Inowrocław Voivodeship Explained

Conventional Long Name:Inowrocław Voivodeship
Common Name:Inowrocław Voivodeship
Native Name:
Subdivision:Voivodeship
Nation:Poland
Year Start:1364
Event End:Annexed by Prussia
Year End:1772
Date End:25 September
P1:Duchy of Kuyavia
P2:Duchy of Inowrocław
S1:Netze District
Flag S1:Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1750-1801).svg
Image Map Caption:Inowrocław Voivodeship in
the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
Capital:Inowrocław
Stat Area1:5877
Political Subdiv:Two counties of Inowrocław Voivodeship proper, plus three counties of Dobrzyń Land
Today:Poland

Inowrocław Voivodeship (Polish: województwo inowrocławskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Together with the neighbouring Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship it was part of the Kuyavia region and the Greater Poland Province.

With size of some 2,900 km2 (together with Dobrzyn Land, its area was 5,877 km2.), it was one of the smallest voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In early years after its creation (14th century), it was called Gniewkowo Voivodeship (Województwo gniewkowskie), from the town of Gniewkowo, the seat of local Piast princes. Last mention of Gniewkowo Voivodeship was in 1420. Even though the capital of the voivodeship was in Inowrocław, its biggest urban center was Bydgoszcz. Local sejmiks, together with Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship, took place in Radziejów. The Inowroclaw Voivodeship with Dobrzyn Land had six senators (Voivode and Castellan of Inowrocław, Castellan of Bydgoszcz, and Castellans of Dobrzyń, Rypin and Słońsk Dolny).

Apart from the original two Kuyavian counties of the Voivodeship, it also included the Dobrzyn Land, located on eastern bank of the Vistula[1] which became part of the Kingdom of Poland in 1466. The Dobrzyn Land was divided into three counties (Dobrzyń, Rypin, Lipno), and had its own sejmiks at Lipno.

Administration

Governor seat:

Voivodes: Hieronim Radomicki (1630–1651)

Regional council (sejmik) seats:

Administrative division:

Neighbouring Voivodeships:

Cities and towns

Source:[2]

Bydgoszcz County

Dobrzyń County

Inowrocław County

Lipno County

Rypin County

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Premium.pl - międzynarodowa giełda domen.
  2. Book: . Atlas historyczny Polski. Kujawy i ziemia dobrzyńska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany. 2021. pl. Warszawa. Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1.