Pomeranian Voivodeship

Province in northern Poland

For the historic voivodeship of the Polish Crown, see Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772). For the voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic, see Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939).

Not to be confused with Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Voivodeship in Poland

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Województwo pomorskie (Polish)
Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò (Kashubian)

Voivodeship

Flag

Coat of arms

Brandmark

Location within Poland

Coordinates: 54°12′N 18°01′E﻿ / ﻿54.200°N 18.017°E﻿ / 54.200; 18.017
Country|  Poland
Capital| Gdańsk
Counties|

20, including four city counties

* Gdańsk
* Gdynia
* Słupsk
* Sopot
* Bytów County
* Chojnice County
* Człuchów County
* Gdańsk County
* Kartuzy County
* Kościerzyna County
* Kwidzyn County
* Lębork County
* Malbork County
* Nowy Dwór Gdański County
* Puck County
* Słupsk County
* Starogard County
* Sztum County
* Tczew County
* Wejherowo County

Government

• Body| Pomeranian Voivodeship executive board
• Voivode| Beata Rutkiewicz (KO)
• Marshal| Mieczysław Struk (KO)
Area

• Total

| 18,293 km2 (7,063 sq mi)
Population

(2019)

• Total

| 2,337,769
• Density| 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
• Urban

| 1,486,267
• Rural

| 851,502
GDP

[1]

• Total| €44.869 billion (2023)
• Per capita| €19,500 (2023)
ISO 3166 code| PL-22
Vehicle registration| G
HDI (2022)| 0.896[2]
very high · 2nd
Highways|
Website| pomorskie.eu

* Further divided into 123 gminas

Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ] ⓘ; Kashubian: Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò [pvɛˈmvɛrst͡ʃi vɛjɛˈvut͡stfɔ]) is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.

The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1997. It is bordered by the West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the south, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast), on the Vistula Spit. The bulk of the voivodeship is located in the historic region of Pomerania, with the territories on the eastern bank of the Vistula being part of Powiśle. The Pomeranian part of the region comprises most of Pomerelia (the easternmost part of Pomerania) with its subregions of Kashubia and Kociewie, whereas the western part, around Słupsk, is part of Farther Pomerania.

The province is one of rich cultural heritage. The Tricity urban area, consisting of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot, is one of the main cultural, commercial and educational centres of Poland. Gdańsk and Gdynia are two of the major Polish seaports, the first erected by Mieszko I of Poland in the Middle Ages, the latter built in the interwar period. Amongst the most recognisable landmarks of the region are the historic city centre of Gdańsk filled with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces, the Museum of the National Anthem in Będomin, located at the birthplace of Józef Wybicki, poet and politician, author of the national anthem of Poland, the largest medieval churches of Poland (the St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk and the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Pelplin) and the Malbork Castle. The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations include Wejherowo, Sopot, Jurata, Łeba, Władysławowo, Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Kuźnica, Bytów and many fishing ports, lighthouses, and marinas.

## Etymology

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The name Pomerania derives from the Slavic po more, meaning "by the sea" or "on the sea".[3]

## Cities and towns

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Gdańsk, principal seaport of Poland since the Middle Ages and the capital of Pomeranian Voivodeship Słupsk, the largest city in the west of the voivodeship Tczew, the largest city in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie Wejherowo, one of the main centres of the ethnocultural region of Kashubia Starogard Gdański, the capital of Kociewie Sopot, a resort and one of the three cities of the Tricity Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1988| 2,095,147| —
2002| 2,179,900| +4.0%
2011| 2,276,174| +4.4%
2021| 2,357,320| +3.6%
Source: [4]

The voivodeship contains 7 cities and 35 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (official 2019 figures).[5]

Cities (governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta):

1. Gdańsk (468,158)
2. Gdynia (246,244)
3. Słupsk (90,769)
4. Tczew (60,120)
5. Wejherowo (49,652)
6. Starogard Gdański (47,775)
7. Sopot (35,827)

Towns:

1. Rumia (49,160)
2. Chojnice (39,890)
3. Malbork (38,465)
4. Kwidzyn (38,444)
5. Lębork (35,333)
6. Pruszcz Gdański (31,135)
7. Reda (26,011)
8. Kościerzyna (23,776)
9. Bytów (16,918)
10. Ustka (15,460)
11. Kartuzy (14,536)
12. Człuchów (13,649)
13. Puck (11,213)
14. Miastko (10,439)
15. Sztum (9,940)
16. Władysławowo (9,930)
17. Czersk (9,910)
18. Nowy Dwór Gdański (9,905)
19. Prabuty (8,695)
20. Pelplin (7,784)
21. Skarszewy (6,994)
22. Gniew (6,707)
23. Żukowo (6,691)
24. Czarne (5,932)
25. Dzierzgoń (5,364)
26. Brusy (5,188)
27. Debrzno (5,096)
28. Nowy Staw (4,248)
29. Łeba (3,644)
30. Skórcz (3,625)
31. Kępice (3,580)
32. Hel (3,267)
33. Czarna Woda (2,786)
34. Jastarnia (2,704)
35. Krynica Morska (1,303)
36. Kobylnica

For populations as of 2019, see List of cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship.

