Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)
| Pomeranian Voivodeship Palatinatus Pomeranensis Województwo pomorskie |
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| Voivodeship of Poland¹ Part of Royal Prussia |
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| Capital | Skarszewy | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Prussian Uprising | 21 February 1454 | |||
| • | 2nd Peace of Thorn | 1 October 1466 | |||
| • | Union of Lublin | 1 July 1569 | |||
| • | First Partition of Poland | 5 August 1772 | |||
| Area | 12,907 km2(4,983 sq mi) | ||||
| Political subdivisions | counties: 8 | ||||
| ¹ Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland before 1569. |
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The Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo pomorskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1454/1466 until the First partition of Poland in 1772. From 1613 the capital was at Skarszewy.
The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means Land at the Sea.
The voivodeship comprised the eastern lands of the historic Pomerania region, which since the Teutonic takeover of Gdańsk in 1308 had been held by the State of the Teutonic Order. After the 1454 uprising of the Prussian Confederation and the Thirteen Years' War, the area fell back to the Polish Crown according to the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466. Together with the Chełmno (former Kulmerland) and Malbork (Marienburg) voivodeships and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia (Ermland) it formed the autonomous province of Royal Prussia. The autonomy of the region was later abolished as a result of the Union of Lublin in 1569 and the area was incorporated into the Polish Crown.
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