Łomża Department (Polish: ''Departament Łomzyński'') was an administrative division and local government in the Polish
Duchy of Warsaw in the years 1807–15. The department comprised 10 counties and had its capital at
Łomża.
From January to July 1807 the department was known as the
Białystok Department
The Białystok Department (German: ''Kammerdepartement Bialystok'', Polish:''Departament białostocki'') was part of the New East Prussia Province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the Third ...
(''Departament Białostocki''), with its capital at
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
. However, after the
Treaties of Tilsit, the
Russian Empire agreed to the creation of the
Duchy of Warsaw; but in exchange the department ceded four
counties:
Białostocki,
Bielski Bielski is a Polish spelling of the Slavic surname Belsky. The Lithuanized form is Bielskis/Bielskiene/Bielskytė, Latvian: Beslkis.
Notable people with the surname include:
World War II partisans
* Bielski partisans , a World War II Jewish part ...
,
Sokólski, and
Drohicki. Thus the department's capital had to be moved, and its name was accordingly changed to that of the new capital,
Łomża.
After 1815 most of the Łomża Department's territory became part of
Augustów Province. In 1867 it was reconstituted as the
Łomża Governorate.
Administrative divisions
It was divided into 7
counties:
* Biebrzańsk County (seat in
Szczuczyn
Szczuczyn is a town in Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. As of 2004, it has a population of 3,602.
History
The town is located in the north-eastern outskirts of Mazovia, which has been part of Poland since the establishment of t ...
)
* Dąbrowski County (seat in
Lipsk :''Lipsk is also the old Slavonic form of the name of Leipzig in Germany.''
Lipsk , (also pl, Lipsk nad Biebrzą; lt, Liepinė; yi, ליפּסק נאַד בּיבּג'ו) is a town in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,520 ...
, later in
Augustów
Augustów (; lt, Augustavas, formerly known in English as ''Augustovo'' or ''Augustowo'')" is a city in north-eastern Poland with 29,729 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the ...
)
* Kalvarija County
* Łomża County
* Marijampolė County
* Tykociń County
* Wigierski-Sejny County (seat in
Sejny
Sejny ( lt, Seinai) is a town in north-eastern Poland and the capital of Sejny County, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, close to the northern border with Lithuania and Belarus. It is located in the eastern part of the Suwałki Lake Area ( pl, Pojezier ...
)
References
Dokumenty urzędowe dotyczące Łomży w okresie Księstwa Warszawskiego z 17 XII 1810 roku, 1 VI 1812 roku, 27 VII 1812 roku Skarby Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Polska.pl
Departments of the Duchy of Warsaw
Łomża
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