## Administrative division

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Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 20 counties (powiats): 4 city counties, and 16 land counties. These are further divided into 123 gminas (communes).

The counties are listed below in order of decreasing population.

English and
Polish names | Area
(km2) | Population
(2019) | Seat | Other towns | Total
gminas

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|
|
|
|

City counties
Gdańsk | 262  | 468,158  |  | 1
Gdynia | 136  | 246,244  |  | 1
Słupsk | 43.15  | 90,769  |  | 1
Sopot | 17.31  | 35,827  |  | 1
Land counties
Wejherowo County
powiat wejherowski  | 1,280  | 216,764  | Wejherowo | Rumia, Reda | 10
Starogard County
powiat starogardzki  | 1,345  | 128,055  | Starogard Gdański | Skarszewy, Skórcz, Czarna Woda | 13
Tczew County
powiat tczewski  | 698  | 115,738  | Tczew | Pelplin, Gniew | 6
Kartuzy County
powiat kartuski  | 1,120  | 137,942  | Kartuzy | Żukowo | 8
Słupsk County
powiat słupski  | 2,304  | 98,793  | Słupsk *  | Ustka, Kępice | 10
Chojnice County
powiat chojnicki  | 1,364  | 97,616  | Chojnice | Czersk, Brusy | 5
Gdańsk County
powiat gdański  | 793  | 117,452  | Pruszcz Gdański |  | 8
Kwidzyn County
powiat kwidzyński  | 835  | 83,231  | Kwidzyn | Prabuty | 6
Bytów County
powiat bytowski  | 2,193  | 79,260  | Bytów | Miastko | 10
Puck County
powiat pucki  | 578  | 86,203  | Puck | Władysławowo, Jastarnia, Hel | 7
Kościerzyna County
powiat kościerski  | 1,166  | 72,589  | Kościerzyna |  | 8
Lębork County
powiat lęborski  | 707  | 66,196  | Lębork | Łeba | 5
Malbork County
powiat malborski  | 495  | 63,575  | Malbork | Nowy Staw | 6
Człuchów County
powiat człuchowski  | 1,574  | 56,225  | Człuchów | Czarne, Debrzno | 7
Sztum County
powiat sztumski  | 731  | 41,808  | Sztum | Dzierzgoń | 5
Nowy Dwór Gdański County
powiat nowodworski (pomorski)  | 653  | 35,656  | Nowy Dwór Gdański | Krynica Morska | 5
* seat not part of the county

Kartuzy

Wejherowo

Puck

Gdynia

Sopot

Gdańsk

Gdańsk

N. Dwór Gd.

Lębork

Słupsk

Słupsk

Tczew

Malbork

Sztum

Kwidzyn

Kościerzyna

Człuchów

Chojnice

Bytów

Starogard
Gdański

## Governors

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### Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)

[edit]

