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Poland

Polska

Polski Polska - Rzeczpospolita Polska

Rzeczpospolita Polska – państwo położone w Europie Środkowej nad Morzem Bałtyckim. Graniczy z Niemcami (na zachodzie), Czechami, Słowacją (na południu), Ukrainą, Białorusią, Litwą (na wschodzie) i Rosją (obwodem kaliningradzkim, na północy), a poprzez granicę morską (granicę wyłącznej strefy ekonomicznej) również z Danią oraz Szwecją.

Other languages Deutsch: Polen ist ein Staat in Mitteleuropa. Das Land grenzt im Norden an die russische Exklave Kaliningrad (210 km) und an Litauen (103 km), im Osten an Weißrussland (416 km) und die Ukraine (529 km), im Süden an die Slowakei (539 km) und Tschechien (790 km) sowie im Westen an Deutschland (467 km). Des Weiteren hat das Land eine 528 km lange Ostseeküste. Insgesamt sind Polens Grenzen 3.582 km lang. Die längste Nord-Süd-Ausdehnung beträgt 790 km, die längste Ost-West-Ausdehnung 680 km
English Poland - Republic of Poland

The Republic of Poland is a country in Central Europe or Eastern Europe, depending on the definition, bordered by ► Germany to the west, the ► Czech Republic and ► Slovakia to the south, ► Ukraine and ► Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, ► Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) and ► Lithuania to the north. It also shares a maritime border with Denmark and Sweden. The total area of Poland is 312,683 sq km (120,728 sq mi) making it the 69th largest country in the world with population over 38.5 million people concentrated mainly in large cities, including the most populated urban area of Poland, Silesian conurbation (albeit administratively divided into separate cities and towns), the present capital of Poland, Warsaw, the historical capital, Kraków, and industrial city of Łódź.


Short name Poland
Official name Republic of Poland
Status Independent country since the ninth century, interrupted between 1795 and 1918 as well as between 1939 and 1945, member of the ► European Union since 2004
Location Central Europe
Capital Warszawa (Warsaw)
Population 38,122,000 inhabitants
Area 312,683 km²
Major language(s) Polish
Major religion(s) Roman Catholicism
More information Poland, Geography of Poland, History of Poland and Politics of Poland
More images Poland - Poland (Category).

General maps

Map of Poland
Same map in Polish
Map of Poland
Topographic map
Relief map
Map of physico-geographical regions
Map of physico-geographical regions
Map of physico-geographical regionalization
Hydrographic map
Polish borders
la: In limitem orientalem poloniae sunt: San, Buga, et Svislach

pl: Rzeki na wschodniej granicy Polski (San, Bug i świsłocz) - mapa w j. łacińskim

en: Rivers on the east border of Poland (San, Bug and Svislach) - map in latin

de: Flussen in Polnische Ostgrenzen (San, Bug und Świsłocz) - die karte in latinisch sprache

ru: Реки на восточной границе Польши (Сан, Буг, Свислочь) – карта на латине

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Poland has three levels of administrative divisions, shown in this map: voivodeships (województwa), counties (powiaty) and communes (gminy).
This map shows both the voivodeships (województwa) and the counties (powiaty) of Poland. See the List of counties
Voivodeships and counties
Counties (powiaty)
Counties
Counties
Voivodeships and communes. See the List of communes of Poland
Communes (gminy)
Communes
Municipalities in Poland deprived of town privileges
Historical Pomerania
Historical Silesia

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Poland, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Poland. Template:Left-par

Possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence 800-400 BC
Celts in Europe
Pre-Roman iron age (Proto-Germanic) peoples
Map showing the pre-Migration Age distribution of the Germanic tribes in Proto-Germanic times, and stages of their expansion up to 50 BC, AD 100 and AD 300.
Map of Slavic peoples in the 8/9c.

