Lublin Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division of the Second Polish Republic between the two world wars, in the years 1919–1939. The province's capital and biggest city was Lublin.
According to the Polish census of 1921 which was the First General Census in the Second Polish Republic following World War I (conducted by the Main Bureau of Statistics, see originals),[2] the population of Lublin Voivodeship could be categorized by both location and religious beliefs in the following way.[2][3]
According to the 1931 Polish census, the population was 2,116,200. Poles made up 85.1% of population, Jews 10.5%, and Ukrainians (in the east and south) 3%. The Jews preferred to live in the cities and towns, especially in Lublin itself.
Due to ruthless Russification policies throughout the preceding century leading to general absence of schools in the Voivodeship, 24.6% of population was still illiterate as of 1931, although rapidly decreasing from 46.8% in 1921.[2][3]
Industryedit
The Voivodeship's biggest industrial center was the city of Lublin. Other than that, it lacked significant industry centers. In mid-1930s Polish government started a huge public works program, called Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy, which was a great boost to overpopulated and poor counties. It covered southwestern part of the Voivodeship, with the town of Kraśnik. The railroad density was 4.0 km. per 100 km2. (with total length of railroads 1 236 km.).
Cities and administrative divisionsedit
Lublin Voivodeship in mid-1939 consisted of 16 powiats (counties) 29 cities and towns and 228 villages. The counties were:
Biała Podlaska county (area 2,122 km2, population 116,000)
Biłgoraj county (area 1,720 km2, population 116,900)
^Act of Polish Parliament Sejm (2 August 1919), Dz. U. z 1919 r. Nr 65, poz. 395. Internetowy System Aktow Prawnych. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ abc; vol. 18: Województwo Lubelskie (PDF), pp. 35–73.
^ abcKonrad Sadkowski (1995), Church, Nation and State in Poland: Catholicism and National Identity Formation in the Lublin Region, 1918–1939. University of Michigan, pp. 85–86. [ISBN needed]
Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939, Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939).
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Lublin Voivodeship Polish Wojewodztwo Lubelskie was a unit of administrative division of the Second Polish Republic between the two world wars in the years 1919 1939 The province s capital and biggest city was Lublin Lublin VoivodeshipWojewodztwo lubelskieVoivodeship of Poland1919 1939Coat of armsLocation of the Lublin Voivodeship red within the Second Polish Republic 1938 CapitalLublinArea 192131 123 km2 12 017 sq mi 193926 555 km2 10 253 sq mi Population 19212 087 951 19312 116 200Government TypeVoivodeshipVoivode 1919 1926Stanislaw Moskalewski 1937 1939Jerzy Albin de TramecourtHistory Established14 August 1919 Territorial changes1 April 1938 Annexed by GermanySeptember 1939Political subdivisions16 powiats 29 citiesPreceded by Succeeded byRussian Empire General Government Contents 1 Location and area 2 Demographics 2 1 Ethnic groups 3 Industry 4 Cities and administrative divisions 5 Voivodes 6 See also 7 ReferencesLocation and area editThe Voivodeship was founded by the decree of Polish Parliament Sejm of 14 August 1919 1 In the years 1919 1939 unlike today Lublin Voivodeship covered the central part of interwar Poland the heartland of the country bordering Bialystok Voivodeship 1919 39 to the north Warsaw Voivodeship and Kielce Voivodeship to the west Lwow Voivodeship to the south and Polesie Voivodeship as well as Volhynian Voivodeship to the east Its area after April 1 1938 see Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1 1938 was 26 555 km2 Landscape was flat and hilly in the south forests covered only 16 6 of the area with nation s average of 22 2 as for January 1 1937 Demographics editAccording to the Polish census of 1921 which was the First General Census in the Second Polish Republic following World War I conducted by the Main Bureau of Statistics see originals 2 the population of Lublin Voivodeship could be categorized by both location and religious beliefs in the following way 2 3 County Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Jewish Other1 Biala Podl 37 239 62 6 9 551 16 11 550 19 4 1 180 2 2 Bilgoraj 65 889 72 4 15 883 17 5 9 056 9 9 188 0 2 3 Chelm 68 770 56 6 24 701 20 3 19 912 