No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term  | Party

|
|
|
|

1  |  | Jan z Jani
(1400–1461)
| 10 May 1454

22 March 1461 |  | Casimir IV
2  |  | Otto Machwicz
(??–1478)
| 19 May 1467

7 June 1477 |  | Casimir IV
3  |  | Fabian Legendorf-Mgowski
(1425–1483)
| 10 March 1478

9 March 1483 |  | Casimir IV
4  |  | Jan Bajerski
(1425–1484)
| 19 March 1483

1 June 1484 |  | Casimir IV
5  |  | Mikołaj Wulkowski
(??–1509)
| 7 January 1485

9 December 1509 |  | Casimir IV
6  |  | Mikołaj Szpot
(??–1518)
| 16 March 1512

21 May 1518 |  | Sigismund I the Old
7  |  | Jerzy Konopacki
(1477–1543)
| 26 August 1518

28 February 1543 |  | Sigismund I the Old
8  |  | Mikołaj Działyński
(??–1545)
| 16 January 1544

5 February 1545 |  | Sigismund I the Old
9  |  | Jan Sokołowski
(??–1546)
| 22 May 1545

12 July 1546 |  | Sigismund I the Old
10  |  | Stanisław Kostka
(1487–1555)
| 10 September 1546

2 May 1551 |  | Sigismund I the Old
11  |  | Jan Działyński
(??–1583)
| 2 May 1551

5 January 1556 |  | Sigismund II August
12  |  | Fabian Czema | 5 January 1556

20 November 1565 |  | Sigismund II August
13  |  | Achacy Czema
(??–1576)
| 3 February 1566

29 November 1576 |  | Sigismund II August
14  |  | Krzysztof Kostka
(1530–1594)
| 1577

5 August 1594 |  | Stephen Báthory
15  |  | Ludwik Mortęski
(1554–1618)
| 20 October 1594

23 August 1611 |  | Sigismund III Vasa
16  |  | Michał Konarski
(1557–1613)
| 1611

29 April 1613 |  | Sigismund III Vasa
17  |  | Samuel Żaliński | May 1613

3 November 1625 |  | Sigismund III Vasa
18  |  | Maciej Niemojewski
(??–1625)
| 17 November 1625

December 1625 |  | Sigismund III Vasa
19  |  | Samuel Konarski | 9 February 1626

30 November 1629 |  | Sigismund III Vasa
20  |  | Paweł Jan Działyński
(1594–1653)
| 16 May 1630

17 July 1643 |  | Sigismund III Vasa
21  |  | Gerhard Denhoff
(1589–1648)
| 16 August 1643

23 December 1648 |  | Władysław IV Vasa
22  |  | Ludwik Wejher
(??–1656)
| December 1648

18 February 1656 |  | Władysław IV Vasa
23  |  | Stanisław Kobierzycki
(1600–1665)
| 31 May 1656

1665 |  | John II Casimir Vasa
24  |  | Jan Ignacy Bąkowski
(1615–1679)
| 8 March 1665

1677 |  | John II Casimir Vasa
25  |  | Władysław Denhoff
(1639–1683)
| 1677

7 October 1683 |  | John III Sobieski
26  |  | Władysław Łoś
(??–1694)
| 19 February 1684

January 1694 |  | John III Sobieski
27  |  | Jan Gniński
(??–1703)
| 24 February 1694

1703 |  | John III Sobieski
28  |  | Jan Ignacy Działyński
(??–1724)
| 14 April 1703

November 1724 |  | Augustus II the Strong
29  |  | Stefan Potocki
(??–1730)
| 26 February 1726

9 March 1726 |  | Augustus II the Strong
30  |  | Piotr Jan Czapski
(1685–1736)
| 11 March 1726

3 November 1736 |  | Augustus II the Strong
31  |  | Jakub Florian Narzymski
(1690–1759)
| 8 July 1737

14 April 1758 |  | Augustus III
32  |  | Paweł Michał Mostowski
(1721–1781)
| 20 April 1758

20 May 1766 |  | Augustus III
33  |  | Jan Jerzy Flemming
(1699–1771)
| 22 May 1766

10 December 1771 |  | Stanisław August Poniatowski
34  |  | Ignacy Franciszek Przebendowski
(1730–1791)
| 31 January 1772

18 March 1779 |  | Stanisław August Poniatowski
35  |  | Feliks Antoni Łoś
(1737–1804)
| 5 June 1779

9 December 1790 |  | Stanisław August Poniatowski
36  |  | Józef Mier
(1730–1808)
| 9 December 1790

24 November 1795 |  | Stanisław August Poniatowski

### West Prussia 1816-1919

[edit]

No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term  | Party

|
|
|
|

1  |  | Theodor von Schön
(1773–1856)
| 1816

1829 |  | Independent
2  |  | Heinrich von Achenbach
(1829–1899)
| 1878

1879 |  | Free Conservative Party
3  |  | Ernst von Ernsthausen
(1827–1898)
| 1879

1888 |  | German Conservative Party
4  |  | Adolf Hilmar von Leipziger
(1825–1891)
| 1888

1891 |  | Independent
5  |  | Gustav von Goßler
(1838–1902)
| 1891

1902 |  | German Conservative Party
6  |  | Clemens von Delbrück
(1856–1921)
| 1902

1905 |  | Independent
7  |  | Ernst Ludwig von Jagow
(1853–1930)
| 1905

1919 |  | Independent

### Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919-1939)

[edit]

No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term  | Party

|
|
|
|

1  |  | Stefan Łaszewski
(1862–1924)
| 19 October 1919

21 July 1920 |  | Popular National Union
2  |  | Jan Brejski
(1863–1934)
| 27 July 1920

16 May 1924 |  | Independent
3  |  | Stanisław Wachowiak
(1890–1972)
| 16 May 1924

12 October 1926 |  | National Workers' Party
4  |  | Kazimierz Młodzianowski
(1880–1928)
| 18 October 1926

4 July 1928 |  | Independent
5  |  | Wiktor Lamot
(1891–1959)
| 12 July 1929

18 November 1931 |  | Independent
6  |  | Stefan Kirtiklis
(1890–1951)
| 21 November 1931

14 July 1936 |  | Independent
7  |  | Władysław Raczkiewicz
(1885–1947)
| 17 July 1936

5 September 1939 |  | Independent

### Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia

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No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term  | Party

|
|
|
|

1  |  | Albert Forster
(1902–1952)
| 26 October 1939

27 March 1945 |  | Nazi Party

### Gdańsk Voivodeship (1945–1975)

[edit]

