Regions of Poland
Polish regions are regions located within the present-day Poland without being identified in its administrative division.
Geophysical regions
(Transborder regions = *)
- Northern & Western Poland
- Central European Plain* (Nizina Środkowoeuropejska)
- Silesia*
- Pomerania*
- Southern Poland
- Bohemian Massif* (Masyw Czeski)
- Polish Highlands (Wyżyny Polskie)
- Sandomierz Basin (Kotlina Sandomierska)
- Subcarpathia*
- Western Subcarpathia* (Podkarpacie Zachodnie)
- Northern Subcarpathia (Podkarpacie Północne) and
- Eastern Subcarpathia* (Podkarpacie Wschodnie)
- Carpathian Mountains*
- Western Carpathians* (Karpaty Zachodnie) and
- Eastern Carpathians* (Karpaty Wschodnie)
- Eastern Poland
- Ukrainian Highlands* (Wyżyny Ukraińskie)
- East Baltic-Belarusian Lowlands* (Niż Wschodniobałtycko-Białoruski)
Historical regions of the current Polish state
The following historic regions are either completely or mostly within Poland's modern borders:
- Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska, Latin: Polonia Maior)
- Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska, Latin: Polonia Minor)
- Masovia (Polish: Mazowsze, Latin: Mazovia)
- The County of Kladsko (Czech: Kladské hrabství, German: Grafschaft Glatz, Polish: Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit in the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kłodzko (Kladsko) which roughly corresponds with the present-day Kłodzko County in the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
- Kuyavia (Polish: Kujawy, Latin: Cuiavia)
- Podlasie (Polish: Podlasie, Polish: Podlasze, Latin: Podlachia)
- Southern Podlasie (Polish: Podlasie Południowe)
- Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern, Latin: Pomerania, also a German historical region)
- Pomerelia (Polish: Pomorze Gdańskie, German: Pommerellen, Latin: Pomerania)
- Silesia (Polish: Śląsk, Silesian: Ślůnsk, German: Schlesien, Czech: Slezsko, Latin: Silesia), only part in Poland, also a Czech land and German historical region
The following historic regions have substantial parts within Poland's modern borders:
- Lithuania Minor (Polish: Litwa Mniejsza; (Lithuanian: Mažoji Lietuva; German: Kleinlitauen; Russian: Máлая Литвá) or Prussian Lithuania (Polish: Litwa Pruska); (Lithuanian: Prūsų Lietuva, German: Preußisch-Litauen) only part in Poland, also a Lithuanian land and German historical region now mostly within the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia
- Lusatia (Polish: Łużyce, German: Lausitz, Latin: Lusatia, only partially in modern Poland, also a German historical region))
- Prussia (Polish: Prusy, German: Preußen, Latin: Borussia, also a German historical region)
- Red Ruthenia (Polish: Ruś Czerwona, Latin: Ruthenia Rubra)
See also
- Administrative divisions of Poland
- Historical regions of Central Europe
- Territorial changes of Poland
- Voivodeships of Poland
