Atlas of Poland
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General maps
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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 |
Maps of 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 |
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Zachodniopomorskie
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Wielkopolskie
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Pomorskie
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Podlaskie
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Podkarpackie
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Opolskie
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Mazowieckie
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Lubuskie
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Lubelskie
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Kujawsko-pomorskie
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Dolnoślaskie
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. |
The origin and dispersion of Slavs in the 5th-10th centuries |
Slavic tribes in 7th-9th century Europe |
West Slavs in the 9th-10th centureis |
Map of Slavic peoples in the 8/9c. |
Independent Poland
Polan strongholds during the early reign of Mieszko I |
Map of Poland 960-992 |
Map of Poland 992-1025 |
Map of Poland 1039-1058 |
Poland 1201-1241 |
Poland 1275-1300 |
Poland 1304-1333 |
Poland 1333-1370 |
Poland and Hungary in 1360 |
Hanseatic trade routes |
Poland and Lithuania during reign of Władysław II Jagiełło 1386-1434 since Ilustrowany atlas historii Polski, wyd. Demart, Warszawa 2006 |
English version of Poland and Lithuania during reign of Władysław II Jagiełło 1386-1434 since Hans-Erich Stier (dir.) Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, Westermann 1985, ISBN 3-14-100919-8 |
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 |
Poland and Lithuania in 1526 |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1569-1795: Commonwealth 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 in 1619 |
Commonwealth 1635 |
Commonwealth 1648 |
Commonwealth 1658 |
Commonwealth 1660 |
Commonwealth 1686 |
Commonwealth, division in voivodships |
Commonwealth 1701 |
Religions in Poland 1750 |
Physical map of Poland-Lithuania 1764 |
7 years war 1756-1762 |
Bar Confederation 1768-1772 |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as a protectorate of Russian Empire in 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 |
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 1810/Ks. Warszawskie 1810 |
Wolne Miasto Kraków, 1815-1846 |
Free City of Cracow, 1815-1846 |
Physical map of Galicia 1846-1918 |
Galicia, administrative 1914 |
Kingdom of Poland 1815-1831 |
Wolne Miasto Gdańsk 1807-1815/Free City Gdańsk/Danzig 1807-1815 |
Congress Poland, Grand Duchy of Posen and Free City of Kraków in 1815 |
Poland 1815-30 (Congress Poland), inside the Russian Empire |
Ethnic map of European Russia before the First World War (in French) |
Congress Poland, administrative division as of 1907 |
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). |
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 |
Wolne Miasto Gdańsk 1920-1939/Free City Gdańsk/Danzig 1920-1939 |
Languages of Poland 1937 |
Physical map of Poland 1938-39 |
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 |
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. |
[[|border|251x400px]] | Main German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Bordures from 1943. |
Oder-Neisse border between Poland and Germany |
Oder Neisse Linie |
Changing of the borders |
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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 1968 |
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 more than 70 years old.
English map of Poland - XVIII century |
Poland in 1836 |
Poland in 1902 |
Other maps
Airports |
Polish airports in 2011 - passenger traffic |
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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