No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term  | Party

|
|
|
|

1  |  | Mieczysław Okęcki
(1882–1952)
| 30 March 1945

February 1946 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
2  |  | Stanisław Zrałek
(1907–1954)
| February 1946

May 1950 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
3  |  | Mieczysław Wągrowski
(1902–1967)
| 25 May 1950

28 March 1952 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
4  |  | Bolesław Geraga
(1912–1986)
| April 1952

February 1954 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
5  |  | Walenty Szeliga
(??–??)
| 4 March 1954

26 November 1956 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
6  |  | Józef Wołek
(1913–1985)
| 26 November 1956

16 November 1960 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
7  |  | Piotr Stolarek
(1908–1976)
| 1960

1969 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
8  |  | Tadeusz Bejm
(1929–1988)
| 1969

1972 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
9  |  | Henryk Śliwowski
(1920–1984)
| 1972

31 May 1975 |  | Polish United Workers' Party

### Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998)

[edit]

No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term  | Party

|
|
|
|

1  |  | Henryk Śliwowski
(1920–1984)
| 1 June 1975

15 January 1979 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
2  |  | Jerzy Kołodziejski
(1933–2001)
| 1979

1982 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
3  |  | Mieczysław Cygan
(1921–2006)
| 1982

1988 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
4  |  | Jerzy Jędykiewicz
(1946–living)
| 22 December 1988

3 August 1990 |  | Polish United Workers' Party
5  |  | Maciej Płażyński
(1958–2010)
| 4 August 1990

11 July 1996 |  | Independent
6  |  | Henryk Wojciechowski
(1948–living)
| July 1996

December 1997 |  | Democratic Left Alliance

### Pomeranian Voivodeship 1998-present

[edit]

No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term  | Party

|
|
|
|

1  |  | Tomasz Sowiński
(1965–living)
| 1 January 1998

20 October 2001 |  | Solidarity Electoral Action
2  |  | Jan Ryszard Kurylczyk
(1945–living)
| 20 October 2001

26 July 2004 |  | Democratic Left Alliance
3  |  | Cezary Dąbrowski
(1941–2023)
| 26 July 2004

24 January 2006 |  | Democratic Left Alliance
4  |  | Piotr Ołowski
(1963–living)
| 26 January 2006

26 February 2007 |  | Law & Justice
5  |  | Piotr Karczewski
(1964–living)
| 22 May 2007

29 November 2007 |  | Law & Justice
6  |  | Roman Zaborowski
(1956–living)
| 29 November 2007

25 October 2011 |  | Civic Platform
7  |  | Ryszard Stachurski
(1950–living)
| 12 December 2011

8 December 2015 |  | Civic Platform
8  |  | Dariusz Drelich
(1967–living)
| 12 December 2011

8 December 2015 |  | Law & Justice
9  |  | Beata Rutkiewicz
(1977–living)
| 20 December 2023

Incumbent |  | Independent

### Timeline since 1919

[edit]

Pomeranian Voivodeship Office in Gdańsk

## Economy

[edit]

Gdańsk seaport

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 29.2 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 5.9% of Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 20,800 euros or 69% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 74% of the EU average.[6]

### Major corporations

[edit]

Corporation name
Further information | Location | Kind of activity

|
|

Energa Gdańsk Power Generator [1] | Gdańsk  | energy supplies
Ergo Hestia [2] | Sopot  | insurance
Gdańsk Repair Yard[3] | Gdańsk  | repair shipyard
Gdynia Stocznia [4] | Gdynia  | shipyard
GE Capital Bank[5] | Gdańsk  | banking
Grupa LOTOS [6] | Gdańsk  | petroleum products
Intel Technology Poland [7] | Gdańsk  | hardware
International Paper Kwidzyn  [8] | Kwidzyn  | paper products
Lubiana [9] | Łubiana near Kościerzyna  | china-ware manufacturer
Philips Consumer Electronics | Kwidzyn  | electronics
Polpharma[10] | Starogard Gdański  | medicines
Prokom Software [11] | Gdynia  | software
Destylarnia Sobieski [12] | Starogard Gdański  | distillery
Elnord [13] | Gdańsk  | energy supplies
LPP [14] | Gdańsk  | designing and distributing clothes
Source:[7]

## Transport

[edit]

Gdynia Główna and Gdańsk Główny railway stations

* Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
* Obwodnica Trójmiejska

The A1, S6 and S7 highways pass through the province.

