Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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administrative region subdivision of Poland voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship is a historic and culturally significant region in southern Poland, known for its medieval cities, mountainous landscapes, and major World War II heritage sites.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Lesser Poland Voivodeship canonical	635
Małopolskie	2
województwo małopolskie	2
Kraków District	1
Kraków region	1
Lachy Sądeckie region	1
Lesser Poland	1
Lesser Poland Voivodeship (through Kraków)	1
Lesser Poland Voivodeship Assembly	1
Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sejmik	1
NUTS region PL21 (Małopolskie)	1
Self-government of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30584 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Context triple: [Auschwitz-Birkenau, locatedIn, Lesser Poland Voivodeship]

A. Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic was the independent Polish state that existed between World War I and World War II, ultimately destroyed by the joint German and Soviet invasion in 1939.
B. Poles
Poles are the ethnic and national group native to Poland, many of whom suffered persecution and mass murder under Nazi occupation during the Holocaust.
C. Chemnitz
Chemnitz is a city in eastern Germany known for its industrial heritage and post-reunification urban redevelopment.
D. Polish Armed Forces in the East
The Polish Armed Forces in the East were Polish military units formed under Soviet auspices during World War II that fought alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
E. Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
The Slovak Republic (1939–1945) was a Nazi-aligned client state carved from Czechoslovakia that participated militarily alongside Germany in World War II.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Target entity description: Lesser Poland Voivodeship is a historic and culturally significant region in southern Poland, known for its medieval cities, mountainous landscapes, and major World War II heritage sites.

A. Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic was the independent Polish state that existed between World War I and World War II, ultimately destroyed by the joint German and Soviet invasion in 1939.
B. Poles
Poles are the ethnic and national group native to Poland, many of whom suffered persecution and mass murder under Nazi occupation during the Holocaust.
C. Chemnitz
Chemnitz is a city in eastern Germany known for its industrial heritage and post-reunification urban redevelopment.
D. Polish Armed Forces in the East
The Polish Armed Forces in the East were Polish military units formed under Soviet auspices during World War II that fought alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
E. Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
The Slovak Republic (1939–1945) was a Nazi-aligned client state carved from Czechoslovakia that participated militarily alongside Germany in World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region ⓘ subdivision of Poland ⓘ voivodeship ⓘ
borderedBy	Silesia (as contested region) ⓘ surface form: Silesian Voivodeship Slovakia ⓘ Subcarpathian Voivodeship ⓘ Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship ⓘ
capital	Kraków ⓘ
containsCity	Kraków ⓘ Nowy Sącz ⓘ Tarnów ⓘ
containsCulturalRegion	Kraków ⓘ surface form: Kraków metropolitan area Lesser Poland Voivodeship self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lachy Sądeckie region Orawa ⓘ Podhale ⓘ Spisz ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Beskid Sądecki ⓘ Pieniny Mountains ⓘ Tatra National Park ⓘ surface form: Tatra Mountains
containsProtectedArea	Ojców National Park ⓘ Pieniny National Park ⓘ Tatra National Park ⓘ
containsRiver	Dunajec River ⓘ Poprad River ⓘ Vistula River ⓘ
containsTown	Bochnia ⓘ Chrzanów ⓘ Gorlice ⓘ Myślenice ⓘ Nowy Targ ⓘ Olkusz ⓘ Oświęcim ⓘ Skawina ⓘ Sucha Beskidzka ⓘ Trzebinia ⓘ Wadowice ⓘ Wieliczka ⓘ Zakopane ⓘ
containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Bochnia Royal Salt Mine ⓘ Wawel Castle in Kraków ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park ⓘ Wieliczka ⓘ surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ
containsWorldWarIIHeritageSite	AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Birkenau extermination camp Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory in Kraków ⓘ Plaszow concentration camp ⓘ surface form: Płaszów concentration camp site
country	Poland ⓘ
hasExecutiveBody	Marshal’s Office of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion	Lesser Poland ⓘ
hasISO3166-2Code	PL-MA ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	agriculture ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ mining ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.malopolska.pl/ ⓘ
hasRegionalAssembly	Lesser Poland Voivodeship self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sejmik
hasVehicleRegistrationCode	K ⓘ
language	Polish ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
namedAfter	historical region of Lesser Poland ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Kraków ⓘ

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Referenced by (648)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

parish church of St Nicholas → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

subject surface form: parish church of St Nicholas in Chrzanów

St Nicholas Church in Chrzanów → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

this entity surface form: Małopolskie

Municipal Cultural Center in Chrzanów → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Fablok (First Factory of Locomotives in Poland) → region → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

subject surface form: Fablok

Ethnographic Museum in Tarnów → locatedInRegion → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Burmistrz Chrzanowa → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Rytro → locatedIn → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Rytro → voivodeship → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

gmina: Gmina Skawina → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

subject surface form: Gmina Skawina

gmina: Gmina Skawina → partOf → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

subject surface form: Gmina Skawina

gmina: Gmina Skawina → hasHigherLevelAdministrativeUnit → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

subject surface form: Gmina Skawina

this entity surface form: województwo małopolskie

Gmina Skawina → locatedIn → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

WSB University in Nowy Sącz → region → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

WSB University in Nowy Sącz → countrySubdivision → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

this entity surface form: Małopolskie

Sądecki Ethnographic Park → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

KNS → voivodeship → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Sandecja Nowy Sącz → region → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Trzebinia railway station → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Gmina Trzebinia → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Gmina Trzebinia → partOf → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Tarnów Regional Museum → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Planty Park → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

State University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sącz → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Nowy Sącz Town Hall → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Basilica of Saint Margaret in Nowy Sącz → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Voivodeship road 965 → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Pieniny National Park (Poland) → locatedIn → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Dunajec River Gorge footbridges → locatedInRegion → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Saint Nicholas Basilica in Bochnia → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Czarna Góra → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Nowy Targ Airport → locatedInRegion → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Saint Catherine Church in Nowy Targ → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

District Museum in Nowy Sącz → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Chechło → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Gmina Gorlice → locatedIn → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Gmina Gorlice → countrySubdivisionName → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

KGR → voivodeship → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Gorlice town hall → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Gorlice cemetery no. 91 (WWI) → locatedIn → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gorlice → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Nowy Targ County → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Saint Anne Church in Nowy Targ → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Bochnia Regional Museum → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Dunajec River Gorge → locatedInRegion → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Oshpitsin → locatedInRegion → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

State Higher Vocational School in Oświęcim → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Family home of Pope John Paul II Museum → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

kremówka papieska → eatenIn → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

Marcin Wadowita High School → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ

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