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Sandomierz Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of Little Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
 province. Originally, Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin
Lublin

Lublin is the largest city in Poland east of the Vistula, and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355,954 . It is List of cities and towns in Poland....
, but in 1474, its three eastern counties were organized into Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)

Lublin Voivodeship 15th century – 1795 was an administrative region of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created in 1474 out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting till the Partitions of Poland in 1795....
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Sandomierz Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of Little Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
 province. Originally, Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin
Lublin

Lublin is the largest city in Poland east of the Vistula, and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355,954 . It is List of cities and towns in Poland....
, but in 1474, its three eastern counties were organized into Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)

Lublin Voivodeship 15th century – 1795 was an administrative region of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created in 1474 out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting till the Partitions of Poland in 1795....
.

Sandomierz Voivodeship was also one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland
Administrative division of Congress Poland

The administrative division of Congress Poland changed several times. Immediately after its creation, 1815-1816, the Congress Kingdom of Poland was divided into Department , Administrative division of Duchy of Warsaw from the times of the French-dominated Duchy of Warsaw....
. Crated in 1816 from the Radom Department
Radom Department

Radom Department was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland Duchy of Warsaw in years 1809-1815.Its capital city was Radom, and it was further divided onto 10 powiats....
, in 1837 it was transformed into Sandomierz Governorate.

14th century-1795


Municipal government

Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:
  • Sandomierz
    Sandomierz

    Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants .Situated in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship ....


Regional council (sejmik generalny) seats:
  • Nowe Miasto Korczyn


Administrative division

In 1397, part of the Sandomierz Voivodeship which was located on the western bank of the Vistula
Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
, was divided into three counties:
  • Sandomierz County
    Sandomierz County

    Sandomierz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
     (Powiat Sandomierski), Sandomierz
    Sandomierz

    Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants .Situated in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship ....
  • Radom County
    Radom County

    Radom County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
     (Powiat Radomski), Radom
    Radom

    Radom is a city in central Poland with 227,309 inhabitants. It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship , 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw....
    , which was traditionally called Radom Land (Ziemia radomska)
  • Checiny County
    Checiny County

    Checiny County was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland and later Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is unknown when it was established, probably some time in the XIV century....
     (Powiat Checinski), Checiny
    Checiny

    Checiny is a town in Kielce County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,252 inhabitants .The town is first mentioned in historical documents from 1275....


Later on, in the XV century, additional powiat
Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries....
s were added:
  • Pilzno County
    Pilzno County

    Pilzno County was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland and later Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is unknown when it was established, probably some time in the XV century....
     (Powiat Pilznenski), Pilzno
    Pilzno

    Pilzno [] is a town in Poland, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Debica County. It has 4,484 inhabitants . It is located at the junction of important roads - European route E40, and National Road 73 to Jaslo, but at the same time, it has no railroad station, even though in 1939 Polish government began construction of the...
  • Wislica County
    Wislica County

    Wislica County was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland and later Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is unknown when it was established, probably some time in the XV century....
     (Powiat Wislicki), Wislica
    Wislica

    Wislica is a village in Busko County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wislica. It lies on the Nida River, approximately south of Busko-Zdr?j and south of the regional capital Kielce....
  • Opoczno County
    Opoczno County

    Opoczno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in L?dz Voivodeship, central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
     (Powiat Opoczynski), Opoczno
    Opoczno

    Opoczno [] is a town located in central Poland, within the Eastern part of L?dz Voivodeship , previously in Piotrk?w Voivodeship . Important communication routes run through the town, namely the central railway line, which connects Silesia with Warsaw, as well as road 12, which creates a connection between the Western and Eastern parts of Po...
  • Stezyca County (Powiat Stezycki), Stezyca
    Stezyca

    Stezyca may refer to the following places:*Stezyca, Greater Poland Voivodeship *Stezyca, Lublin Voivodeship *Stezyca, Pomeranian Voivodeship ...
  • Tarnow County
    Tarnów County

    Tarn?w County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
     (Powiat Tarnowski), Tarnow
    Tarnów

    Tarn?w is a city in southeastern Poland with 116,109 inhabitants The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarn?w Voivodeship....
  • Szydlowiec County
    Szydlowiec County

    Szydlowiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
     (Powiat Szydlowiecki), Szydlowiec
    Szydlowiec

    Szydlowiec [] is a town in Szydlowiec County, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 15,243 inhabitants . It is the seat of Szydlowiec Commune . Previously, from 1975 to 1998, it was in the Radom Voivodeship....


In the early XVI century, two counties - Tarnow and Szydlowiec, were liquidated, and their lands were taken over by the Pilzno, Wislica and Sandomierz counties.

