Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)
| Lublin Voivodeship Palatinatus Lublinensis Województwo Lubelskie |
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| Voivodeship of Poland | |||||
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 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635 |
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| Capital | Lublin | ||||
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| • | Established | 1474 | |||
| • | Third partition | October 24, 1795 | |||
| Area | 10,230 km2(3,950 sq mi) | ||||
| Political subdivisions | counties: 3 | ||||
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Lublin Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus Lublinensis; Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland created in 1474 out of three eastern counties of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting until the Partitions of Poland in 1795. Together with Sandomierz Voivodeship and Kraków Voivodeship, it was part of historic Lesser Poland (see Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown). Lublin Voivodeship had two senators in the Senate of the Kingdom of Poland: the Voivode and the Castellan of Lublin. Local sejmiks took place in Lublin.
The entire area of the voivodeship was located east of the Vistula river, and its boundaries did not change from the time of its creation (1474), until its dissolution by Austrian authorities in 1795, after the third and final partition of Poland. After 1795, the entire Lublin Voivodeship became part of Austrian province of West Galicia. In 1809, former Lublin Voivodeship was annexed by the Duchy of Warsaw (since 1815 – Russian-controlled Congress Kingdom). Among major towns of contemporary Poland, which belonged to the voivodeship are Biłgoraj, Kraśnik, Lubartów, Leczna, Opole Lubelskie, Łuków, Parczew, Puławy, Radzyń Podlaski, Siedlce, and Świdnik.
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