Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938

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On April 1, 1938, borders of several western and central Voivodeships changed considerably. This included such Voivodeships as pomorskie, poznanskie, warszawskie, lodzkie, bialostockie, lubelskie and kieleckie. Pomorskie gained most, while bialostockie lost most. This is the alphabetical list of powiats (counties), which were then moved from one Voivodeship to another:

• powiat bydgoski - Bydgoszcz County (from poznanskie to pomorskie),

• powiat dzialdowski - Dzialdowo County (from pomorskie to warszawskie),

• powiat garwolinski - Garwolin County (from lubelskie to warszawskie),

• powiat inowroclawski - Inowroclaw County (from poznanskie to pomorskie),

• powiat kaliski - Kalisz County (from lodzkie to poznanskie),

• powiat kolski - Koło County (from lodzkie to poznanskie),

• powiat konecki - Konskie County (from kieleckie to lodzkie),

• powiat koninski - Konin County (from lodzkie to poznanskie),

• powiat kutnowski - Kutno County (from warszawskie to lodzkie),

• powiat lipnowski - Lipno County (from warszawskie to pomorskie),

• powiat lomzynski - Lomza County (from bialostockie to warszawskie),

• powiat lowicki - Lowicz County (from warszawskie to lodzkie),

• powiat nieszawski - Nieszawa county (from warszawskie to pomorskie),

• powiat opoczynski - Opoczno county (from kieleckie to lodzkie),

• powiat ostrolecki - Ostroleka county (from bialostockie to warszawskie),

• powiat ostrowski - Ostrow Mazowiecka county (from bialostockie to warszawskie),

• powiat rawski - Rawa Mazowiecka county (from warszawskie to lodzkie),

• powiat rypinski - Rypin county (from warszawskie to pomorskie),

• powiat skierniewicki - Skierniewice county (from warszawskie to lodzkie),

• powiat sokolowski - Sokolow Podlaski county (from lubelskie to warszawskie),

• powiat szubinski - Szubin county (from poznanskie to pomorskie),

• powiat turecki - Turek County (from lodzkie to poznanskie),

• powiat wegrowski - Węgrów County (from lubelskie to warszawskie),

• powiat wloclawski - Wloclawek county (from warszawskie to pomorskie),

• powiat wyrzyski - Wyrzysk county (from poznanskie to pomorskie).

[edit] References

• Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939, Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939).