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The area of Brześć Kujawski
Voivodeship was almost 60 sq. miles, with 67 Roman-Catholic parishes, 13 towns and 567 villages. It was divided into five counties: Brześć Kujawski, Radziejow, Przedecz, Kowal and Kruszwica. All counties were among the smallest in the Province of
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Brześć Kujawski
Voivodeship had six senators. These were: The Bishop of Kujawy, the Voivode and the Castellan of Brześć Kujawski, as well as Castellans of
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in his monumental book
Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship:
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lasted until the 16th century, while the
Kujawian Piasts died out in the 14th century. As a result, Kujawy returned to the
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in 1434, two hundred years before
Mazovia. It is not known when the province was divided into two voivodeships, but in
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were already present: Maciej of
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Błażejewski Stanisław, Kutta Janusz, Romaniuk Marek: Bydgoski Słownik
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were elected, and two deputies to the
Greater Poland Tribunal. Both voivodeships shared one coat of arms”.
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Atlas historyczny Polski. Kujawy i ziemia dobrzyńska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany
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Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1635
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Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger
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953:(1726–1734)
947:(1707–1726)
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789:Piotr Donin
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1390:18°54′17″E
1387:52°36′21″N
1279:Nowogródek
1226:Sandomierz
1132:Pomeranian
1102:Inowrocław
976:References
1274:Mstsislaw
1256:Lithuania
1221:Ruthenian
1211:Podlaskie
1191:Chernihów
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572:Lubraniec
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454:Radziejow
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676:Piotrków
657:Przedecz
628:Strzelno
577:Nieszawa
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1333:Parnawa
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