Independent Poland

Map of Poland 960-992
Map of Poland in 992
Map of Poland 982-1025
Map of Poland 992-1025
Map of Poland 1039-1058
Map of Poland 1138
Map of Poland - Fragmentation Period (after 1138)
Map of Poland - reign of Casimir the Great (1341)
Poland 1201-1241
Poland 1275-1300
Poland 1304-1333
Poland and Hungary in 1360
Hanseatic League
Hanseatic trade routes
In 1386 Poland and Lithuania formed a Polish-Lithuanian personal union. Large parts of present-day Belarus and Ukraine were part of Poland-Lithuania. This map shows the borders in 1466
In the years 1490-1526 Poland, Lithuania, Bohemia and Hungary were ruled by Polish Jagiellon dynasty

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

1569-1795: Commonwaelth of Two Nations {Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów, Abiejų tautų respublika} - Independent country, better known as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

In 1569 the personal union is succeeded by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a state that existed until the 3rd partition of 1795.
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569
Location of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth compared with present borders
Religions in Poland 1573
Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Swedish Union 1592-1599
Commonwealth 1600
Commonwealth 1635
Commonwealth 1658
Commonwealth 1686
Commonwealth, division in voivodships
Commonwealth 1701
Commonwealth 1701
Religions in Poland 1750
7 years war 1756-1762
Bar Confederation 1768-1772
The partitions of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth after 1st partition
Polish-Russian War 1792
Commonwealth after 2nd partition
Poland 1794

Divided Poland

The third partition meant the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the final division between Prussia, Russia and Austria after 3rd partition
Image:Ac.prussiamap2.gif Border changes between Poland and Prussia 1600-1795
Duchy of Warsaw and Republic of Gdańsk, during the Napoleon era
Duchy of Warsaw
Duchy of Warsaw during the Napoleon era
Image:1533-1896.jpg.gif Large parts of Poland became thus part of the Russian Empire. This map shows the Russian expansion from 1533 to 1896
Poland 1815-30 (Congress Poland), inside the Russian Empire
The Russian Empire in 1914
History of the Russian Empire (in German)
Borders between Poland and Prussia 1807-1871
Republic of Cracow 1815
Galicia (Central Europe), annexed by Austria became in 1867 part of the Austria half of Austria-Hungary (nr. 6).
Location of Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Galicia
Proposed United States of Greater Austria
The end of Austria-Hungary (in German)

Independent Poland

After the Russian revolution, Poland regained independence. A war between Poland and the new regime in Russia started March 1919
December 1919
June 1920
August 1920
Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 1
Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 1
Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 2
Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 2
Borders of newly independent Poland after the Peace Treaty of Riga of 1921
Border changes between Poland and Germany 1919-45
Foreign claims in Poland in 1920
Comparison 1789-1920
Poland between 1921 and 1939
Poland 1921-1939
Administrative division in 1922
Same map in Polish
Nationalities in Poland
Locator map of Free City of Danzig 1923-1939
Republic of Central Lithuania
Lithuania claims and the Republic of Central Lithuania
Changing border between Lithuania and Poland
Poland Galicia Volynia
Curzon line
Borders with Germany
Situation in 1939
Situation in 1939 in a European context
Administrative districts in territories under the control of Nazi Germany in 1941, inclusive Poland.
Idem
Eastern front of the Second World War circa 1941-1942.
Main German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Bordures from 1943.
Oder-Neisse border between Poland and Germany
Oder Neisse Linie
Changing of the borders
idem
Border changes after WW2 (Russian text)
Administrative division of Poland as of August 22, 1944
Administrative division of Poland as of March 14, 1945
Administrative division of Poland as of April 1, 1945
Administrative division of Poland as of April 7, 1945
Administrative division of Poland as of August 9, 1945
Administrative division of Poland as of August 18, 1945
Administrative division of Poland as of June 28, 1946
Administrative division in 1946
Administrative division in 1957
Administrative division in 1957
Administrative division in 1975

History of other entities

Danzig

1923-1939: Free City of Gdańsk (Freie Stadt Danzig/Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) - free city under protection of the League of Nations

In 1923 the city of Gdańsk became a Free City under protection of the Leage of Nations. Gdańsk was annexed by Germany in 1939 and is now part of Poland.

===Old maps===

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

English map of Poland - XVIII century
Poland in 1836
Poland in 1902

Other maps

Airports
Polish airports in 2007 - passenger traffic
Polish airports in 2006 - passenger traffic
Polish airports in 2005 - passenger traffic
Catholic Dioceses

Satellite maps

Satellite map
Satellite map
Satellite map

Notes and references

General remarks:

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