Lublin Voivodeship

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Województwo lubelskie


Flag	Coat of arms

Capital city

Lublin

Area

25,155 km²

Population (2006)
- Density

2,185,000
87/km²

Powiats
- Urban counties
- Land counties

4
20

Communes

213

Potocki's Palace in Międzyrzec Podlaski

Old chapel

Krzna river

Lublin Voivodeship (Polish: województwo lubelskie) is an administrative region, or voivodeship, of eastern Poland. It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin (2), Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and partly Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodeships, according to the Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls the region's traditional name and its largest city, Lublin. Lublin Voivodeship is the poorest (NUTS-2) region of the European Union.

It borders on the Podlachian, Masovian, Świętokrzyskie and Subcarpathian voivodeships, and Ukraine and Belarus to the east. Its population as of 2002 was 2,199,100. Its area is 25,114 km².

The region was, prior to World War II, one of the world's leading centers of Judaism. Before the middle of the 16th century, there were few Jews in the area, concentrated in Lublin, Kazimierz Dolny, and perhaps Chełm; but the founding of new private towns led to a large movement of Jews into the region in order to develop trade and services. Since these new towns competed with the existing towns for business, there followed a low-intensity but long lasting feeling of resentment, with failed attempts to limit the Jewish immigration. The Jews tended to settle mostly in the cities and towns, with only individual families setting up businesses in the rural regions; this urban/rural division became another factor feeding resentment of the newly arrived economic competitors. By the middle of the 18th century, Jews were a significant part of the population in Kraśnik, Lubartów and Łęczna. By the 20th century, Jews represented greater than 70% of the population in eleven towns, and close to 100% of the population of Laszczów and Izbica. From this region came both religious figures such as Mordechai Josef Leiner of Izbica, Chaim Israel Morgenstern of Puławy, and Motele Rokeach of Biugoraj, as well as famous secular authors Israel Joshua and Isaac Bashevis Singer. The "Old Town" of the city of Lublin contained a famous yeshiva, Jewish hospital, synagogue, cemetery, and kahal, as well as the Grodzka Gate (known as the Jewish Gate).

Before the war, there were 300,000 Jews living in the region, which became the site of the Majdanek and Belzec concentration camps as well as several labor camps (Trawniki, Poniatowa, Budzyn, Puławy, Zamość, Biała Podlaska, and the Lublin work camps Lindenstraße 7 (Lipowa Street), Flugplatz, and Sportplatz) which produced military supplies for the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe. This was once one of the biggest forced labor centers in occupied Europe, with approximately 45,000 Jewish prisoners. After the war, the few surviving Jews largely left the area; today there is some restoration of the areas of Jewish historical interest, and a surge of tourism by Jews seeking to view their families' historical roots.

1 Administrative division
2 Previous Lublin voivodeships
3 External links

[edit] Administrative division

24 powiats (counties) (4 city powiats + 20 land powiats)

[edit] City powiats

[edit] Land powiats

Biała Podlaska County, powiat bialski, Biała Podlaska
Biłgoraj County, powiat biłgorajski, Biłgoraj
Chełm County, powiat chełmski, Chełm
Hrubieszów County, powiat hrubieszowski, Hrubieszów
Janów Lubelski County, powiat janowski, Janów Lubelski
Krasnystaw County, powiat krasnostawski, Krasnystaw
Kraśnik County, powiat kraśnicki, Kraśnik
Lubartów County, powiat lubartowski, Lubartów
Lublin County, powiat lubelski, Lublin
Łęczna County, powiat łęczyński, Łęczna
Łuków County, powiat łukowski, Łuków
Opole Lubelskie County, powiat opolski, Opole Lubelskie
Parczew County, powiat parczewski, Parczew
Puławy County, powiat puławski, Puławy
Radzyń Podlaski County, powiat radzyński, Radzyń Podlaski
Ryki County, powiat rycki, Ryki
Świdnik County, powiat świdnicki, Świdnik
Tomaszów Lubelski County, powiat tomaszowski, Tomaszów Lubelski
Włodawa County, powiat włodawski, Włodawa
Zamość County, powiat zamojski, Zamość

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

Wójcik : 12,937
Mazurek : 9,644
Mazur : 8,019

[edit] Previous Lublin voivodeships

[edit] Lublin Voivodeship 15th century – 1795

Lublin Voivodeship 15th century – 1795 (Latin: Palatinatus Lublinensis; Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland created in 1474 out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting till the Partitions of Poland in 1795. It was part of Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:

Lublin

Administrative division:

Lublin County (Powiat Lubelski), Lublin
Urzędów County (Powiat Urzędowski), Urzędów
Łuków County (Powiat Łukowski), Łuków

Main Lublin_Voivodes:

Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski (before 1494)
Piotr Firlej, 1537-1545
Jan Tarlo (1527-1587) (from 1574)
Marek Sobieski (from 1597)
Aleksander Piotr Tarło (1631-1649)
Marcin Zamoyski (from 1682)
Jan Tarlo (1684-1750) (from 1719)
Tomasz Antoni Zamoyski (from 1744)
Antoni Lubomirski (from 1778)

Lublin voivodeship, 1921 – 1939.

Neighboring Voivodeships:

[edit] Lublin Voivodeship 1921 – 1939

Lublin Voivodeship 1921 – 1939 (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was an administrative region of Poland, 1921 – 1939.

[edit] Lublin Voivodeship 1945 – 1975

Lublin Voivodeship 1945 – 1975 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was an administrative region of Poland between 1945 and 1975. It was superseded by Lublin Voivodeship 1975 – 1998, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska, Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships.

[edit] Lublin Voivodeship 1975 – 1998

Lublin voivodeship, 1975 – 1998.

Lublin Voivodeship 1975–1998 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was an administrative region of Poland, 1975–1998, superseded by the current Lublin Voivodeship.

Major cities and towns: (population in 2005):

Lublin – 358,251
Chełm – 70,841
Zamość – 66,674
Biała Podlaska – 58,047
Puławy – 55,125
Świdnik – 42,797
Kraśnik – 38,767
Łuków – 30,727
Biłgoraj – 26,940
Lubartów – 25,758
Łęczna – 23,279
Krasnystaw - 21,043
Tomaszów Lubelski – 20,261
Międzyrzec Podlaski - 17,283

[edit] External links

Lublin Voivodeship counties
City counties: Biała Podlaska \| Chełm \| Lublin \| Zamość
Land counties: Biała Podlaska \| Biłgoraj \| Chełm \| Hrubieszów \| Janów Lubelski \| Krasnystaw \| Kraśnik \| Lubartów \| Lublin \| Łęczna \| Łuków \| Opole Lubelskie \| Parczew \| Puławy \| Radzyń Podlaski \| Ryki \| Świdnik \| Tomaszów Lubelski \| Włodawa \| Zamość