Warsaw Voivodeship (1919-1939)
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Warsaw Voivodeship (Polish: województwo warszawskie), a voivodeship of Poland in the years 1919–1939. Its capital and biggest city was Warsaw.
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[edit] Location and area
In the years 1919-1939, Warsaw Voivodeship covered north-central part of Poland, bordering East Prussia to the north, Pomorze Voivodeship and Lodz Voivodeship to the west, Kielce Voivodeship to the south and both Lublin Voivodeship and Bialystok Voivodeship to the east. Its area, after April 1,1938 (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938) was 31 656 km². Landscape was flat, forests covered only 11.4% of the area (with nation’s average of 22.2%, as for Jan. 1, 1937).
[edit] Population
According to the 1931 Polish census, the population was 2 460 900. Poles made 88.3% of population, Jews - 9.7% and Germans - 1.6%. The Jews and the Germans preferred to live in the cities and towns, especially in Warsaw itself. In Warsaw, in 1931, only 70.7% of population was Polish, with 28.3% Jews. In the whole Voivodeship, 21.8% of population was illiterate (as for 1931).
[edit] Industry
The Voivodeship’s biggest industrial center was the city of Warsaw, together with towns in its suburbs (Zyrardow, Pruszkow, Piaseczno). Warsaw was one of key centers of Polish industry, with numerous factories of various kinds. It was also the biggest city of the country. The Voivodeship’s railroad density was 5.2 km. per 100 km² (with total length of railroads 1 548 km.)l
[edit] Cities and administrative divisions
Warsaw Voivodeship in mid-1939 consisted of 22 powiats (counties), 53 cities and towns and 293 villages. The counties were:
- Blonie county (area 1 074 km², pop. 143 900),
- Ciechanow county (area 1 209 km², pop. 78 800),
- Dzialdowo county (area 842 km², pop. 42 700),
- Garwolin county (area 2 044 km², pop. 175 700),
- Gostynin county (area 1 147 km², pop. 81 600),
- Grojec county (area 1 699 km², pop. 132 400),
- Lomza county (area 2 657 km², pop. 168 200),
- Makow Mazowiecki county (area 1 136 km², pop. 65 600),
- Minsk Mazowiecki county (area 1 228 km², pop. 111 100),
- Mlawa county (area 1 486 km², pop. 103 100),
- Ostroleka county (area 2 281 km², pop. 112 600),
- Ostrow Mazowiecka county (area 1 467 km², pop. 99 800),
- Plock county (area 1 485 km², pop. 128 100),
- Plonsk county (area 1 289 km², pop. 81 400),
- Przasnysz county (area 1 410 km², pop. 69 100),
- Pultusk county (area 1 527 km², pop. 118 100),
- Radzymin county (area 1 076 km², pop. 97 500),
- Sierpc county (area 1 204 km², pop. 84 900),
- Sochaczew county (area 1 052 km², pop. 75 200),
- Sokolow Podlaski county (area 1 276 km², pop. 83 900),
- Warszawa county (area 1 766 km², pop. 318 500),
- Wegrow county (area 1 301 km², pop. 88 800).
It must be noted that the city of Warsaw, with the area of 141 km² (134 km² of counties' area plus 7 km² of the Vistula river) and population of 1 179 500 (as for 1931) was considered a separate unit, just like any other Voivodeship. It was divided into 4 counties. These were:
- South Warsaw county (area 50 km², pop. 307 100),
- North Warsaw county (area 31 km², pop. 478 200),
- Warsaw-Praga county (area 43 km², pop. 176 100),
- Central Warsaw county (area 10 km², pop. 218 100. It was the smallest and the most densely populated county in the 1930s Poland. Population density there was 22 415 persons per km².).
The biggest cities of the Voivodeship were (population according to the 1931 Polish census):
- Warsaw (pop. 1 179 500),
- Plock (pop. 33 000),
- Zyrardow (pop. 25 100),
- Lomza (pop. 25 000),
- Pruszkow (pop. 23 700),
- Mlawa (pop. 19 600),
- Ostrow Mazowiecka (pop. 17 600),
- Pultusk (pop. 16 800),
- Grodzisk Mazowiecki (pop. 15 700),
- Otwock (pop. 15 100),
- Ostroleka (pop. 14 100),
- Wolomin (pop. 14 100),
- Ciechanow (pop. 13 900).
[edit] Voivodes
- Władysław Sołtan 19 November 1919 – 24 November 1927
- Stanisław Twardo 28 November 1927 – 3 July 1934
- Bronisław Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski 3 July 1934 – 5 February 1938
- Jerzy Paciorkowski 22 January 1938 – September 1939 (acting till 5 February 1938)
[edit] See also
- Poland’s current Masovian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships
[edit] References
- Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939, Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939).
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