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A voivodeship, also spelled voivodship, voivodina or vojvodina (Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
: województwo, Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
: voievodat, Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
: vojvodina (?????????), vojvodstvo (??????????) or vojvodovina (???????????), Hungarian
Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
: vajdasįg, Lithuanian
Lithuanian language

Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad....
: vaivadija, Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 Palatinatus in Poland), is a type of administrative division
Administrative division

|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country....
 dating to medieval 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....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
, Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
 (see Vojvodina
Vojvodina

The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an Subdivisions of Serbia in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census....
), ruled by a voivode (wojewoda, voivod).






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A voivodeship, also spelled voivodship, voivodina or vojvodina (Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
: województwo, Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
: voievodat, Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
: vojvodina (?????????), vojvodstvo (??????????) or vojvodovina (???????????), Hungarian
Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
: vajdasįg, Lithuanian
Lithuanian language

Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad....
: vaivadija, Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 Palatinatus in Poland), is a type of administrative division
Administrative division

|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country....
 dating to medieval 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....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
, Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
 (see Vojvodina
Vojvodina

The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an Subdivisions of Serbia in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census....
), ruled by a voivode (wojewoda, voivod). The voivode (literal meaning: "the one who leads the warriors", equivalent to Dux Exercituum or Herzog
Herzog (name)

Herzog is a German nobility, equivalent to Latin dux, English duke, Danish hertug, Afrikaans Hertog, Dutch Hertog, Icelandic Hertogi, Luxemburgish Herzog, Norwegian Hertug, Swedish Hertig....
) was originally the military commander next to the ruler.

Contemporarily, the term (or its variant spelling voivodship) is used for the województwa
Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....
 (provinces) of Poland, of which there are currently 16. There is also an autonomous province of Vojvodina
Vojvodina

The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an Subdivisions of Serbia in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census....
 in Serbia. The word "voivodeship" appears in some of the larger English dictionaries, such as the OED and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, although it is not in common usage. Depending on the context, historical voivodeships may also be referred to as duchies, provinces, palatinates, or administrative districts. The voivodeships of modern Poland are sometimes called provinces or regions.

List of Voivodeships


Modern


  • 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....
    :
    • Greater Poland Voivodeship
      Greater Poland Voivodeship

      Greater Poland Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Poznan Voivodeship, Kalisz Voivodeship, Konin Voivodeship, Pila Voivodeship and Leszno Voivodeship Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
       (województwo wielkopolskie)
    • Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
      Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

      Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland into which Poland is now divided. It is situated in mid-northern Poland, on the boundary between the two historic regions from which it takes its name: Kuyavia and Pomerania ....
       (województwo kujawsko-pomorskie)
    • Lesser Poland Voivodeship
      Lesser Poland Voivodeship

      Lesser Poland Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,267,731 .It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Krak?w Voivodeship, Tarn?w Voivodeship, Nowy Sacz Voivodeship and parts of Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship and Katowice Voivodeship Voivodeships, pursuant to the 199...
       (województwo malopolskie)
    • Lódz Voivodeship
      Lódz Voivodeship

      L?dz Voivodeship is a province in central Poland, created on January 1, 1999 out of the former L?dz Voivodeship and the Sieradz Voivodeship, Piotrkow Trybunalski Voivodeship and Skierniewice Voivodeships and part of Plock Voivodeship Voivodeship, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
       (województwo lódzkie)
    • Lower Silesian Voivodeship
      Lower Silesian Voivodeship

      Lower Silesian Voivodeship is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in south-western Poland, corresponding roughly to the region of Lower Silesia , which passed to Poland from Germany at the end of the Second World War....
       (województwo dolnoslaskie)
    • 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...
       (województwo lubelskie)
    • Lubusz Voivodeship
      Lubusz Voivodeship

      Lubusz Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland in western Poland.It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorz?w Voivodeship and Zielona G?ra Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
       (województwo lubuskie)
    • Masovian Voivodeship
      Masovian Voivodeship

      Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
       (województwo mazowieckie)
    • Opole Voivodeship
      Opole Voivodeship

      Opole Voivodeship is a Poland voivodeship, or province, created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Czestochowa Voivodeship, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
        (województwo opolskie)
    • Podlaskie Voivodeship
      Podlaskie Voivodeship

      Podlaskie Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland in north-eastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Bialystok Voivodeship and Lomza Voivodeships and the eastern half of the former Suwalki Voivodeship, pursuant to the Poland Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
        (województwo podlaskie)
    • Pomeranian Voivodeship
      Pomeranian Voivodeship