### Railway

[edit]

* Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna
* SKM

The three busiest railway stations of northern Poland, and three of ten busiest railway stations of Poland overall, are located in the voivodeship. Those are Gdynia Główna, Gdańsk Główny and Gdańsk Wrzeszcz.[8]

## Education

[edit]

Gdańsk University Faculty of Law, in Gdańsk-Przymorze Main building, Gdańsk University of Technology

### Higher education

[edit]

Name  | Location | Students
in thousands

|
|

total  | of which
women
Total | \-  | 97.9 | 55.3
Uniwersytet Gdański
(Gdańsk University)  | Tricity  | 29.3  | 19.4
Politechnika Gdańska
(Gdańsk University of Technology)  | Gdańsk  | 17.6  | 5.9
Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku
(Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk)  | Słupsk  | 8.1  | 6.0
Akademia Medyczna w Gdańsku
(Medical University of Gdańsk)  | Gdańsk  | 4.2  | 3.1
Akademia Wychowanie Fizycznego i Sportu w Gdańsku
(Gdańsk Sports Academy)  | Gdańsk  | 4.1  | 1.9
Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku
(Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts)  | Gdańsk  | 0.9  | 0.7
Akademia Marynarki Wojennej im. Bohaterów Westerplatte
(Polish Naval Academy)  | Gdynia  | .  | .
Akademia Morska w Gdyni
(Gdynia Maritime Academy)  | Gdynia  | .  | .
Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne
(Gdańsk Seminary)  | Gdańsk  | .  | .
Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku
(Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music, in Gdańsk)  | Gdańsk  | .  | .
Data as of 31 November 2005, source http://www.stat.gov.pl

## Protected areas

[edit]

Dunes, Słowiński National Park

Protected areas in Pomeranian Voivodeship include two National Parks and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

* Słowiński National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)
* Tuchola Forest National Park (part of a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)
* Coastal Landscape Park
* Iława Lake District Landscape Park (partly in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)
* Kashubian Landscape Park
* Słupia Valley Landscape Park
* Tricity Landscape Park
* Tuchola Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
* Vistula Spit Landscape Park
* Wdydze Landscape Park
* Zaborski Landscape Park

## Sports

[edit]

Ergo Arena on the boundary between Gdańsk and Sopot, home venue of the Trefl Sopot basketball team and Trefl Gdańsk volleyball team Gdynia Arena, home venue of the Arka Gdynia basketball teams and SPR Gdynia handball team Gdańsk Stadium, home venue of the Lechia Gdańsk football team

Football, basketball, motorcycle speedway and volleyball enjoy the largest following in the voivodeship. The Arka Gdynia and Lechia Gdańsk football clubs contest the Tricity Derby, the fiercest football rivalry in northern Poland.

Since the establishment of the province, several major international sports competitions were co-hosted by the province, including the EuroBasket 2009, UEFA Euro 2012, 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2016 European Men's Handball Championship, 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.

Professional sports teams  Club  | Sport  | League  | Trophies

|
|
|

Arka Gdynia | Basketball (men's)  | Polish Basketball League | 9 Polish Championships
4 Polish Cups
Trefl Sopot | Basketball (men's)  | Polish Basketball League | 1 Polish Championship (2024)
3 Polish Cups (2012, 2013, 2023)
Czarni Słupsk | Basketball (men's)  | Polish Basketball League | 0
SKS Starogard Gdański | Basketball (men's)  | I Liga | 1 Polish Cup (2011)
Decka Pelplin | Basketball (men's)  | I Liga | 0
Arka Gdynia | Basketball (women's)  | Basket Liga Kobiet | 13 Polish Championships
10 Polish Cups
Arka Gdynia | Football (men's)  | Ekstraklasa | 2 Polish Cups (1979, 2017)
Lechia Gdańsk | Football (men's)  | Ekstraklasa | 2 Polish Cups (1983, 2019)
Chojniczanka Chojnice | Football (men's)  | II liga | 0
APLG Gdańsk | Football (women's)  | Ekstraliga | 0
Pogoń Tczew | Football (women's)  | Ekstraliga | 0
Wybrzeże Gdańsk | Speedway  | I liga | 0
MMTS Kwidzyn | Handball (men's)  | Superliga | 0
Wybrzeże Gdańsk | Handball (men's)  | Superliga | 10 Polish Championships
KPR Żukowo | Handball (men's)  | Liga Centralna  | 0
SPR Gdynia | Handball (women's)  | Liga Centralna  | 2 Polish Championships (2012, 2017)
3 Polish Cups (2014, 2015, 2016)
Trefl Gdańsk | Volleyball (men's)  | PlusLiga | 2 Polish Cups (2015, 2018)
Ogniwo Sopot | Rugby union | Ekstraliga | 11 Polish Championships
10 Polish Cups
RC Arka Gdynia | Rugby union | Ekstraliga | 4 Polish Championships
1 Polish Cup (2010)
RC Lechia Gdańsk | Rugby union | Ekstraliga | 13 Polish Championships
12 Polish Cups

## Curiosities

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Malbork Castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Historic Monument of Poland

