- Ziemia
Ziemia (literally 'earth' or 'land' in
Polish language , _la. terra) is a historicalunit of administration inPoland . This term is often translated as 'land' intoEnglish language . Note that in Polish language this term is not capitalized (thus 'ziemia chełmińska, not Ziemia Chełmińska).In the
prehistoric Poland , this term referred to a territory controlled by a giventribe . The term apparead in medieval Poland (12th-13th centuries), after thefragmentation of Poland . "Ziemia" referred to a formerprincedom orduchy , which was reunifed with thePolish Kingdom and lost its political sovereignty but retained itsofficials hierarchy andbureaucracy . From around 14th centuries some the former princedoms, now 'ziemia's, were assigned to the official known as thevoivode and became the primary unit of administration known asvoivodeship s. However some 'ziemia's were not transformed into a voivodeships. In most cases they were subordinated to a voivodeship and a certain voivode, but retained some privileges and properties of a voivodeship, like they often had their ownsejmik (regional parliament) and were referred to as 'ziemia', not 'voivodeship'.Over the next centuries 'ziemia's became increasingly integrated into the voivodeships and lost more and more of their autonomy. Today they are not units of administration, and in modern Poland they are only a generic geographical term referring to certain parts of Poland.
List of ziemias
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Ziemia chełmińska (Chełmno Land )
*Ziemia chełmska (Chełm land )
*Ziemia dobrzyńska (Dobrzyń Land )
*Ziemia kłodzka (Kłodzko Land )
*Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska (Lauenburg and Bütow Land )
*Ziemia lubuska (Lubusz Land )
*Ziemia lwowska (Lwów Land /Lviv Land)
*Ziemia michałowska (Michałów Land )
*Ziemia sanocka (Sanok Land )
*Ziemia sieradzka (Sieradz Land )
*Ziemia śląsko-łużycka (Silesian-Lusatian Land )
*Ziemia wieluńska (Wieluń Land )References
*Polish|Ziemia (administracja)|9 June 2006
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