      File:Pomorskie Logo.jpgFile:Brosen ContainerTerminaGdansk.jpgFile:Pomeranian density 2007.pngThe Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Pomerelian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in north-central Poland....
       (województwo pomorskie)
    • Silesian Voivodeship
      Silesian Voivodeship

      Silesian Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centring on the region known as Upper Silesia . Its capital is Katowice....
       (województwo slaskie)
    • Subcarpathian Voivodeship
      Subcarpathian Voivodeship

      Subcarpathian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, situated in the far south-east of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzesz?w ....
       (województwo podkarpackie)
    • Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
      Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

      Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Polands into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in south-central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Swietokrzyskie Mountains mountain range....
       (województwo swietokrzyskie)
    • Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
      Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

      Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in north-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of and a population of 1,427,091 ....
       (województwo warminsko-mazurskie)
    • West Pomeranian Voivodeship
      West Pomeranian Voivodeship

      West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in north-western Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the south-east, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the Germany States of Germany of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north....
       (województwo zachodniopomorskie)
  • Serbia
    Serbia

    Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
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    • Vojvodina
      Vojvodina

      The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an Subdivisions of Serbia in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census....


Historical

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* Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 and Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
:
    • Wallachia
      Wallachia

      Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
    • Moldavia
      Moldavia

      Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
    • Transylvania
      Transylvania

      Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountains, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term frequently encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crisana, Maramures, and Banat....
  • Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Serbia
    Serbia

    Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
    :
    • Voivodeship of Salan
      Salan

      Salan, Dux Salanus or Zalan was, according to the Gesta Hungarorum, a Bulgarian Empire Voivode who ruled in the 9th century between Danube and Tisza rivers, mainly in the territory of present-day Backa region of Serbia and Hungary....
       (9th-10th century)
    • Voivodeship of Sermon
      Sermon (ruler)

      Sermon was an 11th century voivode of Syrmia and a local governor in the First Bulgarian Empire, vassal of Bulgarian emperor Samuil of Bulgaria....
       (11th century)
    • Voivodeship of Syrmia of Radoslav Celnik
      Radoslav Celnik

      Radoslav Celnik was a duke of Srem/Srijem in the 16th century. At first, Radoslav Celnik was a general commander of Emperor Jovan Nenad's army....
       (1527-1530)
    • Serbian Voivodina
      Serbian Vojvodina

      The Serbian Vojvodina was a Serbian autonomous region within the Austrian Empire. It was proclaimed during the Revolutions of 1848, and existed until 1849, when it was transformed into the new province named Serbian Voivodship and Tami? Banat....
       (1848-1849)
    • Voivodina of Serbia and Tamiš Banat
      Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat

      The Serbian Voivodship and Tami? Banat was a voivodship of the Austrian Empire that existed between 1849 and 1860. It was a separate crown land and was formed in accordance with privilege given to Serbs by the Habsburg Monarchy emperor in 1691, recognizing the right of Serbs to territorial autonomy within the Habsburg Monarchy....
       (1849-1860)
  • Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Romania
    Romania

    Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
     and Serbia
    Serbia

    Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
    :
    • Voivodeship of Glad
      Glad (duke)

      Glad was, according to the Gesta Hungarorum, a Voivode from Bundyn , ruler of the territory of Banat, during the 9th and 10th centuries. He also ruled part of south Transylvania, and Vidin region, and was a local governor or vassal of the First Bulgarian Empire under Bulgarian tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria....
       (9th-10th century)
    • Voivodeship of Ahtum
      Ahtum

      Ahtum was an early 11th century Voivode of Banat and a descendant of Glad , another local duke and governor in the First Bulgarian Empire. Ahtum was the last local ruler who was opposed to the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary....
       (11th century)
  • Voivodeships in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
    Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

    The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
     (1569-1795)
    • Poznan Voivodeship
      Poznan Voivodeship

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    • Kalisz Voivodeship
      Kalisz Voivodeship

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    • Gniezno Voivodeship
      Gniezno Voivodeship

      Gniezno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795....
    • 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....
    • Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship
      Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship

      Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
    • Inowroclaw Voivodeship
      Inowroclaw Voivodeship

      Inowroclaw Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
    • Chelmno Voivodeship
      Chelmno Voivodeship

