The administrative subdivisions of Poland in 1945, including the District of Lower Silesia
Government
Attorney-in-fact
• 1945–1946
Stanisław Piaskowski
History
• Established
14 March 1945
• Disestablished
24 June 1946
Contained within
• Country
Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
(1945) Provisional Government of National Unity (1945–1946)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Province of Lower Silesia
Province of Brandenburg
Wrocław Voivodeship
Poznań Voivodeship
The Lower Silesian District,[a] also designated as the 2nd District,[b] was a district that acted as an provisional administrative division of Poland, during the administration of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland in 1945, and the Provisional Government of National Unity from 1945 to 1946.[1][2] It was centered around the area of the Lower Silesia. It was established as one of four provisional districts on 14 March 1945.[1][3] On 25 September 1945, the territories near its northern border were incorporated into the Poznań Voivodeship.[4] It existed until 28 June 1946, when it was abolished and replaced with the Wrocław Voivodeship.[2] The head of the district was the attorney-in-fact Stanisław Piaskowski.[1]
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^ abcStanisław Jackowiak: Trudny powrót do macierzy, Warsaw: Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, 9-10/2005, ISSN 1641-9561.
^ ab[http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19460280177 Journal of Laws, no. 28, position: 177, 1946.
^Andrzej Gawryszewski: Ludność Polski w XX wieku. Warsaw: Polska Akademia Nauk – Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania im. Stanisława Leszczyckiego, 2005, series: Monografie. ISBN 83-87954-66-7. ISSN 1643-2312. p. 43.
^Uchwała Rady Ministrów z dnia 7 lipca 1945 r. w sprawie wyłączenia z Okręgów Pomorze Zachodnie, Mazurskiego (Prusy Wschodnie) i Śląsk Dolny niektórych powiatów i przyznania na terenie tychże powiatów wojewodom: Gdańskiemu, Białostockiemu, Pomorskiemu i Poznańskiemu uprawnień Pełnomocników Okręgowych Rządu R. P.
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