Holy Cross Voivodeship

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Holy Cross Voivodeship
województwo świętokrzyskie

Part of the Poland Project

Contents 1 General Information 2 Historical Categories of Interest 3 Historical Timeline 4 Administrative Divisions 5 Protected Areas 6 Research Resources 7 Photos 8 Sources

General Information

• Official Website
• Capital: Kielce
• Population: 1,263,176 (2014) ^[1]
• Area: 11,672 km2 ^[1]
• "Holy Cross Voivodeship is situated in southeastern Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) mountain range. Its capital and largest city is Kielce. Świętokrzyskie Province is bounded by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north, Lublin to the east, Subcarpathian to the southeast, Lesser Poland to the south, Silesian to the southwest, and Łódź to the northwest. The province was created on 1 January 1999, out of the former Kielce Voivodeship, eastern part of Częstochowa Voivodeship and western part of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of 11,672 square kilometres (4,507 sq mi), making it the second smallest of the voivodeships (after Opole). As at 2006, the total population of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is 1,281,796."^[1]
• Holy Cross Voivodeship was created out of the former Kielce Voivodeship, eastern part of Częstochowa Voivodeship and western part of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.

Historical Categories of Interest

Historically part of:

• Category: Piotrków (Province),
• Category: Kielce (Province) and
• Radom (Province) of Congress Poland, Russian Empire.

Historical Timeline

• 1385 - 1569 = Kingdom of Poland
• 1569 - 1795 = Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• 1795 - 1814 = Austrian Empire
• 1815 = Freed during the Napolenoic Wars.
• 1815 - 1918 = Piotrków, Kielce, and Radom Provinces of Congress Poland, Russian Empire
• 1918 - 1919 = Following the end of World War I, the Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919). 1918, Kielce Province was created.
• 1921 - 1939 = Second Polish Republic.
• 1939 - 1945 = Nazi Germany Occupation
• 1947 - 1952 = Republic of Poland
• 1952 - 1975 = Polish People’s Republic
• 1975 - 1998 = Part of Kielce, Tarnobrzeg, Czestochowa, Piotrkow and Radom Provinces. Polish People's Republic.
• 1999 - today = Republic of Poland

Administrative Divisions

City County	Polish Name (Polish Language Category)	Seat	Total Gminas
Kielce	Kielce	Kielce	1
Land County	Polish Name	Seat	Total Gminas
Kielce County	powiat kielecki	Kielce County	19
Ostrowiec County	powiat ostrowiecki	Ostrowiec, Świętokrzyski	6
Starachowice County	powiat starachowicki	Starachowice	5
Jędrzejów County	powiat jędrzejowski	Jędrzejów	9
Końskie County	powiat konecki	Końskie	8
Sandomierz County	powiat sandomierski	Sandomierz	9
Skarżysko County	powiat skarżyski	Skarżysko-Kamienna	5
Staszów County	powiat staszowski	Staszów	8
Busko County	powiat buski	Busko-Zdrój	8
Opatów County	powiat opatowski	Opatów	8
Włoszczowa County	powiat włoszczowski	Włoszczowa	6
Pińczów County	powiat pińczowski	Pińczów	5
Kazimierza County	powiat kazimierski	Kazimierza Wielka	5