voivodeship
Sign in to saveA voivodeship ( ) or voivodate is the area administered by a voivode (governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval states, much as the title of voivode was equivalent to that of a duke. Other roughly equivalent titles and areas in medieval Eastern Europe included ban (bojan, vojin or bayan) and banate.
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- Terminology
- Historical voivodeships
- in Southeastern Europe
- In Poland and Lithuania
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Congress Poland (1816–37)
- Second Polish Republic
- Poland 1945–75
- Poland 1975–98
- References
A voivodeship ( ) or voivodate is the area administered by a voivode (governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval states, much as the title of voivode was equivalent to that of a duke. Other roughly equivalent titles and areas in medieval Eastern Europe included ban (bojan, vojin or bayan) and banate.
In a modern context, the word normally refers to one of the provinces () of Poland. , Poland has 16 voivodeships.
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