The Kraków Voivodeship was a

voivodeship A voivodeship ( ) or voivodate 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 ...

of the

Congress Poland Congress Poland or Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It was established w ...

, that existed from 1816 to 1837. Until 6 December 1816, its capital was

Miechów Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 (2004). Miechów lies on the Miechówka river, along European route E77. The area of the town is , a ...

, and since then it was

Kielce Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central 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 banks of the Silnic ...

. It was established on 16 January 1816, from

Kraków Department Kraków Department (Polish: ''Departament krakowski'') was a unit of administrative division and local government in Polish Duchy of Warsaw in years 1809–1815.The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815: A Napoleonic Outpost in Central Europe 1472524144 Jaro ...

, and existed until 23 February 1837, when it was replaced by the Kraków Governorate. During the

January Uprising The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last i ...

, the Polish National Government, announced the re-establishment of the voivodeships with the borders from 1816, reestablishing the administration of the Kraków Voivodeship within the part of Radom Governorate. It existed from 1863 to 1864, when it was abolished, and replaced by the Radom Governorate.Dorota Lewandowska:
Organizacja Narodowa Powstania Styczniowego z lat 1861-1864
'. Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych. It was named after the nearby historic city of

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

, which itself wasn't located in the voivodeship, and was instead located in the Free City of Cracow.

Subdivisions

* Kielce District (seat:

) **

Kielce County __NOTOC__ Kielce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passe ...

(seat:

) **

Jędrzejów County __NOTOC__ Jędrzejów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms p ...

(seat: Jędrzejów) * Miechów District (seat:

) **

Kraków County __NOTOC__ Kraków County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 199 ...

Miechów County __NOTOC__ Miechów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 19 ...

(seat:

) ** Szkalbmierz County (seat: Szkalbmierz) * Olkusz District (seat:

Olkusz Olkusz ( ''Elkish'') is a town in southern Poland with 36,607 inhabitants (2014). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Olkusz County. Olkusz is known for its ...

) ** Lelów County (seat: Lelów) ** Olkusz County (seat:

) ** Pileca County (seat: Pileca) * Stobnica County (seat: Stobnica) ** Szydłów County (seat: Szydłów)

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