Pomeranian Voivodship
The
Pomeranian Voivodship (in
Polish województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or
voivodship in northern
Poland within the historic region of
Eastern Pomerania.
\n(1)
Pomeranian voivodship (1999-), administrative and local government unit of the Republic of Poland established on January 1, 1999 out of former voivodships of
Gdansk,
Elblag and
Slupsk, as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of
Pomerania (
Pomorze).
Along the
Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship it spreads along the
Baltic coast (on the east). The independent town Gdansk is the center of the voivodeship. It forms a part of the so-called
tricity:
Sopot,
Gdansk, and
Gdynia. Narrow
Hel Peninsula belongs to the voivodship. Other well-known tourist destinations:
Puck, Krynica Morska,
Ustka, Jastarnia, Rozewie, or Kuźnica with many fishing ports and lighthouses.
Major cities of this region :
\n(population 2003)
- Tricity (1035,000)\n**Gdansk (456,700) included in Tricity\n**Gdynia (259,900) included in Tricity\n**Sopot (41,300) included in Tricity\n*Slupsk (102,000)\n*Tczew (61,600)\n*Starogard Gdanski (50,500)\n*Wejherowo (46,900) \n*Rumia (44,200) \n*Chojnice (40,900)\n*Kwidzyn (40,400) \n*Malbork (40,100) \n*Lebork (37,400) \n*Koscierzyna (24,000)\n*Pruszcz Gdanski (22,300)
Administrative division
- Bytow County, Bytow\n* Chojnice County, Chojnice\n* Czluchow County, Czluchow\n* Gdansk City County\n* Gdansk County, Pruszcz Gdański\n* Gdynia City County\n* Kartuzy County, Kartuzy\n* Koscierzyna County, Koscierzyna\n* Kwidzyn County, Kwidzyn\n* Lebork County, Lebork\n* Malbork County, Malbork\n* Nowy Dwor Gdanski County, Nowy Dwor Gdanski\n* Puck County, Puck\n* Slupsk City County\n* Slupsk County, Slupsk\n* Sopot City County\n* Starogard Gdanski County, Starogard Gdanski\n* Sztum County, Sztum\n* Tczew County, Tczew\n* Wejherowo County, Wejherowo
Major corporations
- Grupa Lotos SA, Gdansk\n* International Paper Kwidzyn SA, Kwidzyn\n* Energa Gdańska Kompania Energetyczna SA, Gdansk\n* STU Ergo Hestia SA, Sopot\n* GE Capital Bank SA, Gdansk\n* Stocznia Gdynia SA, Gdynia\n* Polpharma SA, Starogard Gdanski\n* Gdańska Stocznia Remontowa SA, Gdansk\n* Destylarnia Sobieski SA, Starogard Gdanski\n* Elnord SA, Gdansk\n* Elektrociepłownie Wybrzeże SA, Gdansk\n* LPP SA, Gdansk\n* Zakład Energetyczny Słupsk SA, Slupsk\n* Polnord Energobudowa SA, Gdansk
Previous Pomeranian Voivodships
(2) Pomeranian voivodship (1945-1950) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland established 1945 from most of pre-war Pomeranian Voivodship (3), later renamed Bydgoszcz Voivodship
Capital city: Bydgoszcz
List of counties in 1946\n
English county name, Polish county name, capital city\n* Bydgoszcz City, miasto Bydgoszcz\n* Torun City, miasto Toruń\n* Brodnica County, powiat brodnicki, Brodnica\n* Bydgoszcz County, powiat bydgoski, Bydgoszcz\n* Chelmno County, powiat chełmiński, Chelmno\n* Chojnice County, powiat chojnicki, Chojnice\n* Grudziadz County, powiat grudziądzki, Grudziadz\n* Inowroclaw County, powiat inowroclawski, Inowroclaw\n* Lipno County, powiat lipnowski/lipieński?, Lipno\n* Lubawa County, powiat lubawski, Lubawa\n* Nieszawa County, powiat nieszawski, Nieszawa\n* Rypin County, powiat rypiński, Rypin\n* Sepolno County, powiat sępoleński, Sepolno Krajenskie\n* Swiecie County, powiat świecki, Swiecie\n* Szubin County, powiat szubiński, Szubin\n* Torun County, powiat toruński, Torun\n* Tuchola County, powiat tucholski, Tuchola\n* Wabrzezno County, powiat wąbrzeski, Wabrzezno\n* Wloclawek County, powiat włocławski, Wloclawek\n* Wyrzysk County, powiat wyrzyski, Wyrzysk
\n(3)
Pomeranian voivodship (1919-1939) was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (II Rzeczpospolita) established in
1919 after
WWI from the majority of the Prussian province of
West Prussia which fell to Poland. Capital was initially in
Torun. In 1938-39 voivodship extended to the south at the expense
Poznan Voivodship and
Warsaw Voivodship, and called Great Pomerania afterwards. The capital was moved to
Bydgoszcz.
During
WWII occupied by
Nazi Germany and renamed Reich province of Gdansk-West Prussia
(Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen). In
1945 returned to Poland and superseded by
Gdansk and
Bydgoszcz voivodships. In years 1975-98 reorganized into voivodships of
Gdansk, Elblag,
Bydgoszcz, Torun and Wloclawek.
\n(4)
Pomeranian voivodship (1466-1772) was a part of
Royal Prussia, an autonomous province in the Kingdom of Poland (The Republic of Both Nations - I Rzeczpospolita). Capital in
Gdansk. Renamed to the Prussian province of
West Prussia (1772-1919)
(5)
Pomeranian voivodship (1294-1308) was a province of the
Kingdom of Poland. After the extinction of the local
dukes 1294 the province fell to
Przemysl II of Poland.
