Bydgoszcz District (Polish: ''Rejencja Bydgoska'', German ''Regierungsbezirk Bromberg'') was the more northern of two administrative districts of the

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(1815-1918) (later also called the Province of Poznań (1849-1918)). It underwent several changes during

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Administrative division (in 1897)

* Bydgoszcz District (Rejencja Bydgoska),

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...

(English county name, Polish county name, county town)
''(please note that at this time Polish county names were written with capital letters)'' :* Bydgoszcz City, (Miasto Bydgoszcz),

Bydgoszcz County __NOTOC__ Bydgoszcz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passe ...

, (Powiat Bydgoski),

Chodzież County __NOTOC__ Chodzież County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...

, (Powiat Chodzieski),

Chodzież Chodzież () is a town in northwestern Poland with 17,976 inhabitants as of December 2021, seat of the Chodzież County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Geography Chodzież is located in the northern part of Greater Poland (western Poland), i ...

Gniezno County __NOTOC__ Gniezno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed i ...

, (Powiat Gnieźnieński),

Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...

Inowrocław County __NOTOC__ Inowrocław County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refor ...

, (Powiat Inowrocławski),

Inowrocław Inowrocław (; , ) is a city in central Poland with a total population of 68,101 (as of December 2022). It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is one of the largest and most historically significant cities within the historic re ...

Mogilno County __NOTOC__ Mogilno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was formed on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...

, (Powiat Mogileński),

Mogilno Mogilno (; ) is a town in central Poland, seat of the Mogilno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. History Mogilno is one of the oldest settlements along the border of the Greater Poland and Kuyavia historical regions. Since the turn o ...

:* Strzelno County, (Powiat Strzelneński),

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:* Szubin County, (Powiat Szubiński),

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Wągrowiec County __NOTOC__ Wągrowiec County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passe ...

, (Powiat Wągrowiecki),

Wągrowiec Wągrowiec () is a town in west-central Poland, from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the seat of a powiat. Administratively it is attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The town is situated in the middle of th ...

:* Witkowo County, (Powiat Witkowski),

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:* Wyrzysk County, (Powiat Wyrzyski),

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Żnin County __NOTOC__ Żnin County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pass ...

, (Powiat Żniński),

Żnin Żnin (; , 1941–45: ) is a town in north-central Poland with a population of 14,181 (June 2014). It is in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (previously Bydgoszcz Voivodeship) and is the capital of Żnin County. The historical town, initially es ...

The Greater Poland and Kuyavia divisions

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; ), is a Polish Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest city in Poland. The bound ...

(geopolitical division of Poland) *

Dukes of Greater Poland The Duchy of Greater Poland was a District duchy, district principality in Greater Poland that was a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), Kingdom of Poland. It was formed in 1138 from the territories of the Kingdom of Poland, following ...

(12th-13th centuries) *

Poznań Voivodship Poznań ( ) is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair ...

(14th century-1793) * Kalisz Voivodship (14th century-1793) *

Inowrocław Voivodship Inowrocław (; , ) is a city in central Poland with a total population of 68,101 (as of December 2022). It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is one of the largest and most historically significant cities within the historic re ...

(14th century-1793) *

South Prussia South Prussia (; ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807 created out of territory annexed in the Second Partition of Poland. History South Prussia was created out of territory annexed in the Second Partition of Poland and i ...

(1793-1806) *

Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw (; ; ), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a First French Empire, French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. It initially comprised the ethnical ...

(1806-1815) *

(1815-1918) *

(1918-1939) *

Pomeranian Voivodship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursua ...

(1939-1993) *

Reichsgau Wartheland The Reichsgau Wartheland (initially Reichsgau Posen, also Warthegau) was a Nazi Germany, Nazi German ''Reichsgau'' formed from parts of Second Polish Republic, Polish territory Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, annexed in 1939 during World War ...

(1939-1945) *

(1945-1950) * Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1950-1998) *

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is ...

(since 1999) *

(city)

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Administrative division (in 1897)

The Greater Poland and Kuyavia divisions

See also

References