Kalisz Voivodeship - The Greater Poland Divisions

The Greater Poland Divisions

  • Greater Poland (geo-political division of Poland)
  • Dukes of Greater Poland (12th-13th centuries)
  • Poznań Voivodeship (14th c.-1793)
  • Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
  • South Prussia (1793–1806)
  • Duchy of Warsaw (1806–1815)
  • Grand Duchy of Poznań (1815–1918)
  • Poznań Voivodeship (1918–1939)
  • Reichsgau Wartheland (1939–1945)
  • Poznań Voivodeship (1945–1998)
  • Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999)
  • Poznań (city)

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