Gniezno Voivodeship

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Gniezno Voivodeship Palatinatus Gnesnensis (Latin) Województwo gnieźnieńskie (Polish)
Voivodeship of Poland1
1768–1793
Coat of arms of Gniezno Coat of arms
Gniezno Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1768.
Capital	Gniezno
Area
•	7,660 km² (2,960 sq mi)

History

• Partitioned from Kalisz Voivodeship	1768
• Split off Netze District	1772
• Annexed by Prussia	25 September 1793


Political subdivisions	Counties: 3
Preceded by Succeeded by Kalisz Voivodeship Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)		South Prussia

Gniezno Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Gnieźnieńskie, Latin: Palatinatus Gnesnensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was part of Greater Polish prowincja .

Greater Poland general governor (Starosta Generalny) seat:

Voivodeship governor (wojewoda) seat:

General council (Sejmik Generalny) for the Greater Poland seat:

Administrative division:

Neighbouring Voivodeships:

v t e Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Province of Greater Poland	Brześć Kujawski Chełmno Gniezno Inowrocław Kalisz Łęczyca Malbork Masovian Płock Pomeranian Poznań Rawa Sieradz Prince-Bishopric of Warmia	Map indicating the administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1619
Province of Lesser Poland	Bełz Bracław Chernihów Kiev Kraków Lublin Podlaskie Podolian Ruthenian Sandomierz Volhynia Duchy of Siewierz Duchy of Siveria (1619–1635)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Brest Litovsk Minsk Mstsislaw Nowogródek Połock Smolensk Trakai Vilnius Vitebsk Duchy of Samogitia
Polish Livonia	Duchy of Livonia (1561–1621): Dorpat, Parnawa, Wenden Inflanty (1621–1772)
Fiefs	Lauenburg and Bütow Land Duchy of Prussia Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

Historical administrative divisions of Greater Poland

12–13th century	Duchy of Greater Poland
until 1768	Poznań / Kalisz Voivodeships
until 1793	Poznań / Kalisz / Gniezno Voivodeships Netze District
until 1806	South Prussia
until 1815	Poznań / Kalisz / Bydgoszcz Departments
until 1837 1848	Kalisz Grand Duchy of Posen

until 1918	Province of Posen Kalisz / Warsaw Governorates
until 1939	Poznań / Łódź Voivodeships Posen-West Prussia
until 1945	Reichsgau Wartheland
until 1975	Poznań Voivodeship
until 1998	Poznań / Kalisz / Leszno / Konin / Piła Voivodeships
since 1999	Greater Poland Voivodeship

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