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voivodships of poland - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (435 words) |
 | A voivodship (in Polish wojewdztwo) is a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland since the 14th century. |
| The three smallest voivodships: Warsaw, Cracow and Lodz had a special status of municipal voivodship; the city president (mayor) was also province governor. |
| In 1950 new voivodships were created: Koszalin - previously part of Szczecin, Opole - previously part of Katowice, and Zielona Gra - previously part of Poznań, Wrocław and Szczecin voivodships. |
| Article about "Voivodships of Poland" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (449 words) |
| As a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998, 16 new voivodships were created (effective January 1 1999) and replaced the 49 voivodships which had existed since 1 July 1975. |
| The three smallest voivodships: Warsaw, Cracow and Lodz had a special status of city voivodship; the city president (mayor) was also province governor. |
| Newly acquired teritories in the west and north organized into the voivodships of Szczecin, Wroclaw, Olsztyn and partly joined to Gdansk, Katowice and Poznan voivodships. |
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