Nur Land

Nur Land (Polish: ziemia nurska), named after the town (now a village) of Nur, was an administrative unit (ziemia) of the Duchy of Mazovia, Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With its capital in Nur, it belonged to Masovian Voivodeship.

In the Middle Ages, Nur was one of the most important towns of Mazovia, and the seat of a starosta. In 1377, during a meeting of Mazovian dukes, which took place in Sochaczew, boundaries of the Land of Nur were established. It covered 3655 km², and was divided into three counties: Kamienczyk (area 2141 km²), Nur (area 1001 km²) and Ostrow Mazowiecka (area 512 km²).

In 1526, Nur Land was annexed into the Kingdom of Poland, and until the Partitions of Poland, it belonged to Masovian Voivodeship. Local sejmiks took place at Nur.

Sources

• History of Nur Land and County of Ostrow Mazowiecki
• Adolf Pawiński: Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym. T. 5: Mazowsze. Warszawa: Księgarnia Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1895

historical lands of Masovia