Bełz Voivodeship

Bełz Voivodeship
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Basic data
Capital :	Bełz
Bigger cities:	Bełz , Lubaczów , Busk
Area :	8,900 km²
Administrative division
Counties :	4th

The Bełz Voivodeship (Polish województwo bełskie , Latin Palatinatus Belzensis , Ukrainian Белзьке воєводство / Bels´ke voevodstvo ) was an administrative unit of the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic in the Ruthenian part of the Lesser Poland Province . It consisted bis 1462 of 1772 / 1793 . Today the area is mainly in Ukraine and, to a lesser extent, in Poland .

history

After the principality of Bełz was withdrawn as a settled fiefdom by the Kingdom of Poland in 1462 , the Bełz Voivodeship was formed on the territory of the former principality. It existed until 1772, in a small part (the town of Dubenka (today Dubinki (Mostyska district) ) with associated villages) until 1793.

The region was economically highly developed, the central lifeline was the western Bug .

The voivodeship was the smallest in terms of area in today's Ukraine and the second poorest in population in the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic .

Administrative structures

Capital:

• Bełz (Ukrainian Белз / Bels )

Seat of the state parliament ( sejmik generalny ) for all Ruthenian voivodships:

• Sądowa Wisznia (ukr. Судова Вишня / Sudowa Wyschnja )

State Parliament of the Voivodeship ( sejmik poselski i deputacki ):

• Bełz

There were 2 senators: the voivode (from Bełz ) and one (or two) castellans (from Lubaczów or Busk ).

The jurisdiction was based on Magdeburg law .

Administrative division:

• Bełz District ( powiat bełski ), capital Bełz
• Grabowiec district ( powiat grabowiecki ), capital Grabowiec
• Horodło District ( powiat horodelski ), main town Horodło
• Land Busk ( ziemia buska ), main town Busk

since the 18th century:

• Lubaczów district ( powiat lubaczowski ), main town Lubaczów

Voivodes

• Mikołaj Sieniawski (approx. 1489–1569)
• Jan Firlej (c. 1521–1574)
• Rafał Leszczyński (1579–1636) (Voivode 1619–1636)
• Jakub Sobieski (1580–1646) (voivode since 1638)
• Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (1631–1682)
• Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski (1666–1726) (Voivode 1692–1710)
• Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski (1642–1728) (voivode since 1726)
• Michael Johann von der Borch (1753–1810) (voivode since 1787)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volumina Legum , T. 1 s. 91

literature

• Andrzej Janeczek: Osadnictwo pogranicza polsko-ruskiego. Województwo bełskie od schyłku XIV do początku XVII w. , PAN, Warszawa 1993.
• Zygmunt Gloger: Województwo Bełskie . In: same: Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski , Kraków 1903.