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river (30 sq. miles), and the Land of
Wschowa (9 sq. miles). In the mid-16th century, it had 259 Roman-Catholic parishes. Most densely populated was the Land of Wschowa, while Wałcz County was covered by vast
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into two almost equal halves, made western part of
Greater Poland. Its area was 294 sq. miles, divided into Poznań County (162 sq. miles), Kościan County (92 sq. miles), Wałcz County behind the
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Poznań Voivodeship had nine senators. These were: the Bishop of Poznań, the
Voivode of Poznań and the Castellan of Poznań, as well as six minor castellans – those of
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Poland was divided among his sons, for more than 150 years
Greater Poland was a separate duchy. In 1305 it was united with the
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in his monumental book
Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of Poznań Voivodeship:
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756:(in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Kultury Historycznej. 1935. p. 42.
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in the north. The adjacent
Greater Polish area in the east belonged to the
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Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth
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1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth
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The largest city of the voivodeship was the royal city of
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The voivodeship comprised the western part of the former
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in 1772, the voivodeship lost the northern area around
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1171:Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
771:Poznań Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger
1186:Former administrative regions of Greater Poland
1166:States and territories disestablished in 1793
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401:, was in the ancient times inhabited by the
413:, while the city of Poznań itself was main
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71:the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1635.
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99:15,015 km (5,797 sq mi)
1181:14th-century establishments in Poland
754:Polska encyklopedja szlachecka, Tom I
441:, uniting it with Poznań Voivodeship.
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423:Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty
393:"Poznań Voivodeship, together with
480:. The Land of Wschowa had its own
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610:Greater Poland general governor (
409:, the Land of Poznań had its own
324:. As the westernmost part of the
1108:Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
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312:Map of the voivodeship from 1664
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446:The voivodeship, split by the
326:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
261:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1:
1063:Duchy of Livonia (1561–1621)
296:in 1793. It was part of the
674:) for Greater Poland seat:
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405:. As early as the times of
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890:Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
421:(...) When, following the
334:Margraviate of Brandenburg
320:with its historic capital
294:Second Partition of Poland
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698:Administrative division:
369:First Partition of Poland
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1098:Lauenburg and Bütow Land
355:The Northern outpost of
282:Palatinatus Posnaniensis
23:Palatinatus Posnaniensis
1137:52.408902°N 16.927997°E
367:. In the course of the
332:region of the Imperial
318:Duchy of Greater Poland
298:Greater Poland Province
211:Duchy of Greater Poland
624:Voivodeship governor (
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363:according to the 1657
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290:Województwo Poznańskie
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178:: 3, plus Wschowa Land
172:Political subdivisions
25:Województwo poznańskie
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344:in the south and the
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255:¹ Voivodeship of the
69:Poznań Voivodeship in
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1080:Inflanty (1621–1772)
732:(Ziemia Wschowska),
705:(Powiat Poznański),
526:Royal free elections
498:Piotrków Trybunalski
437:took control of the
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652:Krzysztof Opaliński
361:Brandenburg-Prussia
338:Bohemian crown land
328:it bordered on the
121:• Established
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723:(Powiat Walecki),
693:Środa Wielkopolska
684:Regional council (
612:Starosta Generalny
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431:Wladyslaw Lokietek
365:Treaty of Bromberg
350:Kalisz Voivodeship
346:Duchy of Pomerania
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274:Poznań Voivodeship
21:Poznań Voivodeship
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974:Duchy of Siewierz
670:General council (
664:Stanisław Potocki
435:Casimir the Great
427:Kingdom of Poland
336:in the west, the
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267:before 1569.
257:Polish Crown
193:Succeeded by
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55:Coat of arms
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1140: /
982:(1619–1635)
909:Province of
815:Province of
666:, 1756–1760
660:, 1743–1751
654:, 1637–1655
648:, 1628–1637
559:Międzyrzecz
505:Major towns
462:Miedzyrzecz
448:Warta river
188:Preceded by
1155:Categories
1128:16°55′41″E
1125:52°24′32″N
1017:Nowogródek
964:Sandomierz
870:Pomeranian
840:Inowrocław
740:References
1012:Mstsislaw
994:Lithuania
959:Ruthenian
949:Podlaskie
929:Chernihów
579:Szamotuły
304:Geography
40:1320–1793
1027:Smolensk
969:Volhynia
954:Podolian
860:Masovian
688:) seat:
639:Voivodes
628:) seat:
626:Wojewoda
614:) seat:
554:Oborniki
482:starosta
455:forests.
411:voivodes
176:Counties
1071:Parnawa
1042:Vitebsk
1037:Vilnius
924:Bracław
885:Sieradz
855:Malbork
850:Łęczyca
835:Gniezno
830:Chełmno
765:Sources
734:Wschowa
716:Kościan
599:Wschowa
569:Rogoźno
544:Kościan
486:sejmiks
474:Krzywin
466:Rogoźno
399:Kuyavia
342:Silesia
330:Neumark
259:in the
150:Prussia
146:Annexed
144:•
108:History
95:•
76:Capital
1075:Wenden
1067:Dorpat
1032:Trakai
1022:Połock
944:Lublin
939:Kraków
875:Poznań
845:Kalisz
707:Poznań
686:Sejmik
633:Poznań
619:Poznań
594:Wronki
584:Wieleń
564:Poznań
549:Leszno
539:Drahim
534:Człopa
522:Poznań
514:Poznań
478:Santok
419:Lechia
403:Polans
395:Kalisz
357:Drahim
322:Poznań
286:Polish
249:Poland
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80:Poznań
33:Poland
1090:Fiefs
1007:Minsk
865:Płock
725:Wałcz
589:Wałcz
452:Noteć
429:, by
373:Wałcz
278:Latin
934:Kiev
919:Bełz
880:Rawa
679:Koło
574:Śrem
494:Sejm
476:and
470:Srem
415:gord
397:and
138:1772
125:1320
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