Administrative division of the Second Polish Republic

Poland 1920–1939

The Second Polish Republic was divided into 16 voivodships and the capital Warsaw . This administrative structure existed from 1922 to 1939, legally until 1950.

Voivodships

Administrative division 1922 to 1939

The voivodships were established in a law of September 26, 1922.

Voivodeship city

• Warsaw

Voivodeships with special statutes

• Lviv Voivodeship
• Autonomous Voivodeship of Silesia
• Stanislau Voivodeship (Stanisławów)
• Tarnopol Voivodeship

other voivodeships

• Bialystok Voivodeship ,
• Kielce Voivodeship ,
• Krakow Voivodeship
• Łodź Voivodeship
• Lublin Voivodeship
• Nowogródek Voivodeship
• Polessian Voivodeship
• Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomeranian)
• Poznan Voivodeship
• Vilnius Voivodeship
• Volyn Voivodeship .

In 1938 there were some changes in the names and structure.

From 1945 to 1950 the voivodships in the People's Republic of Poland continued.

See also

• Administrative division of Poland
• Administrative division of Poland-Lithuania

literature

• Der Große Brockhaus: Handbuch des Wissens in twenty volumes : 21 volumes, completely revised. 15th edition. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1928–1935, Volume 14: Osu – Por, pp. 687–702, here p. 693.