Kalisz Department

Kalisz Department (Polish: departament kaliski) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Polish Duchy of Warsaw in years 1806–1815.

Its capital city was Kalisz, and the area was further subdivided onto 13 powiats.

In 1815 it was transformed into the Kalisz Voivodeship.

Historical administrative divisions of Greater Poland
12–13th century Duchy of Greater Poland
until 1768 Poznań / Kalisz Voivodeships
until 1793 Poznań / Kalisz / Gniezno Voivodeships · Netze District
until 1806 South Prussia
until 1815 Poznań / Kalisz / Bydgoszcz Departments
until 1837 · 1848 Kalisz Voivodeship · Grand Duchy of Poznań
until 1918 Province of Posen · Kalisz / Warsaw Governorates
until 1939 Poznań / Łódź Voivodeships · Posen-West Prussia
until 1945 Reichsgau Wartheland
until 1975 Poznań Voivodeship
until 1998 Poznań / Kalisz / Leszno / Konin / Piła Voivodeships
since 1998 Greater Poland Voivodeship


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