16 4 8 092 6 7 4 Garwolin 117 391 85 2 126 0 1 17 772 12 9 2 488 1 8 5 Hrubieszow 50 735 48 9 38 468 37 13 967 13 5 671 0 6 6 Janow 117 368 89 3 697 0 5 13 407 10 2 30 0 02 7 Konstantynow 53 667 82 5 4 012 6 2 7 241 11 1 135 0 2 8 Krasnystaw 102 016 87 1 4 149 3 5 10 493 9 0 422 0 4 9 Lubartow 83 732 87 1 197 1 2 9 669 10 1 645 1 7 10 Lublin city 55 610 58 9 514 0 5 37 337 39 5 951 1 11 Lublin distr 128 303 91 7 910 0 7 9 608 6 9 1 079 0 8 12 Lukow 107 604 87 3 932 0 8 14 185 11 5 552 0 4 13 Pulawy 129 281 86 8 206 0 1 19 296 12 9 238 0 2 14 Radzyn 70 976 80 3 1 862 2 1 14 765 16 7 778 0 9 15 Siedlce 76 446 77 6 851 0 9 18 821 19 1 2 345 2 4 16 Sokolow 67 224 88 4 420 0 6 8 294 10 9 141 0 2 17 Tomaszow 57 869 62 4 22 389 24 1 12 154 13 1 397 0 4 18 Wegrow 68 985 83 3 185 0 2 9 325 11 3 4 277 5 2 19 Wlodawa 40 881 53 3 20 104 26 2 13 562 17 7 2 171 2 8 20 Zamosc 119 769 84 5 441 3 8 17 225 12 1 179 0 1 TOTAL 1 619 755 77 6 152 598 7 3 287 639 13 8 27 959 1 3 Population breakdown by religious denomination in the 1931 national census 3 County Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Jewish Other1 Biala Podl 82 647 71 1 18 192 15 6 14 288 12 3 1 139 1 2 Bilgoraj 82 614 70 6 20 913 17 9 12 938 11 1 486 0 4 3 Chelm 88 488 54 5 37 530 23 1 22 852 14 1 13 470 8 3 4 Garwolin 139 128 87 67 18 741 11 7 2 006 1 3 5 Hrubieszow 63 365 48 8 49 128 37 8 15 785 12 1 1 679 1 3 6 Janow 135 182 88 5 1 159 0 8 15 317 10 1 060 0 7 7 Krasnystaw 113 442 84 6 4 853 3 6 12 127 9 0 3 737 2 8 8 Lubartow 94 356 87 4 1 544 1 4 9 652 8 9 2 439 2 3 9 Lublin city 71 542 63 7 703 0 6 38 937 34 7 1103 1 10 Lublin distr 149 192 91 2 125 0 1 12 049 7 4 2 136 1 3 11 Lukow 113 549 88 76 14 736 11 4 722 0 6 12 Pulawy 149 060 86 5 182 0 1 21 949 12 7 1 076 0 6 13 Radzyn 80 520 81 3 1 840 1 9 15 548 15 7 1 181 1 2 14 Siedlce 125 018 82 6 657 0 4 23 069 15 2 2 667 1 8 15 Sokolow 74 941 89 3 145 0 2 8 334 9 9 529 0 6 16 Tomaszow 73 021 60 3 33 059 27 3 14 204 11 7 840 0 7 17 Wegrow 76 511 86 2 40 8 888 10 3 349 3 8 18 Wlodawa 57 939 51 33 382 29 4 18 188 16 4 057 3 6 19 Zamosc 125 249 83 8 6 778 4 5 16 738 11 2 783 0 5 TOTAL 1 895 764 76 9 210 373 8 5 314 340 12 7 44 459 1 8 Ethnic groups edit According to the 1931 Polish census the population was 2 116 200 Poles made up 85 1 of population Jews 10 5 and Ukrainians in the east and south 3 The Jews preferred to live in the cities and towns especially in Lublin itself Due to ruthless Russification policies throughout the preceding century leading to general absence of schools in the Voivodeship 24 6 of population was still illiterate as of 1931 although rapidly decreasing from 46 8 in 1921 2 3 Industry editThe Voivodeship s biggest industrial center was the city of Lublin Other than that it lacked significant industry centers In mid 1930s Polish government started a huge public works program called Centralny Okreg Przemyslowy which was a great boost to overpopulated and poor counties It covered southwestern part of the Voivodeship with the town of Krasnik The railroad density was 4 0 km per 100 km2 with total length of railroads 1 236 km Cities and administrative divisions editLublin Voivodeship in mid 1939 consisted of 16 powiats counties 29 cities and towns and 228 villages The counties were nbsp 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 Voivodes editStanislaw Moskalewski 17 November 1919 25 October 1926 Antoni Remiszewski 3 November 1926 29 September 1930 Boleslaw Swidzinski 29 September 1930 30 January 1933 acting till 1 April 1932 Jozef Rozniecki 31 January 1933 8 September 1937 Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt 8 September 1937 17 September 1939See also editPoland s modern day Lublin VoivodeshipReferences edit Act of Polish Parliament Sejm 2 August 1919 Dz U z 1919 r Nr 65 poz 395 Internetowy System Aktow Prawnych Retrieved 25 October 2015 a b c vol 18 Wojewodztwo Lubelskie PDF pp 35 73 a b c Konrad Sadkowski 1995 Church Nation and State in Poland Catholicism and National Identity Formation in the Lublin Region 1918 1939 University of Michigan pp 85 86 ISBN needed Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939 Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego Warszawa 1939 Concise Statistical Year Book of Poland Warsaw 1939 51 14 00 N 22 34 00 E 51 233333 N 22 566667 E 51 233333 22 566667 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lublin Voivodeship 1919 1939 amp oldid 1178115903, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
