Leszno Voivodeship

Leszno Voivodeship

Leszno Voivodeship (Polish: województwo leszczyńskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its capital city was Leszno.

Major cities and towns (population in 1995)

Leszno (61,300)
Kościan (24,600)
Rawicz (21,500)
Gostyń (20,600)

Voivodeships of Poland 1975–1998

Biała Podlaska Białystok Bielsko-Biała Bydgoszcz Chełm Ciechanów Częstochowa Elbląg Gdańsk Gorzów Wielkopolski Jelenia Góra Kalisz Katowice Kielce Konin Koszalin Kraków Krosno Legnica Leszno Lublin Łomża Łódź Nowy Sącz Olsztyn Opole Ostrołęka Piła Piotrków Płock Poznań Przemyśl Radom Rzeszów Siedlce Sieradz Skierniewice Słupsk Suwałki Szczecin Tarnobrzeg Tarnów Toruń Wałbrzych Warsaw Włocławek Wrocław Zamość Zielona Góra

Historical administrative divisions of Greater Poland

12–13th century	Duchy of Greater Poland

until 1768	Poznań / Kalisz Voivodeships

until 1793	Poznań / Kalisz / Gniezno Voivodeships Netze District

until 1806	South Prussia

until 1815	Poznań / Kalisz / Bydgoszcz Departments

until 1837 1848	Kalisz Voivodeship Grand Duchy of Posen

until 1918	Province of Posen Kalisz / Warsaw Governorates

until 1939	Poznań / Łódź Voivodeships Posen-West Prussia

until 1945	Reichsgau Wartheland

until 1975	Poznań Voivodeship

until 1998	Poznań / Kalisz / Leszno / Konin / Piła Voivodeships

since 1998	Greater Poland Voivodeship

Coordinates: 51°50′38″N 16°34′32″E / 51.843871°N 16.575593°E / 51.843871; 16.575593

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Leszno Voivodeship

Major cities and towns (population in 1995)

See also