* There are two spa towns in the province: Sopot and Ustka.
* The provincial capital of Gdańsk was the largest city of Poland for over 250 years, from the mid-15th century to the early 18th century, when it was surpassed by the national capital of Warsaw. Gdańsk has five sites listed as Historic Monuments of Poland, a joint record with Kraków, including its historic city center.[9]
* There are numerous castles in the province, and the Kwidzyn and Malbork castles are listed as Historic Monuments of Poland,[10][11] with the latter also designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* The longest wooden pier in Europe, the Sopot Pier, is located in the voivodeship.
* In 1380, the first Scots settled in Gdańsk, founding what would eventually become a significant Scottish diaspora in Poland, and later on, Scots also lived in Chojnice, Czarne, Człuchów, Debrzno, Gniew, Kościerzyna, Puck, Starogard Gdański, Tczew.[12] The Stare Szkoty neighbourhood of Gdańsk is named after the Scottish settlers.
* One of the three parish churches of the Armenian Catholic Church in Poland is located in Gdańsk (see also: Armenians in Poland).
* The voivodeship features several places where major international treaties were signed in the past, i.e. the Dano-Polish truce of 1458 and Polish-Swedish alliance of 1677, both signed in Gdańsk,[13][14] the Polish-Swedish truces of 1629 and 1635 signed in Stary Targ and Sztumska Wieś, respectively, and the peace treaty ending the Second Northern War of 1655–1660.
* Sztutowo is the location of the former Stutthof concentration camp, the first Nazi German concentration camp established outside of pre-war Germany during World War II.
* The Westerplatte peninsula in Gdańsk was the site of the Battle of Westerplatte, the first battle of the German invasion of Poland and World War II, and is now designated a Historic Monument of Poland.[15]
* During World War II, the Stalag II-B and Stalag XX-B major prisoner-of-war camps for Polish, British, French, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian, American, Australian, New Zealander, Canadian, Senegalese, Malagasy, Tunisian, Moroccan, Algerian and other Allied POWs were operated in the territory by Nazi Germany. There are cemeteries of the POWs at the sites in Czarne and Malbork.
* There are numerous memorials at the sites of Nazi massacres of Poles from World War II, including the largest massacres in Piaśnica, Szpęgawsk and Chojnice.
* The Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of four first-level administrative divisions containing the name of the region of Pomerania, the other being the neighbouring West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.

## References

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6. ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10.
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10. ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 20 kwietnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Kwidzyn - zespół katedralno-zamkowy", Dz. U., 2018, No. 930
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Counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties|

* Gdańsk (capital)
* Gdynia
* Słupsk
* Sopot

Land counties|

* Bytów
* Chojnice
* Człuchów
* Gdańsk
* Kartuzy
* Kościerzyna
* Kwidzyn
* Lębork
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Voivodeships of Poland

* Greater Poland
* Kuyavian–Pomeranian
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* Łódź
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* Masovian
* Opole
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* West Pomeranian

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Geography of Pomerania

Regions|

| Current|

* Western Pomerania
* Farther Pomerania
* Pomerelia
* Gdańsk Pomerania
* Kashubia
* Kociewie
* Tuchola Forest
* Chełmno Land
* Michałów Land
* Lubawa Land

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Former|

* Circipania
* Lauenburg and Bütow Land
* Lands of Schlawe and Stolp

Administration|

* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* Brandenburg
* West Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Pomerania Euroregion

Cities and towns|

* Anklam
* Barth
* Demmin
* Gartz
* Greifswald
* Grudziądz
* Heringsdorf
* Kołobrzeg
* Koszalin
* Ribnitz-Damgarten
* Sagard
* Sassnitz
* Słupsk
* Stargard
* Starogard Gdański
* Stralsund
* Świnoujście
* Szczecin
* Tczew
* Toruń
* Tricity metro
* Gdańsk
* Gdynia
* Sopot
* Ueckermünde
* Wejherowo
* Wolgast
* Zingst

* List of towns in Western Pomerania
* List of towns in Farther Pomerania
* List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania
* A–H
* I–P
* Q–Z

Inhabited islands|

* Kirr
* Hiddensee
* Ummanz
* Dänholm
* Rügen
* Öhe
* Riems
* Vilm
* Greifswalder Oie
* Görmitz
* Usedom
* Karsibór
* Wolin
* Wolińska Kępa
* Chrząszczewska
* Pucka
* Grodzka
* Kępa Parnicka
* Zaleskie Łęgi
* Zielona
* Łasztownia
* Ostrów Grabowski
* Salt Island
* Młyńska Island
* Port
* Ołowianka
* Ostrów
* Sobieszewo

Peninsulae and headlands|

* Darß-Zingst
* Jasmund
* Hel
* Mönchgut
* Reddevitz Höft
* Rewa Sandbar
* Cape Rozewie
* Cape Rzucewo
* Westerplatte
* Wittow
* Cape Arkona
* Bug
* Schaabe
* Zudar
* Palmer Ort