      The Chelmno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 1454/1466 till the partitions in 1772/1795....
    • Malbork Voivodeship
      Malbork Voivodeship

      The Malbork Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1454/1466 until the Partitions of Poland in 1772-1795....
    • Pomeranian Voivodeship
      Pomeranian Voivodeship

      File:Pomorskie Logo.jpgFile:Brosen ContainerTerminaGdansk.jpgFile:Pomeranian density 2007.pngThe Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Pomerelian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in north-central Poland....
    • Plock Voivodeship
      Plock Voivodeship

      Plock Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998 and earlier from the 15th century till 1795....
    • 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....
    • Masovian Voivodeship
      Masovian Voivodeship

      Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
    • 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....
    • Sandomierz Voivodeship
      Sandomierz Voivodeship

      Sandomierz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
    • 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...
    • Podlasie Voivodeship
    • 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....
    • Belz Voivodeship
      Belz Voivodeship

      Belz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
    • Wolhynia Voivodeship
    • Podole Voivodeship
      Podole Voivodeship

      The Podole Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland , since the 14th century till 1793/1795, except for a short period of Ottoman Empire administration ....
    • Braclaw Voivodeship
      Braclaw Voivodeship

      The Braclaw Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1566 till 1569 and of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1569 till 1793/1795....
    • Kijów Voivodeship
      Kijów Voivodeship

      The Kiev Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1471 until 1569 and of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793/1795, part of Lesser Poland....
    • Czernihów Voivodeship
      Czernihów Voivodeship

      Chernihiv Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1635 until the partitions of Poland in 1772/1795....
  • Voivodeships in the historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania
    Grand Duchy of Lithuania

    The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
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    • Vilnius Voivodeship
      Vilnius Voivodeship

      The Vilnius Voivodeship was one of voivodeships in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, created in 1413, from the Duchy of Lithuania and neighbouring lands....
    • Trakai Voivodeship
      Trakai Voivodeship

      Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship , was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795....
    • Nowogródek Voivodeship
    • Brest-Litovsk Voivodeship
    • Minsk Voivodeship
      Minsk Voivodeship

      Minsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413 and later in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth till the partitions of Poland in 1795....
    • Mscislaw Voivodeship
      Mscislaw Voivodeship

      Mstislaw Voivodeship or Mscislaw Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 15th century till the partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795....
    • Smolensk Voivodeship
      Smolensk Voivodeship

      Smolensk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth....
    • Vitebsk Voivodeship
    • Polock Voivodeship
      Polock Voivodeship

      Polatsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795....
  • Voivodeships in the historical Duchy of Livonia
    Duchy of Livonia

    The Duchy of Livonia was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ? and later the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth ? that existed from 1561 to 1621....
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    • Wenden Voivodship (1598-1620)
    • Dorpat Voivodship (1598-1620)
    • Parnava Voivodship (1598-1620)
    • Livonian Voivodship (since 1620s)
  • Voivodeships of 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....
     (1921-1939):
    • Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
      Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship

      The Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship was an Autonomy region of the Second Polish Republic created as the result of the popular Upper Silesia plebiscite in 1921, the Geneva Conventions in Geneva, three Silesian Uprisings, and the partition of Upper Silesia between Second Polish Republic, Germany and then-Czechoslovakia....
    • Bialystok Voivodeship (1919-1939)
      Bialystok Voivodeship (1919-1939)

      Bialystok Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September 1939, following Nazi Germany and Soviet Invasion of Poland ....
    • Kielce Voivodeship
      Kielce Voivodeship

      Kielce Voivodeship is a former unit of administrative division and local government in Poland....
    • 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....
    • Lódz Voivodeship
      Lódz Voivodeship

      L?dz Voivodeship is a province in central Poland, created on January 1, 1999 out of the former L?dz Voivodeship and the Sieradz Voivodeship, Piotrkow Trybunalski Voivodeship and Skierniewice Voivodeships and part of Plock Voivodeship Voivodeship, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
    • 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...
    • Lwów Voivodeship
      Lwów Voivodeship

      Lw?w Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . According to Nazis and Soviets it ceased to exist in September 1939, following Germany and Soviet aggression on Poland ....
    • Nowogródek Voivodeship
      Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919-1939)

      Nowogr?dek Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division of the Second Polish Republic between 1919 and 1939, with the capital in the town of Nowogrodek ....
    • Polesie Voivodeship
      Polesie Voivodeship

