Regions of Poland

Maps of the geophysical regions of Poland

Polish regions are regions located within the present-day Poland without being identified in its administrative division.

Geophysical regions

(Transborder regions = *)

Northern & Western Poland

• North European Plain* (Nizina Środkowoeuropejska)
• Silesia*
• Pomerania*

Southern Poland

• Bohemian Massif* (Masyw Czeski)
• Polish Highlands (Wyżyny Polskie)
• Sandomierz Basin (Kotlina Sandomierska)
• Subcarpathia*
  • Western Subcarpathia* (Podkarpacie Zachodnie)
  • Northern Subcarpathia (Podkarpacie Północne) and
  • Eastern Subcarpathia* (Podkarpacie Wschodnie)
• Carpathian Mountains*
  • Western Carpathians* (Karpaty Zachodnie) and
  • Eastern Carpathians* (Karpaty Wschodnie)

Eastern Poland

• Ukrainian Highlands* (Wyżyny Ukraińskie)
• East Baltic-Belarusian Lowlands* (Niż Wschodniobałtycko-Białoruski)

Historical regions of the current Polish state

The following historic regions are either completely or mostly within Poland's modern borders:

• Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska, Latin: Polonia Maior)
• Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska, Latin: Polonia Minor)
• Masovia (Polish: Mazowsze, Latin: Mazovia)
• The County of Kladsko (Czech: Kladské hrabství, German: Grafschaft Glatz, Polish: Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit in the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kłodzko (Kladsko) which roughly corresponds with the present-day Kłodzko County in the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
• Kuyavia (Polish: Kujawy, Latin: Cuiavia)
• Podlasie (Polish: Podlasie, Polish: Podlasze, Latin: Podlachia)
• Southern Podlasie (Polish: Podlasie Południowe)
• Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern, Latin: Pomerania, also a German historical region)
• Pomerelia (Polish: Pomorze Gdańskie, German: Pommerellen, Latin: Pomerania)
• Silesia (Polish: Śląsk, Silesian: Ślůnsk, German: Schlesien, Czech: Slezsko, Latin: Silesia), only part in Poland, also a Czech land and German historical region

The following historic regions have substantial parts within Poland's modern borders:

• Lithuania Minor (Polish: Litwa Mniejsza; (Lithuanian: Mažoji Lietuva; German: Kleinlitauen; Russian: Máлая Литвá) or Prussian Lithuania (Polish: Litwa Pruska); (Lithuanian: Prūsų Lietuva, German: Preußisch-Litauen) only part in Poland, also a Lithuanian land and German historical region now mostly within the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia
• Lusatia (Polish: Łużyce, German: Lausitz, Latin: Lusatia, only partially in modern Poland, also a German historical region))
• Prussia (Polish: Prusy, German: Preußen, Latin: Borussia, also a German historical region)
• Red Ruthenia (Polish: Ruś Czerwona, Latin: Ruthenia Rubra)

See also

• Administrative division of Poland
• Historical regions of Central Europe
• Territorial changes of Poland
• Voivodeships of Poland

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