The Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815

The War of the Fourth Coalition against Napoleon’s French Empire ended with the Treaties of Tilsit, the first signed on 07 July 1907 between the French Empire and Imperial Russia, and the second signed on 09 July 1807 between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.

In 1807, the Treaties of Tilsit resulted in the creation of of the Duchy of Warsaw from the territories previously acquired by Prussia during the partition of Pland. Part of the territories from the first, all of the second, and all of the third Prussian partitions of Poland became the Duchy of Warsaw.

The War of the Fifth Coalition against the French Empire ended with the Peace in Schrönbrunn on 14 October 1809. As a result, the Duchy was enlarged by the addition of the territories acquired by Austria during the third partition of Poland and the Zamość Kreis of Eastern Galicia.

While nominally free, the Duchy of Warsaw was subordinate to the French Empire.

The initial administrative division of the Duchy of Warsaw into six departments and 60 powiats was based on the previous administrative division by Prussia.

Bydgoszcz Department

• Breść Powiat
• Bydgoszcz Powiat
• Chełmno Powiat
• Inowrocław Powiat
• Kamiń Powiat
• Kowal Powiat
• Michałowo Powiat
• Radziejów Powiat
• Toruń Powiat
• Wojecki Powiat

Kalisz Department

• Częstochowa Powiat
• Kalisz Powiat
• Konin Powiat
• Odolanów Powiat
• Ostrzeszów Powiat
• Piotrków Powiat
• Radomsko Powiat
• Sieradz Powiat
• Szadkowice Powiat
• Warcia Powiat
• Wieluń Powiat
• New Silesia
  • Siewierz Powiat and Pilicki Powiat (until 08 December 1807)
  • Lelów-Siewerz Powiat (beginning on 09 December 1807)
  • Lelów Powiat and Pilicki Powiat (beginning on 12 December 1808)
  • Incorporated into the Kraków Department on 17 April 1810

Łomża Department

• Biebrza Powiat (seat in Szczuczyn)
• Dąbrowa Powiat (seat in Lipsk, later in Augustów)
• Kalwaria Powiat
• Łomża Powiat
• Mariampol Powiat
• Tykocin Powiat
• Wigry Powiat
  • Sejny Powiat (after separating from the Wigry parish on 06 May 1808)

Płock Department

• Lipińskie Powiat
• Mława Powiat
• Ostrołęcka Powiat
• Pułtusk Powiat
• Przasnysz Powiat
• Wyszogród Powiat

Poznań Department

• Babimost Powiat
• Gniezno Powiat
• Kościan Powiat
• Krobów Powiat
• Krotoszyn Powiat
• Międzrzecz Powiat
• Oborniki Powiat
• Powidzki Powiat
• Poznań Powiat
• Pyzdry Powiat
• Śrem Powiat
• Środa Powiat
• Wągrowiec Powiat
• Wschowa Powiat

Warsaw Department

• Błonie Powiat
• Brzeziny Powiat
• Czersk Powiat
• Gostynin Powiat
• Łęczyca Powiat
• Orłowo Powiat
• Rawa Powiat
• Sochaczew Powiat
• Warsaw Powiat
• Zgierz Powiat
• Siennica Powiat
  • Incorporated into the Warsaw Department on 17 April 1810)
• Stanisławów Powiat
  • Incorporated into the Warsaw Department on 17 April 1810)

The Peace in Schrönbrunn concluded on 14 October 1809. On 24 February 1810, the territories acquired from Austria were divided into four departments, and on 17 April 1810, the new departments were divided into forty powiats.

Kraków Department

• Hebdów Powiat
• Jędrejów Powiat
• Kraków Powiat
• Krzeszowice Powiat
• Miechów Powiat
• Olkusz Powiat
• Skalbmierz Powiat
• Stopnica Powiat
• Szydłowiec Powiat
• Pilica Powiat (from the Kalisz Department)
• Lelów Powiat (from the Kalisz Department)

Lublin Department

• Chełm Powiat
• Hrubieszów Powiat
• Kaźmierki Powiat
• Krasnystaw Powiat
• Kraśnik Powiat
• Lubartów Powiat
• Lublin Powiat
• Tarnogród Powiat
• Tomaszów Powiat
• Zamość Powiat

Radom Department

• Kielce Powiat
• Końskie Powiat
• Kozienice Powiat
• Opatów Powiat
• Opoczno Powait
• Radom Powiat
• Sandomierz Powiat
• Solec Powiat
• Staszów Powiat
• Szydłowiec Powiat

Siedlce Department

• Biała Powiat
• Garwolin Powiat
• Łosice Powiat
• Łuków Powiat
• Radzyń Powiat
• Siedlce Powiat
• Węgrów Powiat
• Włodawa Powiat
• Żelechów Powiat

Seven cities were declared Municipal Offices: Warsaw, Poznań, Kalisz, Toruń, Kraków, Lublin, and Sandomierz.

Copyright © 2019 by Stephen J. Danko