Chełmno Voivodeship
| Chełmno Voivodeship Palatinatus Culmensis Województwo chełmińskie |
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| Voivodeship of Poland¹ Part of Royal Prussia (until 1772) |
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 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Capital | Chełmno | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Prussian uprising | 1454 | |||
| • | 2nd Peace of Thorn | 9 October 1466 | |||
| • | Union of Lublin | 1569 | |||
| • | 1st Polish partition | 1772 | |||
| • | 2nd Polish partition | 1793 | |||
| Area | 4,654 km2(1,797 sq mi) | ||||
| Political subdivisions | Two lands divided into 7 counties | ||||
| ¹ Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland before 1569. |
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The Chełmno Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo chełmińskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 1454/1466 until the Partitions of Poland in 1772/1795. Together with the Pomeranian and Malbork Voivodeships and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia it formed the historical province of Royal Prussia. Its capital was at Chełmno (German: Kulm).
The Land of Chełmno (later known in German as Kulmerland) had been part of the Polish Duchy of Masovia since 1138. It was occupied by pagan Old Prussian tribes in 1216, who struggled against their Christianization instigated by Bishop Christian of Oliva. After several unsuccessful attempts to reconquer Chełmno, Duke Konrad I of Masovia in 1226 called for support by the Teutonic Knights, who indeed approached and started a Prussian campaign, after the duke promised them the unshared possession of the Chełmno territory as part of the Order's State.
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