Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Poland
Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Poland evolved over several centuries as the fortunes of the several entities known as the Kingdom of Poland ebbed and flowed.
The early Kingdom of Poland was split in the 11th century by the Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty into several provinces. The 14th century Wiślica Statutes and Statutes of Casimir the Great also used the term province. Eventually, during the unification of Poland after the fragmentation, the provinces - some of them for a period known as duchies - became known as lands.
According to the 15th century Annales seu cronicae incliti Regni Poloniae
- ziemia poznańska
- ziemia sandomierska
- ziemia kaliska
- ziemia lwowska
- ziemia sieradzka
- ziemia lubelska
- ziemia łęczycka
- ziemia przemyska
- ziemia bełska
- ziemia kujawska
- ziemia chełmska
- ziemia pomorska
- ziemia chełmińska
- ziemia michałowska
- ziemia halicka
- ziemia dobrzyńska
- ziemia podolska
- ziemia wieluńska
Most of these administrative regions in turn were transformed into voivodeships around the 14th and 15th centuries.
The administrative division became more clear in the Crown of the Polish Kingdom.
