Greater_Poland_Province_of_the_Polish_Crown
Greater Poland Province (Polish: Prowincja Wielkopolska) was an administrative division of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1795. The name of the province comes from the historic land of Greater Poland.
The Greater Poland Province consisted initially of twelve voivodeships (after 1768 thirteen voivodeships)[2] and one duchy:
- Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
- Chełmno Voivodeship
- Gniezno Voivodeship, est. in 1768
- Inowrocław Voivodeship
- Kalisz Voivodeship
- Łęczyca Voivodeship
- Malbork Voivodeship
- Masovian Voivodeship
- Płock Voivodeship
- Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Poznań Voivodeship
- Rawa Voivodeship
- Sieradz Voivodeship
- Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
The location of the Crown Tribunal for the Greater Poland Province (the highest appeal court of the province) was Piotrków Trybunalski, and after the Convocation Sejm (1764) also Poznań and Bydgoszcz.