Rivers|

* Brda
* Drawa
* Drwęca
* Dziwna
* Grabowa
* Gwda
* Ina
* Łeba
* Motława
* Oder
* West
* East
* Regalica
* Parsęta
* Peene
* Peenestrom
* Piaśnica
* Płonia
* Radunia
* Randow
* Recknitz
* Reda
* Rega
* Ryck
* Słupia
* Świna
* Tollense
* Trebel
* Uecker
* Vistula
* Leniwka
* Śmiała Wisła
* Martwa Wisła
* Przekop Canal
* Wda
* Wieprza
* Wierzyca

Lakes|

* Charzykowskie Lake
* Dąbie Lake
* Drawsko Lake
* Gardno Lake
* Jamno Lake
* Lake Kummerow
* Łebsko Lake
* Miedwie Lake
* Raduńskie Lake
* Wdzydze Lake
* Wicko Lake

Bays, lagoons|

* Achterwasser
* Balmer See
* Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain
* Bodstedter Bodden
* Barther Bodden
* Grabow
* Bay of Gdańsk
* Bay of Puck
* Bay of Pomerania
* Bay of Greifswald
* Rügischer Bodden
* Hagensche Wiek
* Having
* Wreecher See
* Kamieński Lagoon
* North Rügen Bodden
* Wieker Bodden
* Rassower Strom
* Großer Jasmunder Bodden
* Kleiner Jasmunder Bodden
* Prorer Wiek
* Szczecin Lagoon
* Nowe Warpno Bay
* Neuwarper See
* Tromper Wiek
* West Rügen Bodden
* Vitter Bodden
* Schaproder Bodden
* Udarser Wiek
* Kubitzer Bodden
* Liebitz

National parks|

* Western Pomerania Lagoon Area
* Jasmund
* Lower Oder Valley
* Wolin
* Drawa
* Slovincian
* Bory Tucholskie

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History of Pomerania

* 10,000 BC - 600 AD
* 600-1100
* 1100-1300
* 1300-1500
* 1500-1806
* 1806-1933
* 1933-1945
* 1945-present

Administrative

Western Pomerania

* Billung March
* Northern March
* Principality of Rügen
* Duchy of Pomerania
* House of Pomerania
* List of dukes
* Gützkow
* Partitions
* Pomerania-Demmin
* Pomerania-Stettin
* Pomerania-Schlawe
* Pomerania-Wolgast
* Pomerania-Stolp
* Pomerania-Neustettin
* Pomerania-Stargard
* Pomerania-Rügenwalde
* Pomerania-Wolgast-Stolp
* Pomerania-Barth
* Swedish Pomerania
* Province of Pomerania 1815-1945
* Stettin Region
* Stralsund Region
* List of placenames
* Enclave of Police
* Szczecin Voivodeship 1946–1975
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1946–1952
* Bezirk Frankfurt
* Bezirk Neubrandenburg
* Bezirk Rostock
* Szczecin Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Contemporary
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* Brandenburg
* West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Farther Pomerania

* Duchy of Pomerania
* House of Pomerania
* List of dukes
* Cammin
* Schlawe-Stolp
* Partitions
* Pomerania-Stolp
* Brandenburgian Pomerania
* Starostwo of Draheim
* Province of Pomerania 1815-1945
* Stettin Region
* Köslin Region
* List of placenames
* Szczecin Voivodeship 1946–1975
* Koszalin Voivodeship 1950–1975
* Szczecin Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Koszalin Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Słupsk Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Contemporary
* West Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lauenburg-Bütow
classified as
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* Duchy of Pomerania
* House of Pomerania
* List of dukes
* Partitions
* Royal Prussia
* Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Lauenburg-Bütow Pawn
* Brandenburgian Pomerania
* Lauenburg and Bütow Land
* Province of Pomerania 1815–1945
* Köslin Region
* Szczecin Voivodeship 1946–1975
* Koszalin Voivodeship 1950–1975
* Słupsk Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Contemporary
* Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomerelia
(Kashubia,
Kociewie,
Tuchola Forest,
Chełmno Land)|

