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The General Government administration (German: Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete, lit. 'General Government for the occupied Polish areas'), a government and administration of the General Government set up on part of that area of the Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule, operated during World War II between ...
The General Government (German: Generalgouvernement; Polish: Generalne Gubernatorstwo; Ukrainian: Генеральна губернія), formally the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (German: Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete), was a German zone of occupation established after the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Slovakia and the Soviet Union in ...
Following the First Partition of Poland in 1772: Duchy of Warsaw – 1812: Congress Poland – 1815: Second Polish Republic – 1930: General Government – 1942: Polish People's Republic – 1956-90: See also: Free City of Danzig – 1812: Officially the Kingdom/Tsardom of Poland in a personal union with the Russian Empire. Incorporated in a ...
This district, along with the other three districts, formed the General Government. It was established on October 12, 1939 by Adolf Hitler, with the capital in occupied Kraków – the historic residence of Polish royalty. The Nazi Gauleiter Hans Frank became the Governor-General of the entire territory of the General Government. [2]
Military Administration of eastern, western and southern territories German Zone of Protection in Slovakia; Military Administration in Poland (implemented in 1939, then turned into General Government) German military administration in occupied France; Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia; German Zone in Greece
The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships (provinces); these are further divided into powiats (counties or districts), and these in turn are divided into gminas (communes or municipalities).
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Historical map showing the Western governorates of the Russian Empire, 1902 (including those of Congress Poland). Congress Poland was subdivided several times from its creation in 1815 until its dissolution in 1918. Congress Poland ("Russian Poland") was divided into departments, a relic from the times of the French-dominated Duchy of Warsaw.