Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939)
| Poznań Voivodeship Województwo Poznańskie |
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| Voivodeship of Poland | |||||
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 within the Second Republic of Poland (1938). |
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| Capital |
Poznań 52°24′N 16°55′E / 52.400°N 16.917°ECoordinates: 52°24′N 16°55′E / 52.400°N 16.917°E |
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| Voivode | |||||
| • | Aug–October 1919 (first) | Wojciech Trąmpczyński | |||
| • | September 1939 (last) | Cyryl Ratajski | |||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1 August 1919 | |||
| • | Territorial changes | 1 April 1938 | |||
| • | Annexed | 12 September 1939 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1921 | 26,528 km2(10,243 sq mi) | |||
| • | 1939 | 28,089 km2(10,845 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1921 | 1,967,865 | |||
| Density | 74.2 /km2 (192.1 /sq mi) | ||||
| • | 1931 | 2,339,600 | |||
| Density | 88.2 /km2 (228.4 /sq mi) | ||||
Poznań Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1921–1939, created after World War I from the Prussian-German province of Poznań (Province of Posen). The borders were changed in 1939: the city of Bydgoszcz passed to the Pomeranian Voivodeship, but some Eastern areas were included (see Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938).
During World War II, it was occupied by Nazi Germany and annexed as Reichsgau Wartheland "(Reich province of the Land of the Warta River)". Poles and Jews were classified by German authorities as untermenschen and subjected to imprisonment, slavery and extermination.
Between April 1, 1938 and September 1, 1939, the Voivodeship's area was 28 089 km², and its population - 2 339 600 (according to the 1931 Polish census). It consisted of 29 powiats (the highest number in Poland, however, most of them were very small, both in area and population), 100 towns (the highest number in Poland) and 237 villages. Railroad density was high, with 10.1 km. per 100 km² (total length of railroads within the Voivodeship's area was 2 684 km., the highest in the whole country). Forests covered 19.8% of the Voivodeship, which was lower than the national average (in 1937 the average was 22.2%).
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