Bielsk Land

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Bielsk Land, or ziemia bielska, was a historic administrative region named after Bielsk Podlaski. It belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then to the Kingdom of Poland, and later to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was created in 1413 and originally formed part of the Trakai Voivodeship. In 1513 it joined the Podlaskie Voivodeship, and from 1569 to 1795 it was part of Poland.

Its capital was Bielsk Podlaski, where the local sejmik met and two deputies were sent to the Sejm in Warsaw. Bielsk Podlaski was not the largest town in the land; it was smaller than Brańsk, Tykocin and Goniądz.

The land was created by merging three smaller territories and was the largest of the three Podlasie lands. It covered the northern half of Podlasie and included towns such as Bielsk Podlaski, Brańsk, Tykocin, Goniądz, Kleszczele, Białystok, Knyszyn, Choroszcz, Rajgród, Narew, Augustów, Orla, Boćki and Jasionówka. It had two starosts: of Knyszyn and of Tykocin.