      Polesie Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September 1939, following Germany and Soviet aggression on Poland ....
    • Pomeranian Voivodeship
      Pomeranian Voivodeship

      File:Pomorskie Logo.jpgFile:Brosen ContainerTerminaGdansk.jpgFile:Pomeranian density 2007.pngThe Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Pomerelian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in north-central Poland....
    • Poznan Voivodeship
      Poznan Voivodeship

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    • Stanislawów Voivodeship
      Stanislawów Voivodeship

      Stanislaw?w Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September of 1939, following Germany and Soviet aggression on Poland ....
    • Tarnopol Voivodeship
      Tarnopol Voivodeship

      Tarnopol Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland ....
    • Volhynian Voivodeship
      Wolyn Voivodeship (1921–1939)

      Wolyn Voivodeship or Volhynian Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September 1939, following Germany and Soviet Invasion of Poland ....
    • Warsaw Voivodeship
      Warsaw Voivodeship

      Warszawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship....
    • Wilno Voivodeship
      Wilno Voivodeship

      The Wilno Voivodeship was one of Voivodeships in Poland from 1925 until the transfer of the area by the Soviet Union to Lithuania and Belorussian SSR in September 1939....
  • Voivodeships of 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....
     (1945-1975):
    • Bialystok Voivodeship
      Bialystok Voivodeship

      Bialystok Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, when it was superseded by Podlaskie Voivodeship....
    • Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
      Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

      Bydgoszcz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Gdansk Voivodeship
      Gdansk Voivodeship

      The name Gdansk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.----Gdansk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Katowice Voivodeship
      Katowice Voivodeship

      Katowice Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship....
    • Kielce Voivodeship
      Kielce Voivodeship

      Kielce Voivodeship is a former unit of administrative division and local government in Poland....
    • Koszalin Voivodeship
      Koszalin Voivodeship

      Koszalin Voivodeship - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • 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....
    • Lódz Voivodeship
      Lódz Voivodeship

      L?dz Voivodeship is a province in central Poland, created on January 1, 1999 out of the former L?dz Voivodeship and the Sieradz Voivodeship, Piotrkow Trybunalski Voivodeship and Skierniewice Voivodeships and part of Plock Voivodeship Voivodeship, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
    • 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...
    • Olsztyn Voivodeship
      Olsztyn Voivodeship

      Olsztyn Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship....
    • Opole Voivodeship
      Opole Voivodeship

      Opole Voivodeship is a Poland voivodeship, or province, created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Czestochowa Voivodeship, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
    • Poznan Voivodeship
      Poznan Voivodeship

      Sorry, no overview for this topic
    • Rzeszów Voivodeship
      Rzeszów Voivodeship

      Rzesz?w Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:Rzesz?w Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship....
    • Szczecin Voivodeship
      Szczecin Voivodeship

      Szczecin Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Warsaw Voivodeship
      Warsaw Voivodeship

      Warszawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship....
    • Wroclaw Voivodeship
      Wroclaw Voivodeship

      Wroclaw Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodeship....
    • Zielona Góra Voivodeship
      Zielona Góra Voivodeship

      Zielona G?ra Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1950–1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship....
  • Voivodeships of 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....
     (1975-1998):
    • Biala Podlaska Voivodeship
      Biala Podlaska Voivodeship

      Biala Podlaska Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lublin Voivodeship....
    • Bialystok Voivodeship (1975-1998)
    • Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship
      Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship

      Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Silesian Voivodeship and Lesser Poland Voivodeship....
    • Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
      Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

      Bydgoszcz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Chelm Voivodeship
      Chelm Voivodeship

      Chelm Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lublin Voivodeship....
    • Ciechanów Voivodeship
      Ciechanów Voivodeship

      Ciechan?w Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by the Masovian Voivodeship....
    • Czestochowa Voivodeship
      Czestochowa Voivodeship

      Czestochowa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975?1998, superseded mainly by Silesian Voivodeship, with a few eastern gmina attached to the freshly created Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship....
    • Elblag Voivodeship
      Elblag Voivodeship

      Elblag Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship....
    • Gdansk Voivodeship
      Gdansk Voivodeship

      The name Gdansk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.----Gdansk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Gorzów Voivodeship
      Gorzów Voivodeship

      Gorz?w Wielkopolski Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship....
    • Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
      Jelenia Góra Voivodeship

      Jelenia Gora Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship....
    • Kalisz Voivodeship
      Kalisz Voivodeship

