![]() |
|
![]() |
Poland: The 49 Provinces, 1975-1998
On 1 January 1999, Poland's interior was reconstructed. The forty-nine provinces were reduced to sixteen, and all but three provinces were given new names. Below you will find a map of the former 49 provinces and an explanation of which new province absorbed each of them. Scroll down below the map to view a list of all the former provinces and what province or provinces they now belong to.
| Biała Podlaska
[Bial~a Podlaska] |
Lublin (Lubelskie); a small area in the northwestern part in Mazowieckie |
| Białystok
[Bial~ystok] |
Podlaskie |
| Bielsko Biała
[Bielsko Bial~a] |
Śląskie [S~la~skie]; portion of east in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
| Bydgoszcz | majority in Kujawsko-Pomorskie; northern-most section: Pomorskie; tiny southwestern part in Wielkopolskie |
| Chełm
[Chel~m] |
Lubelskie |
| Ciechanów
[Ciechano~w] |
Mazowieckie; a small portion of the northwest in Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
| Częstochowa
[Cze~stochowa] |
most in Śląskie [S~la~skie]; small portion of northwest in Opolskie; tiny part of north in Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie]; tiny part of east in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie] |
| Elbląg
[Elbla~g] |
majority in Pomorskie; northeastern section and southwestern corner in Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
| Gdańsk
[Gdan~sk] |
Pomorskie |
| Gorzów Wielkopolski
[Gorzo~w Wielkopolski] |
Lubuskie; the north in Zachodniopomorskie; southeastern area in Wielkopolskie |
| Jelenia Góra
[Jelenia Go~ra] |
Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
| Kalisz | Wielkopolskie; a very small part of the southeast in Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie]; very small part of southwest in Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
| Katowice | Śląskie [S~la~skie]; an eastern part in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
| Kielce | mainly in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie]; a part of the south and west in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
| Konin | most in Wielkopolskie; a very small section of the east in Łódzkie (L~o~dzkie) |
| Koszalin | Zachodniopomorskie |
| Kraków
[Krako~w] |
Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
| Krosno | Podkarpackie; a very small part in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
| Legnica | Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
| Leszno | more than a third in Wielkopolskie; a small western part in Lubuskie; a larger southwestern part in Dolnoslaskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
| Lublin | Lubelskie |
| Łomża
[L~omz~a] |
majority in Podlaskie; the western and southern borders in Mazowieckie |
| Łódź
[L~o~dz~] |
Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie] |
| Nowy Sącz
[Nowy Sa~cz] |
Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
| Olsztyn | Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazursko] |
| Opole | Opolskie |
| Ostrołęka
[Ostrol~e~ka] |
majority in Mazowieckie; small nothern section in Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
| Piła
Pil~a |
almost entirely in Wielkopolskie; a small area of the northwest corner in Zachodniopomorskie |
| Piotrków Trybunalski
[Piotrko~w Trybunalski] |
mostly in Łódzkie (L~o~dzkie); a tiny area of the southeast in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie] |
| Płock
[Pl~ock] |
northern portion in Mazowieckie; southern part in the Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie] |
| Poznań
[Poznan~] |
Wielkopolskie |
| Przemyśl
[Przemys~l] |
Podkarpackie |
| Radom | mostly in Mazowieckie; a small part of the southwestern corner in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie] |
| Rzeszów
[Rzeszo~w] |
Podkarpackie |
| Siedlce | Mazowieckie; southeastern part in Lubelskie |
| Sieradz | Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie] |
| Skierniewice | mostly in Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie]; a northeastern section in Mazowieckie |
| Słupsk
[Sl~upsk] |
mostly in Pomorskie; a very small portion of the northwestern border in Zachodniopomorskie |
| Suwałki
[Sl~upsk] |
the smaller eastern part in Podlaskie; western half (roughly two-thirds of the former province) in Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
| Szczecin | Zachodniopomorskie |
| Tarnobrzeg | the northwestern portion in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie]; a small part of the north and east in Lubelskie; the central and south area in Podkarpackie |
| Tarnów
[Tarno~w] |
Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie]; a smaller eastern part in Podkarpackie |
| Toruń
[ |
mostly in Kujawsko-Pomorskie; a small section in the northeast in Warmińsko-Mazurskie (Warmin~sko-Mazurskie) |
| Wałbrzych
[Wal~brzych] |
Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
| Warszawa | Mazowieckie |
| Włocławek
[Wl~ocl~awek] |
Kujawsko-Pomorskie |
| Wrocław
[Wrocl~aw] |
Dolnośląskie [Dolnoslaskie] |
| Zamość
[Zamos~c~] |
Lubelskie |
| Zielona Góra
[Zielona Go~ra] |
majority in Lubuskie; a small northeastern part in Wielkopolskie |
Home Page | Help Pages | Transcribed Records | Mailing Lists for Polish Research | What's New
You are 63147 visitor!
Last Modified: Tuesday, 18-Aug-2009 11:47:23 MDT
© Copyright 2002-2008 PolandGenWeb. All Rights Reserved.
Is there a broken link on this page? Report it here.
Please, include the title of this page in your message.