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Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919-1939)

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Województwo Pomorskie
Voivodeship of Poland

1919–1939

Coat of arms of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Coat of arms

Location of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Location of the Pomeranian Voivodeship (red)
within the Second Polish Republic (1938).
Capital Toruń
Government Voivodeship
Voivodes
 •  1919–1920 Stefan Łaszewski
 •  1936–1939 Władysław Raczkiewicz
Historical era Interwar period
 •  Established 12 August 1919
 •  Territorial changes 1 April 1938
 •  Annexed by Germany September 1939
Area
 •  1921 16,386 km2(6,327 sq mi)
 •  1939 28,402 km2(10,966 sq mi)
Population
 •  1921 935,643 
Density 57.1 /km2  (147.9 /sq mi)
 •  1931 1,884,400 
Political subdivisions 28 powiats

Coat of arms of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Coat of arms

The Pomeranian Voivodeship or Pomorskie Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Pomorskie) was an administrative unit of inter-war Poland (from 1919–1939). It ceased to exist in September 1939, following the German and Soviet invasion of Poland.

Most of its territory became part of current Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, of which one of two capitals is the same as the interwar voivodeship's (Toruń); the second one is Bydgoszcz.

The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means Land at the Sea.

This was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (II Rzeczpospolita) established in 1919 after World War I from the majority of the Prussian province of West Prussia(made out of territories taken in Partitions of Poland which was returned to Poland. Toruń was the capital. In 1938–1939, the voivodeship extended to the south at the expense of Poznań Voivodeship and Warsaw Voivodeship, and was called Great Pomerania afterwards (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938).


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