* Polish Pomerelia
* Danish Pomerelia
* Duchy of Eastern Pomerania
* Samborides
* Duchy of Gdańsk
* Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo
* Duchy of Białogarda
* Duchy of Lubiszewo
* Duchy of Świecie
* State of the Teutonic Order
* Royal Prussia 1466–1793
* Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Chełmno Voivodeship
* Free City of Danzig 1807–1814
* West Prussia
* Posen-West Prussia Region
* Pomeranian Voivodeship 1919-1939 (Polish Corridor)
* Free City of Danzig 1920-1939
* Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia
* Gdańsk Voivodeship 1946–1975
* Bydgoszcz Voivodeship 1946–1975
* Szczecin Voivodeship 1946–1975
* Koszalin Voivodeship 1950–1975
* Gdańsk Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Koszalin Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Słupsk Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Bydgoszcz Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Toruń Voivodeship 1975–1998
* Contemporary
* Pomeranian Voivodeship
* West Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Gmina Biały Bór
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ecclesiastical

| Roman Catholic|

| Historical|

* Christianization of Pomerania
* Diocese of Wollin/Cammin
* Diocese of Kolberg
* Diocese of Chełmno
* Diocese of Roskilde
* Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany
* Prince-Episcopal Delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania
* Apostolic Administration of the Free City of Danzig
* Apostolic Administration of Tütz
* Prelature of Schneidemühl
* Apostolic Administration of Kamień (Cammin), Lubusz (Lebus) and the Prelature of Piła (Schneidemühl) with see in Gorzów Wielkopolski 1945–1972

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Extant|

* Archdiocese of Berlin
* Diocese of Bydgoszcz
* Archdiocese of Gdańsk
* Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
* Diocese of Pelplin
* Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień
* Diocese of Toruń
* Diocese of Włocławek

Protestant|

| Historical|

* Protestant Reformation

* Evangelical State Church in Prussia
* Pomeranian Evangelical Church

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Extant|

* Protestant Church in Germany
* Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
* Lutheran Diocese of Mecklenburg and Pomerania
* Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany
* Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
* Lutheran Diocese of Pomerania-Greater Poland
* Lutheran Diocese of Wrocław
* Pentecostal Church in Poland

Demography and anthropology

| Archaeological cultures|

* Hamburg
* Maglemosian
* Ertebølle-Ellerbek
* Linear Pottery
* Funnelbeaker
* Havelland
* Corded Ware
* Comb Ceramic
* Nordic Bronze Age
* Lusatian
* Jastorf
* Pomeranian
* Oksywie
* Wielbark
* Gustow
* Dębczyn (Denzin)

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Peoples|

* Gepids
* Goths
* Lemovii
* Rugii
* Vidivarii
* Vistula Veneti
* Slavic Pomeranians
* Prissani
* Rani
* Ukrani
* Veleti
* Lutici
* Velunzani
* German Pomeranians
* Kashubians
* Poles
* Slovincians

Major demographic events|

* Migration Period
* Ostsiedlung
* WWII flight and expulsion of Germans
* Post-WWII settlement of Poles and Ukrainians

Languages and dialects|

| West Germanic|

* Low German
* Low Prussian
* Central Pomeranian
* Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch
* East Pomeranian
* West Pomeranian
* Standard German

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West Slavic|

* Polabian
* Polish
* Pomeranian
* Kashubian
* Slovincian

Treaties

| 1200-1500|

* Kremmen (1236)
* Landin (1250)
* Kępno (1282)
* Soldin (1309)
* Templin (1317)
* Ueckermünde (1327)
* Kalisz (1343)
* Stralsund (1354)
* Stralsund (1370)
* Pyzdry (1390)
* Raciążek (1404)
* Thorn, First (1411)
* Eberswalde, First (1415)
* Melno (1422)
* Perleberg (1427)
* Eberswalde, Second (1427)
* Łęczyca (1433)
* Brześć Kujawski (1435)
* Soldin (1466)
* Thorn, Second (1466)
* Prenzlau (1448/1468/1472/1479)
* Pyritz (1493)

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1500-1700|

* Thorn (1521)
* Kraków (1525)
* Grimnitz (1529)
* Augsburg (1555)
* Lublin (1569)
* Stettin (1570)
* Franzburg (1627)
* Stettin (1630)
* Westphalia (1648)
* Stettin (1653)
* Labiau (1656)
* Wehlau and Bromberg (1657)
* Oliva (1660)
* Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679)
* Lund (1679)

1700-present|

* Stockholm (1719 / 1720)
* Frederiksborg (1720)
* Polish Partitions Treaties (1772/1773, 1793, 1795)
* Tilsit (1807)
* Kiel (1814)
* Vienna (1815)
* North German Confederation Treaty (1866)
* Peace of Prague (1866)
* Versailles (1919)
* Polish Concordat (1925)
* Prussian Concordat (1929)
* Reichskonkordat (1933)
* Molotov–Ribbentrop (1939)
* Potsdam (1945)
* Zgorzelec (1951)
* Moscow (1970)
* Warsaw (1970)
* Helsinki Accords (1975)
* Polish-East German Maritime Border Agreement (1989)
* Two Plus Four (1990)
* German Reunification Treaty (1990)
* German–Polish Border Treaty (1991)
* Treaty of Good Neighbourship (1991)
* Polish Concordat (1993)
* Convention on the International Commission on the Protection of the Oder against Pollution (1996)
* Treaty of Accession 2003

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Geographic|

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