History== [[File:K0nigl+BherzoglPreussen en.png|thumb|left|Prussian lands in 1525 {{Legend|lightgreen|Malbork Voivodeship (Marienburg)}}]] After the [[Teutonic Knights]] during the 13th century had conquered the [[Prussia (region)|Prussian]] territories and incorporated them into the [[State of the Teutonic Order|Order's State]], the castle of [[Malbork Castle|Malbork]] ({{lang-de|Marienburg}}) served as the seat of the [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Masters]]. Following the 1410 [[Battle of Grunwald]], the Knights once again could withstand the Polish [[Siege of Marienburg (1410)|Siege of Marienburg]]. However, after the uprising of the [[Prussian Confederation]] in 1454 (in which Malbork did not participate) and the outbreak of the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]] with the [[Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty|Kingdom of Poland]], they had to withdraw to [[Königsberg]] and after their final defeat lost the castle and the surrounding territory in the 1466 [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)|Second Peace of Thorn]]. King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] of Poland annexed the territory and established the [[voivodeship]] of Malbork, including the towns of [[Elbląg]] (''Elbing''), [[Sztum]] (''Stuhm'') and [[Dzierzgoń]] (''Christburg''). Since the 1569 [[Union of Lublin]] the Lands of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Polish Crown]] were part of the larger [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. [[Malbork Castle]] was occupied twice by troops of the [[Swedish Empire]]: during the [[Thirty Years' War]] 1626-1629 and again from 1656 to 1660 during the [[Second Northern War]]. In 1772 the voivodeship was annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] in the [[First Partition of Poland]] and became part of the newly established Province of [[West Prussia]] the next year. ==Administration== Voivodeship Governor ([[Wojewoda]]) seat: * [[Malbork]] Voivodes list: * [[Ścibor Bażyński]]/Stibor (Tiburcius) von Baysen 15 June 1467-1480 * [[Mikołaj Bażyński]]/Niklas von Baysen 23 February 1481-27 March 1501 * [[Maciej Raba]] 21 August 1512-1546 * [[Achacy Czema]] [[1546]]-24 May 1564 * [[Fabian Czema]] 1566-1580 * [[Fabian Czema (younger)]] [[1581]]-22 August 1605 * [[Jerzy Kostka]] 1605-1611 * [[Stanisław Działyński]] 1611-1615 * [[Jan Wejher]] 1615-1618 * [[Stanisław Konarski (wojewoda malborski)|Stanisław Konarski]] 1618-1625 * [[Samuel Żaliński]] 3 November 1625-6 October 1629 * [[Samuel Konarski]] 30 November 1629-1641 * [[Mikołaj Weiher]] 11 October 1641-20 May 1643 * [[Jakub Weiher]] 20 May 1643-21 February 1657 * [[Stanisław Działyński (wojewoda malborski)|Stanisław Działyński]] 30 March 1657-1677 * [[Jan Ignacy Bąkowski]] 1677-1679 * [[Jan Gniński]] 1679 * [[Franciszek Jan Bieliński]] 1681-1685 * [[Ernest Denhoff]] 1685-1693 * [[Władysław Łoś]] 1694 * [[Jan Jerzy Przebendowski]] 17 September 1697-9 February 1703 * [[Piotr Kczewski]] 9 February 1703-20 November 1722 * [[Piotr Przebendowski]] 21 November 1722-1755 * [[Jakub Działyński]] 27 May 1756-17 September 1772 Regional council ([[sejmik generalny]]): * [[Sztum]] The Voivodeship was divided into four [[powiat]]s (counties or administrative divisions): * [[Sztum County]], (Powiat Sztumski), seat [[Sztum]] * [[Kiszpork County]], (Powiat Kiszporski), seat [[Dzierzgoń|Kiszpork (Dzierzgoń)]] * [[Elblag County|Elbląg County]], (Powiat Elbląski), seat [[Elbląg]] * [[Malbork County]], (Powiat Malborski), seat [[Malbork]] ==External links== * [http://www.euratlas.net/cartogra/pologne/index.html Map showing borders of Malbork Voivodeship in 1752] {{Administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth}} {{coord missing|Poland}}