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Regions of Poland

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Regions of Poland

Polish regions are regions located within the present-day Poland without being identified in its administrative division.

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Geophysical regions

(Transborder regions = *)

Northern & Western Poland
  • North European Plain* (Nizina Środkowoeuropejska)
  • Silesia*
  • Pomerania*
  • Southern Poland
  • Bohemian Massif* (Masyw Czeski)
  • Polish Highlands (Wyżyny Polskie)
  • Sandomierz Basin (Kotlina Sandomierska)
  • Subcarpathia*
  • Western Subcarpathia* (Podkarpacie Zachodnie)
  • Northern Subcarpathia (Podkarpacie Północne) and
  • Eastern Subcarpathia* (Podkarpacie Wschodnie)
  • Carpathian Mountains*
  • Western Carpathians* (Karpaty Zachodnie) and
  • Eastern Carpathians* (Karpaty Wschodnie)
  • Eastern Poland
  • Ukrainian Highlands* (Wyżyny Ukraińskie)
  • East Baltic-Belarusian Lowlands* (Niż Wschodniobałtycko-Białoruski)
  • Historical regions of the current Polish state

    The following historic regions are either completely or mostly within Poland's modern borders:

  • Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska, Latin: Polonia Maior)
  • Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska, Latin: Polonia Minor)
  • Masovia (Polish: Mazowsze, Latin: Mazovia)
  • The County of Kladsko (Czech: Kladské hrabství, German: Grafschaft Glatz, Polish: Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit in the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kłodzko (Kladsko) which roughly corresponds with the present-day Kłodzko County in the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
  • Kuyavia (Polish: Kujawy, Latin: Cuiavia)
  • Podlasie (Polish: Podlasie, Polish: Podlasze, Latin: Podlachia)
  • Southern Podlasie (Polish: Podlasie Południowe)
  • Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern, Latin: Pomerania, also a German historical region)
  • Pomerelia (Polish: Pomorze Gdańskie, German: Pommerellen, Latin: Pomerania)
  • Silesia (Polish: Śląsk, Silesian: Ślůnsk, German: Schlesien, Czech: Slezsko, Latin: Silesia), only part in Poland, also a Czech land and German historical region
  • The following historic regions have substantial parts within Poland's modern borders:

  • Lithuania Minor (Polish: Litwa Mniejsza; (Lithuanian: Mažoji Lietuva; German: Kleinlitauen; Russian: Máлая Литвá) or Prussian Lithuania (Polish: Litwa Pruska); (Lithuanian: Prūsų Lietuva, German: Preußisch-Litauen) only part in Poland, also a Lithuanian land and German historical region now mostly within the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia
  • Lusatia (Polish: Łużyce, German: Lausitz, Latin: Lusatia, only partially in modern Poland, also a German historical region))
  • Prussia (Polish: Prusy, German: Preußen, Latin: Borussia, also a German historical region)
  • Red Ruthenia (Polish: Ruś Czerwona, Latin: Ruthenia Rubra)
  • References

    Regions of Poland Wikipedia