      Sorry, no overview for this topic
    • Katowice Voivodeship
      Katowice Voivodeship

      Katowice Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship....
    • Kielce Voivodeship
      Kielce Voivodeship

      Kielce Voivodeship is a former unit of administrative division and local government in Poland....
    • Konin Voivodeship
      Konin Voivodeship

      Konin Voivodeship - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship....
    • Koszalin Voivodeship
      Koszalin Voivodeship

      Koszalin Voivodeship - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • 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....
    • Krosno Voivodeship
      Krosno Voivodeship

      Krosno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship....
    • Legnica Voivodeship
      Legnica Voivodeship

      Legnica Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodeship....
    • Leszno Voivodeship
      Leszno Voivodeship

      Leszno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship....
    • Lódz Voivodeship
      Lódz Voivodeship

      L?dz Voivodeship is a province in central Poland, created on January 1, 1999 out of the former L?dz Voivodeship and the Sieradz Voivodeship, Piotrkow Trybunalski Voivodeship and Skierniewice Voivodeships and part of Plock Voivodeship Voivodeship, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
    • Lomza Voivodeship
      Lomza Voivodeship

      Lomza Voivodeship was an administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975 to 1998, superseded by the Podlaskie 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...
    • Nowy Sacz Voivodeship
      Nowy Sacz Voivodeship

      Nowy Sacz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government, located in southern Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship....
    • Olsztyn Voivodeship
      Olsztyn Voivodeship

      Olsztyn Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship....
    • Opole Voivodeship
      Opole Voivodeship

      Opole Voivodeship is a Poland voivodeship, or province, created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Czestochowa Voivodeship, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act....
    • Ostroleka Voivodeship
      Ostroleka Voivodeship

      Ostroleka Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship....
    • Piotrków Voivodeship
      Piotrków Voivodeship

      Piotrk?w Voivodeship was a voivodeship, or unit of administrative division and local government, in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by L?dz Voivodeship....
    • Pila Voivodeship
      Pila Voivodeship

      Pila Voivodeship was a Voivodeships of Poland in Poland from 1975 to 1998. It was superseded by the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its capital city was Pila....
    • Poznan Voivodeship
      Poznan Voivodeship

      Sorry, no overview for this topic
    • Przemysl Voivodeship
      Przemysl Voivodeship

      Przemysl Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Subcarpathian Voivodeship....
    • Plock Voivodeship
      Plock Voivodeship

      Plock Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998 and earlier from the 15th century till 1795....
    • Radom Voivodeship
      Radom Voivodeship

      Radom Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship....
    • Rzeszów Voivodeship
      Rzeszów Voivodeship

      Rzesz?w Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:Rzesz?w Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship....
    • Siedlce Voivodeship
      Siedlce Voivodeship

      Siedlce Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship....
    • 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....
    • Skierniewice Voivodeship
      Skierniewice Voivodeship

      Skierniewice Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by L?dz Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship....
    • Suwalki Voivodeship
      Suwalki Voivodeship

      Suwalki Voivodeship was an administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded in half by Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ....
    • Szczecin Voivodeship
      Szczecin Voivodeship

      Szczecin Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Slupsk Voivodeship
      Slupsk Voivodeship

      Slupsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, previously part of Szczecin Voivodeship and Koszalin Voivodeship , superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship ....
    • Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship
      Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship

      Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded in parts by Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship....
    • Tarnów Voivodeship
      Tarnów Voivodeship

      Tarn?w Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship....
    • Torun Voivodeship
      Torun Voivodeship

      Torun Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Warsaw Voivodeship
      Warsaw Voivodeship

      Warszawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship....
    • Walbrzych Voivodeship
      Walbrzych Voivodeship

      Walbrzych Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship....
    • Wroclaw Voivodeship
      Wroclaw Voivodeship

      Wroclaw Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodeship....
    • Wloclawek Voivodeship
      Wloclawek Voivodeship

      Wloclawek Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    • Zamosc Voivodeship
      Zamosc Voivodeship

      Zamosc Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lublin Voivodeship....
    • Zielona Góra Voivodeship
      Zielona Góra Voivodeship

      Zielona G?ra Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1950–1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship....


See also

  • Voivode
  • Voivodeships of Poland
    Voivodeships of Poland

    The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....
  • Vojvodina
    Vojvodina

    The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an Subdivisions of Serbia in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census....