Inowrocław Voivodeship

Województwo inowrocławskie (Polish)
Palatinatus Iuniuladislaviensis (Latin)

Voivodeship of Poland
1364–1772

Coat of arms

Inowrocław Voivodeship in
the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
Capital| Inowrocław
Area|

| 5,877 km2 (2,269 sq mi)
History|

• Established

| 1364

• Annexed by Prussia

| 25 September 1772
Political subdivisions| Two counties of Inowrocław Voivodeship proper, plus three counties of Dobrzyń Land

Preceded by | Succeeded by

|

|  | Duchy of Kuyavia

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| Duchy of Inowrocław
| Netze District |

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Today part of| Poland

Inowrocław Voivodeship (Polish: województwo inowrocławskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Together with the neighbouring Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship it was part of the Kuyavia region and the Greater Poland Province.

With size of some 2,900 km2 (together with Dobrzyn Land, its area was 5,877 km2.), it was one of the smallest voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In early years after its creation (14th century), it was called Gniewkowo Voivodeship (Województwo gniewkowskie), from the town of Gniewkowo, the seat of local Piast princes. Last mention of Gniewkowo Voivodeship was in 1420. Even though the capital of the voivodeship was in Inowrocław, its biggest urban center was Bydgoszcz. Local sejmiks, together with Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship, took place in Radziejów. The Inowroclaw Voivodeship with Dobrzyn Land had six senators (Voivode and Castellan of Inowrocław, Castellan of Bydgoszcz, and Castellans of Dobrzyń, Rypin and Słońsk Dolny).

Apart from the original two Kuyavian counties of the Voivodeship, it also included the Dobrzyn Land, located on eastern bank of the Vistula[1] which became part of the Kingdom of Poland in 1466. The Dobrzyn Land was divided into three counties (Dobrzyń, Rypin, Lipno), and had its own sejmiks at Lipno.

## Administration

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Governor seat:

* Inowrocław

Voivodes: Hieronim Radomicki (1630–1651)

Regional council (sejmik) seats:

* Radziejow
* Lipno

Administrative division:

* County of Inowrocław
* County of Bydgoszcz
* Land of Dobrzyń (ziemia dobrzyńska), divided into the counties of Dobrzyń, Rypin, and Lipno.

Neighbouring Voivodeships:

* Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Chełmno Voivodeship
* Płock Voivodeship
* Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
* Kalisz Voivodeship
* Gniezno Voivodeship (since 1768)

## Cities and towns

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Source:[2]

### Bydgoszcz County

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* Bydgoszcz
* Fordon
* Koronowo
* Solec

### Dobrzyń County

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* Dobrzyń nad Wisłą

### Inowrocław County

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* Gniewkowo
* Inowrocław
* Pakość
* Podgórz
* Raciążek
* Służewo

### Lipno County

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* Bobrowniki
* Kikół
* Lipno
* Skępe

### Rypin County

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* Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą
* Górzno
* Rypin

## Sources

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1. ^ "Premium.pl - międzynarodowa giełda domen".
2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Kujawy i ziemia dobrzyńska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2021. p. 1.

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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

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|

* Lębork and Bytów Land
* Duchy of Prussia
* Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
* Principality of Moldavia

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