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Territorial Changes Of Polish Voivodeships On 1 April 1938
{{cleanup, reason=Polish words should be translated or linked to an explanatory article, or capitalized if they are proper nouns, and linked to the English Wikipedia article about them., date=March 2019 On 1 April 1938, borders of several western and central Voivodeships of the Second Polish Republic changed considerably. This included such Voivodeships as Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939), Pomerania, Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939), Poznan, Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939), Warsaw, Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939), Lodz, Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939), Bialystok, Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939), Lublin and Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939), Kielce. Pomerania gained most, while Bialystok lost most. This is the alphabetical list of powiats (counties), which were then moved from one Voivodeship to another: * powiat bydgoski - Bydgoszcz County (from poznanskie to pomorskie), * powiat dzialdowski - Działdowo County (from pomorskie to warszawskie), * powiat garwolinski - G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivodeship
A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval states, much as the title of voivode was equivalent to that of a duke. Other roughly equivalent titles and areas in medieval Eastern Europe included ban (bojan, vojin or bayan) and banate. In a modern context, the word normally refers to one of the provinces ''( województwa)'' of Poland. , Poland has 16 voivodeships. Terminology A voi(e)vod(e) (literally, "leader of warriors" or "war leader", equivalent to the Latin "''Dux Exercituum''" and the German "''Herzog''") was originally a military commander who stood, in a state's structure, next to the ruler. Later the word came to denote an administrative official. Words for "voivodeship" in various languages include the uk, воєводство; the pl, województwo; the ro, voievoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
