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
- North 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 (Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-la)
- Lesser Poland (Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-la)
- Masovia (Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-la)
- The County of Kladsko (Czech: Kladské hrabství, German: Grafschaft Glatz, Template:Lang-pl) 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 (Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-la)
- Podlasie (Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-la)
- Southern Podlasie (Template:Lang-pl)
- Pomerania (Template:Lang-pl, German: Pommern, Template:Lang-la, also a German historical region)
- Pomerelia (Template:Lang-pl, German: Pommerellen, Template:Lang-la)
- Silesia (Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-szl, German: Schlesien, Czech: Slezsko, Template:Lang-la), 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 (Template:Lang-pl; (Lithuanian: Mažoji Lietuva; German: Kleinlitauen; Russian: Máлая Литвá) or Prussian Lithuania (Template:Lang-pl); (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 (Template:Lang-pl, German: Lausitz, Template:Lang-la, only partially in modern Poland, also a German historical region))
- Prussia (Template:Lang-pl, German: Preußen, Template:Lang-la, also a German historical region)
- Red Ruthenia (Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-la)
See also
- Administrative division of Poland
- Historical regions of Central Europe
- Territorial changes of Poland
- Voivodeships of Poland