Inowrocław Voivodeship

Inowrocław Voivodeship Palatinatus Iuniuladislaviensis Województwo inowrocławskie
Voivodeship of Poland¹
←   ← 1364–1772 →
Coat of arms
Inowrocław Voivodeship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
Capital		Inowrocław
History
-	Established	1364
-	Annexed by Prussia	25 September 1772
Area		5,877 km2 (2,269 sq mi)
Political subdivisions		Two counties of Inowrocław Voivodeship proper, plus three counties of Dobrzyń Land
¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569.

Inowrocław Voivodeship (Polish: województwo inowrocławskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Together with the neighbouring Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship it was part of the Kuyavia region and the Greater Polish prowincja.

With size of some 2,900 km² (together with Dobrzyn Land, its area was 5,877 km².), it was one of the smallest voivodeships of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In early years after its creation (14th century), it was called Gniewkowo Voivodeship (Województwo gniewkowskie), from the town of Gniewkowo, the seat of local Piast princes. Last mention of Gniewkowo Voivodeship was in 1420. Even though the capital of the voivodeship was in Inowrocław, its biggest urban center was Bydgoszcz. Local sejmiks, together with Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship, took place in Radziejow. The Inowroclaw Voivodeship with Dobrzyn Land had six senators (Voivode and Castellan of Inowroclaw, Castellan of Bydgoszcz, and Castellans of Dobrzyn, Rypin and Slonsk Dolny).

Apart from the original two Kuyavian counties of the Voivodeship, it also included the Dobrzyn Land, located on eastern bank of the Vistula^[1] which became part of the Kingdom of Poland in 1466. The Dobrzyn Land was divided into three counties (Dobrzyń, Rypin, Lipno), and had its own sejmiks at Lipno.

Governor seat:

• Inowrocław

Voivodes: Hieronim Radomicki (1630–1651)

Regional council (sejmik) seats:

• Radziejow
• Lipno

Administrative division:

• County of Inowrocław
• County of Bydgoszcz
• Land of Dobrzyń (ziemia dobrzyńska), divided into the counties of Dobrzyń, Rypin, and Lipno.

Neighbouring Voivodeships:

• Pomeranian Voivodeship
• Chełmno Voivodeship
• Płock Voivodeship
• Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
• Kalisz Voivodeship
• Gniezno Voivodeship (since 1768)

Sources

Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Province of Greater Poland Brześć Kujawski Chełmno Gniezno Inowrocław Kalisz Łęczyca Malbork Masovian Płock Pomeranian Poznań Rawa Sieradz Prince-Bishopric of Warmia Province of Lesser Poland Bełz Bracław Chernihów Kiev Kraków Lublin Podlaskie Podolian Ruthenian Sandomierz Volhynia Duchy of Siewierz Grand Duchy of Lithuania Brest Litovsk Minsk Mstsislaw Nowogródek Polotsk Smolensk Trakai Vilnius Vitebsk Duchy of Samogitia Polish Livonia Duchy of Livonia (1561–1621): Dorpat, Parnawa, Wenden Inflanty (1621–1772) Fiefs Lauenburg and Bütow Land Duchy of Prussia Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

Coordinates: 52°47′44″N 18°15′37″E / 52.795537°N 18.260144°E / 52.795537; 18.260144