Wizna Land

Wizna Land (Polish: ziemia wiska), named after the town of Wizna, was an administrative unit (ziemia) of the Duchy of Mazovia, Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With its capital in Wizna, it belonged to Masovian Voivodeship. In the 16th century, Wizna Land was divided into two counties: Wizna (area 555 km²) and Wasosz (area 863 km²). The total area of Wizna Land was 1419 km², with 280 villages.

Wizna Land was located in the extreme northeastern corner of the Duchy of Mazovia. Until the Union of Krewo, it was frequently raided by the Lithuanians and the Yotvingians. The starosta resided in Wizna, and the province existed until the Partitions of Poland.

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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