Krakow Voivodeship (1920–1939)
The Krakow Voivodeship ( Polish Województwo Krakowskie ) was a Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic from 1920 to 1939 . The seat of the administration and the capital was Krakow .
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location and size
The voivodeship with the cities of Kraków , Tarnów , Nowy Sącz , Jaworzno , Oświęcim , Chrzanów , Bochnia and Jasło extended over the western part of southern Poland . The allocation of the Polish Spiš and the Orawa changed the boundaries of the voivodeship in 1938, at the beginning of 1939 it then covered an area of 17,560 km².
It bordered the Silesian Voivodeship to the west, the Kielce Voivodeship to the north, the Lviv Voivodeship to the east and Czechoslovakia to the south .
The landscape was hilly in the north and mountainous in the south ( Tatra Mountains and West Beskids ). According to the statistics of January 1, 1937, 20.9% of the land area was covered with forest, only slightly less than the 22.2% national average.
In 1921 the voivodeship comprised an area of 17,448 km². The 83 cities and 1896 rural communities were divided into 22 powiats .
population
The population was 1.993 million in 1921, 93% of them Poles, 4% Jews (about 33% of them in Krakow) and 2.5% Ukrainians or Ruthenians (see Lemkenland ) and 2.079 million in 1931 with roughly the same nationality distributions. The vast majority of the population (93%) was made up of Poles.
Administrative subdivision (1934)
Powiat Biała (Biała Krakowska) consisting of the cities of Biała Krakowska , Kęty , Oświęcim and Wilamowice as well as the Gminas :
- Bestwina
- Biała
- Brzeszcze
- Bystra-Wilkowice
- Kęty
- Osiek
- Oświęcim
- Porąbka
Powiat Bochnia consisting of the cities of Bochnia and Niepołomice as well as the Gminas :
- Bochnia
- Lipnica Murowana
- Niegowić
- Rzezawa
- Targowisko
- Trzciana
- Uście Solne
- Wiśnicz Nowy
- Zabierzów Bocheński
Powiat Brzesko consisting of the towns of Brzesko and Czchów as well as the Gminas :
- Borzęcin
- Czchów
- Dębno
- Ivkowa
- Okocim
- Radłów
- Szczepanów
- Szczurowa
- Uszew
- Wojnicz
- Zakliczyn
Powiat Chrzanów consisting of the cities Chrzanów, Jaworzno , Krzeszowice , Szczakowa and Trzebinia as well as the Gminas :
- Alwerniab
- Babice
- Chelmek
- Dabrowa Narodowa
- Jaworzno
- Libiaz-Maly
- Nowa Góra
- Szczakowa
- Tenczynek
- Trzebinia
Powiat Dąbrowa consisting of the cities of Dąbrowa and Żabno as well as the Gminas :
- Boleslaw
- Dąbrowa
- Gręboszów
- Mędrzechów
- Otfinów
- Radgoszcz
- Szczucin
- Wietrzychowice
Powiat Gorlice consisting of the towns of Gorlice and Biecz as well as the Gminas :
- Biecz
- Bobowa
- Glinik Mariampolski
- Lipinki
- Łużna
- Ropa
- Rzepiennik Strzyżewski
- Sękowa
- Śnietnica
- Uście Gorlickie
Powiat Jasło consisting of the towns of Jasło, Brzostek and Osiek as well as the Gminas :
- Brzostek I.
