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Kielce Voivodeship (1919–39)

Kielce Voivodeship
Województwo kieleckie
Voivodeship of Poland

 

1919–1939
 

Coat of arms of Kielce

Coat of arms

Location of Kielce
Location of the Kielce Voivodeship (red)
within the Second Polish Republic, 1938.
Capital Kielce
Government Voivodeship
Voivode
 •  1919–1923 Stanisław Franciszek Pękosławski
 •  1934–1939 Władysław Dziadosz
History
 •  Established 14 August 1919
 •  Annexed by Germany September 1939
Area
 •  1921 25,741 km2(9,939 sq mi)
 •  1939 22,204 km2(8,573 sq mi)
Population
 •  1921 2,535,898 
Density 98.5 /km2  (255.2 /sq mi)
 •  1931 2,671,000 
Political subdivisions 18 powiats

Coat of arms of Kielce

Coat of arms

Kielce Voivodeship (Polish: województwo kieleckie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921–1939. At that time, it covered northern counties of the historic province of Lesser Poland, including such cities as Radom, and Sosnowiec. On April 1, 1938, its borders changed, see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938. Capital city: Kielce.

In early 1939, Voivodeship's area was 22 204 square kilometers. It was located in central Poland, bordering Germany and Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Łódź Voivodeship and Warsaw Voivodeship to the north, Lublin Voivodeship and Lwów Voivodeship to the east and Kraków Voivodeship to the south. Landscape was flat in the northern part and hilly in mid and south, with the Swietokrzyskie Mountains located in the heart of the area. Forests covered 21.2%, with the national average 22.2% (as for January 1, 1937).


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