{{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 The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

changed considerably. This included such Voivodeships as Pomerania, Poznan, Warsaw, Lodz, Bialystok,

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

and

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

. Pomerania gained most, while Bialystok lost most. This is the alphabetical list of powiats ( counties), which were then moved from one Voivodeship to another: Poland administrative division 1922 literki

Poland administrative division 1922 literki

* powiat bydgoski - Bydgoszcz County (from poznanskie to pomorskie), * powiat dzialdowski - Działdowo County (from pomorskie to warszawskie), * powiat garwolinski - Garwolin County (from lubelskie to warszawskie), * powiat inowroclawski - Inowrocław County (from poznanskie to pomorskie), * powiat kaliski - Kalisz County (from lodzkie to poznanskie), * powiat kolski - Koło County (from lodzkie to poznanskie), * powiat konecki - Końskie County (from kieleckie to lodzkie), * powiat koninski - Konin County (from lodzkie to poznanskie), * powiat kutnowski - Kutno County (from warszawskie to lodzkie), * powiat lipnowski - Lipno County (from warszawskie to pomorskie), * powiat lomzynski - Łomża County (from bialostockie to warszawskie), * powiat lowicki - Łowicz County (from warszawskie to lodzkie), * powiat nieszawski - Nieszawa county (from warszawskie to pomorskie), * powiat opoczynski - Opoczno County (from kieleckie to lodzkie), * powiat ostrolecki - Ostrołęka county (from bialostockie to warszawskie), * powiat ostrowski -

Ostrów Mazowiecka Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town in eastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Ostrołęka Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County. History Ostr ...

county (from bialostockie to warszawskie), * powiat rawski - Rawa Mazowiecka county (from warszawskie to lodzkie), * powiat rypinski - Rypin county (from warszawskie to pomorskie), * powiat skierniewicki - Skierniewice county (from warszawskie to lodzkie), * powiat sokolowski -

Sokołów Podlaski Sokołów Podlaski is a town in Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship, about east of Warsaw. The town lies on the Cetynia river, in the historical region of Podlachia and is the capital of Sokołów County. The first settlement was in the 6th century ...

county (from lubelskie to warszawskie), * powiat szubinski -

Szubin Szubin (german: Schubin) is a town in Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located southwest of Bydgoszcz. It has a population of around 9,300. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Pałuki. History The first record o ...

county (from poznanskie to pomorskie), * powiat turecki - Turek County (from lodzkie to poznanskie), * powiat wegrowski - Węgrów County (from lubelskie to warszawskie), * powiat wloclawski - Włocławek county (from warszawskie to pomorskie), * powiat wyrzyski - Wyrzysk county (from poznanskie to pomorskie).

References

* Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939, Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939). Former voivodeships of the Second Polish Republic 1938 in Poland Voivodeships