Warszawa Land

Warszawa Land (Polish: ziemia warszawska), named after Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa), was an administrative unit (ziemia) of the Duchy of Mazovia, Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With its capital in Warsaw, it belonged to Masovian Voivodeship. Warszawa Land was divided into three counties: Warszawa, Tarczyn and Blonie.

The boundaries of Warszawa Land were established in the 14th century, and remained unchanged until the Partitions of Poland. Its total area was 2860 km², and in the 16th century, its southwestern corner was densely populated by poor szlachtas. Warsaw was located in the middle of the province.

Sources

Adolf Pawiński: Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym. T. 5: Mazowsze. Warszawa: Księgarnia Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1895

historical lands of Masovia

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

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	Lauenburg and Bütow Land Duchy of Prussia Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

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