Sandomierz Voivodeship

Palatinatus Sandomirensis Województwo Sandomierskie Sandomierz Voivodeship Voivodeship of Poland¹ ←   ← 14th century–1795 →   → Coat of arms Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. Capital Sandomierz History  - Established 14th century  - First partition August 5, 1772  - Third partition October 24 1795 Area 23,860 km2 (9,212 sq mi) Political subdivisions Urban counties: 6 Land counties: 2 ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569.

Sandomierz Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Sandomierskie, Latin: Palatinatus Sandomirensis) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Little Poland region. Originally Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin, but in 1474 its three eastern counties were organized into Lublin Voivodeship. The voivodeship was based on earlier Duchy of Sandomierz, and in the 16th century, it had 374 parishes, 100 towns and 2586 villages.

Sandomierz Voivodeship was also one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland. Created in 1816 from the Radom Department, in 1837 it was transformed into the Sandomierz Governorate.

14th century-1795

Municipal government

Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:

• Sandomierz

Regional council (sejmik generalny) seats:

• Nowe Miasto Korczyn

Administrative division

In 1397, part of the Sandomierz Voivodeship which was located on the western bank of the Vistula, was divided into three counties:

• Sandomierz County (Powiat Sandomierski), Sandomierz
• Radom County (Powiat Radomski), Radom, which was traditionally called Radom Land (Ziemia radomska)
• Chęciny County (Powiat Chęciński), Chęciny

Later on, in the 15th century, additional powiats were added:

• Pilzno County (Powiat Pilznenski), Pilzno
• Wislica County (Powiat Wiślicki), Wiślica
• Opoczno County (Powiat Opoczynski), Opoczno
• Stężyca County (Powiat Stężycki), Stężyca
• Tarnow County (Powiat Tarnowski), Tarnow
• Szydlowiec County (Powiat Szydlowiecki), Szydlowiec

In the early 16th century, two counties - Tarnow and Szydlowiec, were liquidated, and their lands were taken over by the Pilzno, Wislica and Sandomierz counties.

Voivodes

• Jan z Melsztyna (since 1361)
• Jan z Tarnowa (before 1385)
• Spytek z Tarnowa i Jarosławia (since 1433)
• Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski (since 1501)
• Mikołaj Firlej (since 1514)
• Jan Kostka (since 1574)
• Jerzy Mniszech (since 1590)
• Jan Zbigniew Ossoliński (since 1613)
• Stanisław Koniecpolski (since 1625 to 1633),
• Mikołaj Firlej (1633–1635)
• Jerzy Ossoliński (XI 1636-III 1638)
• Krzysztof Ossoliński (since IV 1638 to 1645)
• Władysław Dominik Zasławski (since 1649)
• Aleksander Koniecpolski (since 1656)
• Jan "Sobiepan" Zamoyski (since 1659)
• Jerzy Aleksander Lubomirski (since 1729)
• Jan Tarło (since 1736)

Neighbouring Voivodeships

• Rawa Voivodeship
• Mazovian Voivodeship
• Lublin Voivodeship
• Ruthenian Voivodeship
• Kraków Voivodeship
• Sieradz Voivodeship
• Łęczyca Voivodeship

1939

Main article: Sandomierz Voivodeship (1939)

Sandomierz Voivodeship was also a proposed voivodeship of Second Polish Republic, which never was created because of the Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939. The idea of creation of this unit was the brainchild of Minister of Industry and Trade Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, and it was directly linked with creation of one of the biggest economic projects of interbellum Poland, Central Industrial Region. It was to cover south-central Poland, and most probably, it was to be created in late 1939. Its projected size was 24.500 square kilometers, and it was to incorporate 20 or 21 powiats.

References

• Zygmunt Gloger, Historical Geography of Lands of Ancient Poland, Sandomierz Voivodeship (in Polish)