Lviv Voivodeship

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Lviv Voivodeship
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Coat of arms of the Lviv Voivodeship
Location of the Lviv Voivodeship
Administrative map, 1938

The Lviv Voivodeship ( Polish : Województwo Lwowskie ) was a voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic from 1921 to 1939 . The seat of the administration, the capital and namesake of the voivodeship was the present-day Ukrainian city of Lemberg (Lviv).

location and size

The voivodeship with the cities of Lviv , Przemyśl , Borysław , Drohobycz , Jarosław , Krosno , Rawa Ruska , Rzeszów , Sambor , Sanok and Żółkiew extended over the central part of southern Poland .

It bordered on the west with the Krakow Voivodeship , in the north with the Lublin Voivodeship , in the northeast for a short section with the Volhynia Voivodeship , in the east with the Tarnopol Voivodeship , in the southeast with the Stanislau Voivodeship and in the south with Czechoslovakia .

In the northern part the landscape was hilly and in the south mountainous ( Carpathian Mountains ). According to the statistics of January 1, 1937, 23.3% of the land area was covered with forest, only slightly less than the 22.2% national average.

In 1921 the voivodeship covered an area of ​​27,024 km². The 61 cities and 2,202 rural communities were divided into 27 powiats . With the incorporation of the Powiat Turka from the Stanislau Voivodeship into the Powiat Sambor in 1931, the area increased to 28,402 km².

history

The voivodeship was established on September 1, 1921 after the end of the fighting in the course of the Polish-Soviet War in the southeastern parts of the former Austrian crown land of Galicia, with Lviv as the capital .

On January 1, 1923 the powiat Cieszanów was renamed after the relocation of the main town to Lubaczów in Powiat Lubaczów , on March 4, 1931 was renamed by the Powiat Lisko in Powiat Lesko . On April 17, 1931 the powiat Turka was incorporated from the Stanislau Voivodeship and on April 1, 1932 the powiat Stary Sambor was dissolved and its area was divided into the powiat Turka and Sambor , on the same day the powiat Strzyżów was dissolved and the area the powiat Rzeszów and Powiat Krosno split.

In September 1939, during World War II, the voivodeship was occupied by the Soviets during the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland and by Germany after the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 . After the end of World War II, a large part of the area of ​​the voivodeship became part of the Soviet Union ( Ukrainian SSR ), the parts remaining with Poland became part of the Rzeszów Voivodeship in 1945 .

population

Ethnic relationships according to the 1931 census:
  • Poland
  • Ruthenians (Ukrainians)
  • The population in 1921 was 2.718 million, of which 56.6% Poles, 7.4% Jews and in 1931 3.127 million, of which 57.7% Poles and 7.5% Jews. The rest of the population consisted mainly of Ukrainians.

    Voivodes of the Lviv Voivodeship

    Administrative subdivision (1934)

    Powiat Bóbrka consisting of the cities of Bóbrka and Chodorów and the Gminas :

    Powiat Brzozów consisting of the city of Brzozów and the Gminas :

    Powiat Dobromil consisting of the towns of Dobromil and Chyrów as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Drohobycz consisting of the towns of Borysław and Drohobycz and the Gminas :

    Powiat Gródek Jagielloński consisting of the towns of Gródek Jagielloński and Janów and the Gminas :

    Powiat Jarosław consisting of the cities of Sieniawa , Jarosław and Radymno as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Jaworów consisting of the cities of Jaworów and Krakowiec as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Kolbuszowa consisting of the towns of Sokołów and Kolbuszowa as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Krosno consisting of the towns of Krosno and Dukla as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Lesko (until 1931 Lisko ) consisting of the towns of Ustrzyki Dolne and Lesko and the Gminas :

    Powiat Lubaczów (since 1923) consisting of the cities of Lubaczów and Cieszanów and the Gminas :

    Powiat Lwów consisting of the towns of Jaryczów Nowy , Szczerzec and Winniki as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Lwów City consisting of the city of Lemberg
    Powiat Łańcut consisting of the cities Łańcut and Leżajsk as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Mościska consisting of the towns of Mościska and Sądowa Wisznia and the Gminas :

    Powiat Nisko consisting of the cities of Nisko, Rudnik and Ulanów as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Przemyśl consisting of the city of Przemyśl and the Gminas :

    Powiat Przeworsk consisting of the cities of Kańczuga and Przeworsk as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Rawa Ruska consisting of the towns of Niemirów Lwowski , Rawa Ruska and Uhnów as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Rudki consisting of the cities of Komarno and Rudki as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Rzeszów consisting of the cities of Głogów , Tyczyn , Błażowa , Strzyżów and Rzeszów as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Sambor consisting of the cities of Chyrów , Sambor, Stara Sól and Stary Sambor as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Sanok consisting of the cities of Rymanów and Sanok and the Gminas :

    Powiat Sokal consisting of the towns of Sokal and Bełz as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Tarnobrzeg consisting of the cities of Baranów , Rozwadów and Tarnobrzeg as well as the Gminas :

    Powiat Turka (since 1931) consisting of the city of Turka and the Gminas :

    Powiat Żółkiew consisting of the cities Żółkiew, Kulików and Mosty Wielkie as well as the Gminas :

    September 1939 and its aftermath

    In September 1939 German and Soviet troops invaded Poland, dividing the country and the Lwów Voivodeship itself between the two. The city of Lviv was handed over to the Soviet Union after security guarantees for the Polish military and civilians, which were later not complied with, and incorporated into the voivodeship of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic along with the eastern part. After 1945 the eastern part remained with the Soviet Union, while the western part (west of the San River ) became part of the People's Republic of Poland . Today the eastern part of the former Lwów Voivodeship belongs to the Ukrainian Lviv Oblast .

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917104601/http://www.szukamypolski.com/strona/wojewodztwo/5
    2. Jew. According to the official population census in 1921 and 1931.