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'Lublin Voivodeship' (also "'Lublin Province'" — Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'') is a voivodeship, or province, in eastern Poland. It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin (2), Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and partly Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province's name recalls its largest city and the region's traditional name, Lublin.
The that encompasses Lublin and approximates Lublin Voivodeship in its pre–Partitions-of-Poland boundaries, is known as 'Lubelszczyzna'.
Lublin Province borders on Podlachian, Masovian, Świętokrzyskie and Subcarpathian Voivodeships, and on Ukraine and Belarus to the east. The province's 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 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.

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Administrative division

City powiats

Land powiats

Cities and towns

Previous Lublin voivodeships

Lublin Voivodeship 1816 – 1837

Lublin Voivodeship 1921 – 1939

Lublin Voivodeship 1945 – 1975

Lublin Voivodeship 1975 – 1998

External links

Administrative division

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

City powiats

★ Biała Podlaska city powiat

★ Chełm city powiat

★ Lublin city powiat

★ Zamość city powiat

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

Cities and towns

The voivodeship has 41 cities and towns, among them 4 cities which are city counties. The list below orders them by population and also gives the area (data from December 31, 2005):

★ Lublin – '358.967' (147,50 km²)

★ Chełm – '72.595' (35,26 km²)

★ Zamość – '66.802' (30,48 km²)

★ Biała Podlaska – '59.047' (49,41 km²)

★ Puławy – '51.515' (50,61 km²)

★ Świdnik – '40.041' (20,35 km²)

★ Kraśnik – '36.170' (25,28 km²)

★ Łuków – '30.612' (35,75 km²)

★ Biłgoraj – '27.208' (20,85 km²)

★ Lubartów – '23.017' (13,92 km²)

★ Łęczna – '21.767' (18,98 km²)

★ Tomaszów Lubelski – '20.170' (13,33 km²)

★ Krasnystaw - '19.531' (42,07 km²)

★ Hrubieszów - '18.633' (32,79 km²)

★ Dęblin - '18.150' (38,51 km²)

★ Międzyrzec Podlaski - '17.193' (19,75 km²)

★ Radzyń Podlaski - '16.135' (19,29 km²)

★ Włodawa - '15.724' (18,67 km²)

★ Janów Lubelski - '11.947' (15,42 km²)

★ Parczew - '10.286' (8,05 km²)

★ Poniatowa - '9.983' (15,20 km²)

★ Ryki - '9.730' (27,38 km²)

★ Opole Lubelskie - '8.842' (14,83 km²)

★ Bełżyce - '7.090' (23,46 km²)

★ Terespol - '5.981' (10,20 km²)

★ Szczebrzeszyn - '5.305' (29,04 km²)


★ Bychawa - '5.304' (6,68 km²)

★ Rejowiec Fabryczny - '4.537' (14,36 km²)

★ Nałęczów - '4.266' (13,84 km²)

★ Kazimierz Dolny - '3.584' (30,42 km²)

★ Kock - '3.497' (16,79 km²)

★ Tarnogród - '3.372' (10,86 km²)

★ Zwierzyniec - '3.339' (4,84 km²)

★ Krasnobród - '3.027' (6,99 km²)

★ Stoczek Łukowski - '2.718' (9,13 km²)

★ Annopol - '2.681' (7,75 km²)

★ Piaski - '2.642' (8,44 km²)

★ Józefów - '2.453' (5,28 km²)

★ Tyszowce - '2.263' (18,52 km²)

★ Ostrów Lubelski - '2.253' (29,68 km²)

★ Frampol - '1.427' (4,67 km²)
===Most popular surnames in the region===
#Wójcik : 12,937
#Mazurek : 9,644
#Mazur : 8,019

Previous Lublin voivodeships

===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)

Neighboring Voivodeships:

★ Masovian Voivodeship

★ Brześć Litewski Voivodeship

★ Chełm Land

★ Bełz Voivodeship

★ Ruthenian Voivodeship

★ Sandomierz Voivodeship

Lublin Voivodeship 1816 – 1837

Lublin Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland. Formed from Lublin Department, transformed into Lublin Governorate.

Lublin Voivodeship 1921 – 1939

'Lublin Voivodeship 1921 – 1939' (Polish: ''Województwo Lubelskie'') was an administrative region of Poland, 1921 – 1939. In early 1939 its area was 26 555 km² and population - 2 116 200 (according to the 1931 census, 85,1% of population was Polish, 10,5% - Jewish, 3% - Ukrainian). It consisted of 16 powiats (counties). These were:
- Biala Podlaska county (area 2 122 km², population 116 000),
- Bilgoraj county (area 1 720 km², population 116 900),
- Chelm county (area 1 975 km², population 162 300),
- Hrubieszow county (area 1 575 km², population 130 000),
- Janow Lubelski county (area 1 960 km², population 152 700),
- Krasnystaw county (area 1 521 km², population 134 200),
- Lubartow county (area 1 389 km², population 108 000),
- city of Lublin county (area 30 km², population 112 300),
- Lublin county (area 1 889 km², population 163 500),
- Lukow county (area 1 762 km², population 129 100),
- Pulawy county (area 1 618 km², population 156 500),
- Radzyn Podlaski county (area 1 621 km², population 99 100),
- Siedlce county (area 1 988 km², population 151 400),
- Tomaszow Lubelski county (area 1 397 km², population 121 100),
- Wlodawa county (area 2 326 km², population 113 600),
- Zamosc county (area 1 662 km², population 149 500).
According to the 1931 census, biggest cities were:
- Lublin (pop. 112 300),
- Siedlce (pop. 36 900),
- Chelm (pop. 29 100),
- Zamosc (pop. 24 700),
- Biala Podlaska (pop. 17 400),
- Miedzyrzec Podlaski (pop. 16 800),
- Lukow (pop. 14 000),
- Hrubieszow (pop. 13 200),
- Krasnik (pop. 12 200),
- Pulawy (pop. 12 100).
Source: Maly Rocznik Statystyczny, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939).

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.

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.

External links

★ Biala Podlaska

★ Lublin Voivodeship official website

★ Adam Mickiewicz Institute page on Jewish history in Lublin Region