Chełmno Voivodeship
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The Chełmno Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo chełmińskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 1454/1466 until the Partitions of Poland in 1772/1793. Its capital was at Chełmno.
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Chełmno Voivodeship Województwo chełmińskie Palatinatus Culmensis | |||||||||
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Voivodeship of Poland¹ Part of Royal Prussia and Greater Poland provinces | |||||||||
1454–1793 | |||||||||
Chełmno Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (in 1619) | |||||||||
Capital | Chełmno | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• | 4,654 km2 (1,797 sq mi) | ||||||||
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• Established | 1454 | ||||||||
1466 | |||||||||
1569 | |||||||||
1772 | |||||||||
1793 | |||||||||
Political subdivisions | Two lands divided into 7 counties | ||||||||
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Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
¹ Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland before 1569. |
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Together with the Pomeranian and Malbork Voivodeships and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia it formed the province of Royal Prussia, and with several other voivodeships it formed the Greater Poland Province.