Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)
Administrative division in the Kingdom of Poland 1466 until 1772 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo pomorskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1454/1466 until the First partition of Poland in 1772. From 1613 the capital was at Skarszewy.
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Pomeranian Voivodeship Palatinatus Pomeranensis Województwo pomorskie | |||||||||
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Voivodeship of Poland¹ Part of Royal Prussia and Greater Poland provinces | |||||||||
1466–1772 | |||||||||
Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |||||||||
Capital | Skarszewy | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• | 12,907 km2 (4,983 sq mi) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
21 February 1454 | |||||||||
1 October 1466 | |||||||||
1 July 1569 | |||||||||
5 August 1772 | |||||||||
Political subdivisions | counties: 8 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Poland Russia² | ||||||||
¹ Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland before 1569. ² Small portion of the Vistula Spit around Polski[1] |
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The name Pomerania derives from the Slavic po more, meaning "by the sea" or "on the sea".[2]