PÃ Âock Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1495 until the partitions of Poland in 1795. Together with the Rawa Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship it formed the historical region of Mazovia, and with several other voivodeships it formed part of the Greater Poland Province.
Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland gives a detailed description of PÃ Âock Voivodeship:
"After childless death of Janusz II, Duke of à Âomà ¼a, Ciechanów, Wizna and Pà Âock, which took place on February 16, 1495, the Duchy of Pà Âock, except for the Land of Wyszogród, was incorporated into the Kingdom of Poland, and turned into a voivodeship (...) In the 16th century, it had the area of 701 square miles, divided into eight small counties: those of Pà Âock, Bielsk, RaciÃ à ¼, Sierpc, Pà Âoà Âsk, Szrensk, Niedzborz, and Mà Âawa. The three last counties, located between the Wkra river and Prussian border, made the so-called Zawkrze Land (...) The voivodeship had 67 Roman-Catholic parishes, 63 towns and 1,115 villages. Most densely populated was Bielsk County (...)
Local sejmiks for the voivodeship took place at RaciÃ à ¼, the town located in the middle of the province. During the reign of King Stanisà Âaw II Augustus, the sejmiks were moved to Pà Âock. The voivodeship had five senators: the Bishop of Pà Âock, the Voivode of Pà Âock, the Castellan of Pà Âock, and Castellans of Raciaz and Sierpc. Land courts were located in Pà Âock, Bielsk and Sierpc (since 1726, also in Mà Âawa)".
Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:
Regional council (sejmik) seats:
Zawkrze Land, divided into the following counties
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