- Brzostek II
- Dębowiec
- Jasło
- Jodłowa
- Kołaczyce
- Krempna
- Osiek Jasielski
- Skołyszyn
- Szerzyny
- Tarnowiec
- Żmigród Nowy
Powiat Kraków consisting of the cities of Skawina and Wieliczka and the Gminas :
- Bieżanów
- Borek Fałęcki
- Bronowice Małe
- Czernichów
- Koźmice Wielkie
- Liszki
- Mogiła
- Piaski Wielkie
- Prądnik Czerwony
- Prokocim
- Radziszów
- Ruszcza
- Świątniki Górne
- Trąbki
- Tyniec
- Węgrzce Wielkie
- Wola Duchacka
- Zabierzów
- Zielonki
Powiat Kraków (city)
Powiat Limanowa consisting of the city of Limanowa and the Gminas :
- Dobra
- Jodłownik
- Kamienica
- Limanova
- Łukowica
- Mszana Dolna I
- Mszana Dolna II
- Niedźwiedź Skrzydlna
- Tymbark
- Ujanowice
Powiat Mielec consisting of the towns of Mielec and Radomyśl Wielki as well as the Gminas :
- Borowa
- Czermin
- Gawłuszowice
- Mielec
- Padew Narodova
- Przeclaw
- Radomyśl Wielki
- Tuszów Narodowy
- Wadowice Górne
Powiat Myślenice consisting of the towns of Dobczyce , Jordanów and Myślenice and the Gminas :
- Bystra
- Gdów
- Łętownia
- Myślenice
- Pcim
- Raciechowice
- Siepraw
- Skawa
- Sułkowice
- Wiśniowa
Powiat Nowy Sącz consisting of the towns of Grybów , Krynica , Muszyna , Nowy Sącz, Piwniczna and Stary Sącz as well as the Gminas :
- Chełmiec Polski
- Grybów
- Kobyle-Gródek
- Korzenna
- Krynica-Wieś
- Łabowa
- Łącko
- Łososina Dolna
- Muszyna
- Navojowa
- Nowy Sącz
- Piwniczna
- Podegrodzie
- Stary Sącz
- Tylicz
Powiat Nowy Targ consisting of the cities of Nowy Targ and Zakopane as well as the Gminas :
- Bucovina
- Chochołów
- Ciche
- Czarny Dunajec
- Czorsztyn
- Jabłonka
- Kościelisko
- Krościenko
- Ludźmierz
- Łapsze Niżne
- Łopuszna
- Ochotnica
- Odrowąż
- Poronin
- Raba Wyżna
- Rabka
- Szaflary
- Szczawnica Wyżna
Powiat Ropczyce (until 1937, then as Powiat Dębica ) consisting of the cities of Dębica, Pilzno , Ropczyce and Sędziszów as well as the Gminas :
- Borek Wielki
- Czarna ad Tarnów
- Dębica
- Olkhova
- Paszczyna
- Pilzno
- Ropczyce
- Sędziszów
- Straszęcin
- Wielopole Skrzyńskie
Powiat Tarnów consisting of the cities of Ciężkowice , Tarnów and Tuchów as well as the Gminas :
- Ciężkowice
- Gromnik
- Gumniska
- Klikowa
- Lisia Góra
- Mościce
- Pleśna
- Ryglice
- Tuchów
- Wierzchosławice
Powiat Wadowice consisting of the cities Andrychów , Kalwaria Zebrzydowska , Lanckorona , Maków Podhalański , Wadowice and Zator as well as the Gminas :
- Andrychów
- Brzeźnica
- Kalwaria
- Maków
- Mucharz
- Spytkowice
- Stryszów
- Wadowice
- Wieprz
- Zator
- Zawoja
- Zembrzyce
Powiat Żywiec consisting of the cities Sucha and Żywiec as well as the Gminas :
- Cięcina
- Gilowice
- Jeleśnia
- Łodygowice
- Milówka
- Rajcza
- Sporysz
- Stryszawa
- Zabłocie
Former powiate
- Powiat Dębica (from 1937)
- Powiat Grybów (until 1932)
- Powiat Makowski (Podhalański) (1924 to 1932)
- Powiat Oświęcim (until 1932)
- Powiat Pilzno (until 1932)
- Powiat Podgórze (until 1923)
- Powiat Ropczyce (until 1937)
- Powiat Spisz - Orawa (until 1925)
- Powiat Wieliczka (until 1932)
September 1939 and its aftermath
In September 1939, German and Soviet troops invaded Poland, with the country and the Krakow Voivodeship subordinated to the General Government and later to the Galicia District . A western part was illegal under international law the " Greater German Reich " to the province of Upper Silesia (counties Krenau , Bielsko and Zywiec connected). After 1945, most of the area came back to Poland and was incorporated into the Krakow Voivodeship (1945–1975) .
Footnotes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170917104601/http://www.szukamypolski.com/strona/wojewodztwo/3
- ↑ Według publikacji: Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - Tom VII - Województwo Krakowskie, Główny Urząd Statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Warszawa 1923
- ↑ Drugi Powszechny Spis Ludności 1931 - Województwo poleskie
