Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)
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The Pomeranian Voivodeship or Pomorskie Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Pomorskie) was an administrative unit of Interwar poland (from 1919 to 1939). It ceased to function in September 1939, following the German and Soviet invasion of Poland.
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Pomeranian Voivodeship | |||||||||
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Voivodeship of Poland | |||||||||
1919–1939 | |||||||||
Location of the Pomeranian Voivodeship (so-called "Greater Pomerania") (red) within the Second Polish Republic (1938). | |||||||||
Capital | Toruń | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1921 | 16,386 km2 (6,327 sq mi) | ||||||||
• 1939 | 28,402 km2 (10,966 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1921 | 935,643 | ||||||||
• 1931 | 1,080,138 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• Type | Voivodeship | ||||||||
Voivodes | |||||||||
• 1919–1920 | Stefan Łaszewski | ||||||||
• 1936–1939 | Władysław Raczkiewicz | ||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | 12 August 1919 | ||||||||
1 April 1938 | |||||||||
September 1939 | |||||||||
Political subdivisions | 28 powiats | ||||||||
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Today part of | Poland |
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Most of the territory of Pomeranian province became part of the current Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, of which one of two capitals is the same as the interwar voivodeship's Toruń; the second one is Bydgoszcz.
The name Pomerania derives from the Slavic po more, meaning "by the sea" or "on the sea".[1]