Voivodeship
A Voivodeship, also spelled Voivodship, Voivodina or Vojvodina (Romanian: voievodat, Polish: województwo, Serbian: vojvodina (војводина), vojvodstvo (војводство) or vojvodovina (војводовина), Hungarian: vajdaság, Lithuanian: vaivadija, Latin Palatinatus in Poland), is a geographical unit of administration dating to medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a voivod (voivode, wojewoda). The voivod (literal translation: "the one who leads the warriors", equivalent to Dux Exercituum / Herzog) was initially the military commander next to the ruler.
The term voivodeship is used in the native languages for the 16 voivodeships of Poland, and for the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia, and has found its way into English in some of the larger dictionaries such as the OED and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, though it is not in common usage. Depending on the historical context in which it is used, it is translated variously as duchy, province, palatinate, or administrative district. The appropriate translation in modern usage is "administrative district", although "province" also functions as an adequate and more usable equivalent.
List of Voivodeships
Modern
- Serbia:
- Poland:
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Łódź Voivodeship
- Lublin Voivodeship
- Lubusz Voivodeship
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship
- Masovian Voivodeship
- Opole Voivodeship
- Subcarpathian Voivodeship
- Podlachian Voivodeship
- Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Silesian Voivodeship
- Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
- Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
- Greater Poland Voivodeship
- West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Historical
- Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Romania and Republic of Moldova:
- Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Serbia:
- Voivodeship of Salan (9th-10th century)
- Voivodeship of Sermon (11th century)
- Voivodeship of Syrmia of Radoslav Čelnik (1527-1530)
- Serbian Voivodina (1848-1849)
- Voivodina of Serbia and Tamiš Banat (1849-1860)
- Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Romania and Serbia:
- Voivodeship of Glad (9th-10th century)
- Voivodeship of Ahtum (11th century)
- Voivodeships in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795)
- Poznań Voivodeship
- Kalisz Voivodeship
- Gniezno Voivodeship
- Sieradz Voivodeship
- Łęczyca Voivodeship
- Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
- Inowrocław Voivodeship
- Chełmno Voivodeship
- Malbork Voivodeship
- Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Płock Voivodeship
- Rawa Voivodeship
- Masovian Voivodeship
- Kraków Voivodeship
- Sandomierz Voivodeship
- Lublin Voivodeship
- Podlasie Voivodeship
- Ruthenian Voivodeship
- Bełz Voivodeship
- Wolhynia Voivodeship
- Podole Voivodeship
- Bracław Voivodeship
- Kijów Voivodeship
- Czernihów Voivodeship
- Voivodeships in the historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania:
- Voivodeships in the historical Duchy of Livonia:
- Wenden Voivodship (1598-1620)
- Dorpat Voivodship (1598-1620)
- Parnava Voivodship (1598-1620)
- Livonian Voivodship (since 1620s)
- Voivodeships of Poland (1921-1939):
- Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
- Białystok Voivodeship
- Kielce Voivodeship
- Kraków Voivodeship
- Łódź Voivodeship
- Lublin Voivodeship
- Lwów Voivodeship
- Nowogródek Voivodeship
- Polesie Voivodeship
- Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Poznań Voivodeship
- Stanisławów Voivodeship
- Tarnopol Voivodeship
- Volhynian Voivodeship
- Warsaw Voivodeship
- Wilno Voivodeship
- Voivodeships of Poland (1945-1975):
- Białystok Voivodeship
- Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
- Gdańsk Voivodeship
- Katowice Voivodeship
- Kielce Voivodeship
- Koszalin Voivodeship
- Kraków Voivodeship
- Łódź Voivodeship
- Lublin Voivodeship
- Olsztyn Voivodeship
- Opole Voivodeship
- Poznań Voivodeship
- Rzeszów Voivodeship
- Szczecin Voivodeship
- Warsaw Voivodeship
- Wrocław Voivodeship
- Zielona Góra Voivodeship
- Voivodeships of Poland (1975-1998):
- Biała Podlaska Voivodeship
- Białystok Voivodeship
- Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship
- Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
- Chełm Voivodeship
- Ciechanów Voivodeship
- Częstochowa Voivodeship
- Elbląg Voivodeship
- Gdańsk Voivodeship
- Gorzów Voivodeship
- Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
- Kalisz Voivodeship
- Katowice Voivodeship
- Kielce Voivodeship
- Konin Voivodeship
- Koszalin Voivodeship
- Kraków Voivodeship
- Krosno Voivodeship
- Legnica Voivodeship
- Leszno Voivodeship
- Łódź Voivodeship
- Łomża Voivodeship
- Lublin Voivodeship
- Nowy Sacz Voivodeship
- Olsztyn Voivodeship
- Opole Voivodeship
- Ostrołęka Voivodeship
- Piotrków Voivodeship
- Piła Voivodeship
- Poznań Voivodeship
- Przemyśl Voivodeship
- Płock Voivodeship
- Radom Voivodeship
- Rzeszów Voivodeship
- Siedlce Voivodeship
- Sieradz Voivodeship
- Skierniewice Voivodeship
- Suwałki Voivodeship
- Szczecin Voivodeship
- Słupsk Voivodeship
- Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship
- Tarnów Voivodeship
- Toruń Voivodeship
- Warsaw Voivodeship
- Wałbrzych Voivodeship
- Wrocław Voivodeship
- Włocławek Voivodeship
- Zamość Voivodeship
- Zielona Góra Voivodeship
See also
| Polish terms for country subdivisions | |
|---|---|
| National / Urban / Rural | voivodeship · powiat · gmina / dzielnica · osiedle / sołectwo |
| Historical | departament · gromada · gubernia · jurydyka · księstwo · obwód · okręg · rejencja · prowincja · starostwo · ziemia |
| Slavic terms for country subdivisions |
|---|
|
gmina · krai · kraj · krajina ·
pokrajina · opština · općina · obshtina · obec ·
oblast · oblast' · oblasti · oblys · okręg ·
okres · okrug
· powiat · raion ·
voivodeship · vojvodina · župa ·
županija Historical terms |
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