Płock Land Explained

Conventional Long Name:Płock Land
Nation:Płock Voivodeship
Subdivision:Land
Date End:25 September 1793
S1:South Prussia
Image Map Caption:Lands of Masovia from 13th to 18th centuries.
Capital:Płock
Government Type:Land
Political Subdiv:4 counties (until 1530s) 5 counties (1530s–1793)
Membership Title1:Country
Membership1: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1495–1793)
Membership Title2:Member state
Membership2: Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1495–1793)
Membership Title3:Province
Membership3:Greater Poland Province (1495–1793)
Membership Title4:Voivodeship
Membership4:Płock Voivodeship (1495–1793)
Stat Year1:16th century
Stat Area1:3983

Płock Land was a land (administrative division) of the Kingdom of Poland until 1495, and later, part of the Płock Voivodeship, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1495 to 25 September 1793. The seat of its government was located in Płock.[1] [2]

Subdivisions

The land was divided into five counties.[3] [4] They were:

Sierpc County was formed in the 1530s, from the portion of the Bielsk County.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Europa. Regiony i państwa historyczne, Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, Warsaw, 2000, p. 214.
  2. Lucjan Tatomir: Geografia ogólna i statystyka ziem dawnej Polski. Kraków: Drukarnia "Czasu" W. Kirchmayera, 1868, p. 151.
  3. Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku ; Cz. 2, Komentarz, indeksy, Warsaw, 1973, p. 59.
  4. Marian Chudzyński: Dawne województwo płockie jako jednostka podziału administracyjnego, In: Notatki Płockie 20, 1975, p. 3.