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Gniezno VoivodeshipPalatinatus Gnesnensis (Latin)
Województwo gnieźnieńskie (Polish)
Voivodeship of Poland¹
1768–1793
Coat of arms of Gniezno Coat of arms

Gniezno Voivodeship in
the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1768.
CapitalGniezno
Area 
• 7,660 km (2,960 sq mi)
History 
• Partitioned from
   Kalisz Voivodeship
1768
• Split off
   Netze District
1772
• Annexed by Prussia 25 September 1793
Political subdivisionsCounties: 3
Preceded by Succeeded by
Kalisz Voivodeship Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
South Prussia
¹ Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Gniezno Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Gnieźnieńskie, Latin: Palatinatus Gnesnensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was part of Greater Polish prowincja.

Greater Poland general governor (Starosta Generalny) seat:

Voivodeship governor (wojewoda) seat:

General council (Sejmik Generalny) for the Greater Poland seat:

Administrative division:

Neighbouring Voivodeships:

Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Province of
Greater Poland
Map indicating the administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1619
Province of
Lesser Poland
Grand Duchy of
Lithuania
Polish Livonia
Fiefs
Historical administrative divisions of Greater Poland
12–13th century
until 1768
until 1793
until 1806
until 1815
  • until 1837
  • 1848
until 1918
until 1939
until 1945
until 1975
until 1998
since 1999

52°32′05″N 17°35′50″E / 52.534653°N 17.597253°E / 52.534653; 17.597253

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