Voivodes


  • Jan z Melsztyna
    Jan z Melsztyna

    Jan z Melsztyna was a Poland nobleman .Jan was owner of Melsztyn and Ksiaz estates. He served as Lowczy of Krak?w since 1339, castellan of Wojnice since 1345, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship since 1361 and castellan of Krak?w since 1360 or 1366....
     (since 1361)
  • Jan z Tarnowa
    Jan z Tarnowa

    Jan z Tarnowa was a Poland nobleman .Jan was owner of Tarn?w, Wielowies and Jaroslaw estates. He was Podkomorzy of Sandomierz before 1368, Marszalek before 1370, Marshal of the Kingdom of Poland before 1373, starost of Radom before 1376, castellan of Sandomierz before 1377, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship before 1385, starost of Sandomi...
     (before 1385)
  • Spytek z Tarnowa i Jaroslawia
    Spytek z Tarnowa i Jaroslawia

    Spytek z Tarnowa i Jaroslawia was a Poland nobleman .Spytek was owner of Jaroslaw and Belzyce. He became General Starost of Ruthenia in 1422 and voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1433....
     (since 1433)
  • Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski (since 1501)
  • Mikolaj Firlej
    Mikolaj Firlej (?-1526)

    Mikolaj Firlej was a Poland nobleman , hetman, diplomat, and expert of south-east Europe.Mikolaj became voivode of the Lublin Voivodeship in 1507, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1514, Great Hetman of the Crown in 1515, and castellan of Krak?w in 1520....
     (since 1514)
  • Jan Kostka
    Jan Kostka

    Jan Kostka can refer to several Polish?Lithuanian nobles:* Jan Kostka , Podskarbi of Duchy of Prussia since 1555, castellan of Gdansk in 1556?1574, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodship since 1574...
     (since 1574)
  • Jerzy Mniszech
    Jerzy Mniszech

    Jerzy Mniszech was a nobleman in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Member of the Mniszchowie family. Krajczy koronny in 1574, castellan of Radom in 1583, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodship in 1590, zupnik ruski, starost of Lw?w in 1593, starost of Sambor, Sokal, Sanock, Rohatyn....
     (since 1590)
  • Jan Zbigniew Ossolinski
    Jan Zbigniew Ossolinski

    Jan Zbigniew Ossolinski was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth nobleman, or Szlachta.He held the following offices:*Secretary to the King from 1578...
     (since 1613)
  • Stanislaw Koniecpolski
    Stanislaw Koniecpolski

    Stanislaw Koniecpolski was a Polish nobleman , magnate, official , voivode of Sandomierz from 1625, and Field and later Grand Crown hetman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
     (since 1625 to 1633),
  • Mikolaj Firlej
    Mikolaj Firlej (1588-1635)

    Mikolaj Firlej was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachta and politician. Starost of Kazimierz Dolny from 1596, Lublin from 1614; castellan of Bielsk Podlaski from 1615, Wojnicz from 1618; voivode of Sandomierz from 1633....
     (1633-1635)
  • Jerzy Ossolinski
    Jerzy Ossolinski

    Prince Jerzy Ossolinski was a Poland Szlachta, Crown Court Treasurer from 1632, voivode of Sandomierz from 1636, Reichsf?rst since 1634, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1639, Great Crown Chancellor from 1643, starost of Bydgoszcz , Lubomel , Puck, Poland and Bolim , magnate, politician and diplomat....
     (XI 1636-III 1638)
  • Krzysztof Ossolinski
    Krzysztof Ossolinski

    Krzysztof Ossolinski was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth Szlachta .He was Podstoli of Sandomierz since 1618, Podkomorzy of Sandomierz since 1619, Castellan sadecki in 1633, wojnicki in 1636, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1638, Starost stobnicki, ropczycki and wolbromski....
     (since IV 1638 to 1645)
  • Wladyslaw Dominik Zaslawski
    Wladyslaw Dominik Zaslawski

    Prince Wladyslaw Dominik Zaslawski-Ostrogski was a Poland nobleman of Ruthenia stock. Prince of The Princely Houses of Poland, Ostroh Ordynat, Equerry....
     (since 1649)
  • Aleksander Koniecpolski
    Aleksander Koniecpolski (1620-1659)

    Prince Aleksander Koniecpolski was a szlachta. He became the Great Chorazy of the Crown in 1641, the Voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1656, and the Starost of Perejaslaw, Korsun, Ploskirow and Dolina....
     (since 1656)
  • Jan "Sobiepan" Zamoyski (since 1659)
  • Jerzy Aleksander Lubomirski
    Jerzy Aleksander Lubomirski

    Prince Jerzy Aleksander Lubomirski was a Poland noble .Jerzy was Camp Leader of the Crown since 1703, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodship since 1729 and starost of Nowy Sacz....
     (since 1729)
  • Jan Tarlo
    Jan Tarlo (1684-1750)

    Jan Tarlo was a Poland nobleman Jan became Colonel of the Crown Army and Podstoli of Crown in 1715, Lieutenant-General of the Crown Army in 1717, voivode of Lublin Voivodeship in 1719, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1736....
     (since 1736)


Neighbouring Voivodeships


  • Rawa Voivodeship
    Rawa Voivodeship

    Rawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795....
  • Mazovian Voivodeship
  • Lublin Voivodeship
    Lublin Voivodeship

    Lublin Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in eastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former #Lublin Voivodeship 1975–1998, Chelm Voivodeship, Zamosc Voivodeship, Biala Podlaska Voivodeship and Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship and Siedlce Voivodeship Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Re...
  • Ruthenian Voivodeship
    Ruthenian Voivodeship

    Ruthenia Voivodeship was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Poland . Together with Belz Voivodeship, it formed Prowincja with its capital city in Krak?w....
  • Kraków Voivodeship
    Kraków Voivodeship

    Krak?w Voivodeship, refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland in the surrounding regions, with the city of Krak?w as its capital....
  • Sieradz Voivodeship
    Sieradz Voivodeship

    Sieradz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by L?dz Voivodeship....
  • Leczyca Voivodeship
    Leczyca Voivodeship

    Leczyca Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century until the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795....