Wschowa Land

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Wschowa Land (Polish: ziemia wschowska) was a historic Polish administrative region centered on the town of Wschowa. It belonged to the Kingdom of Poland and later to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and it was part of the Poznań Voivodeship. The land lay along the border with Silesia and had no counties, covering about 489 square kilometers. In 1343, King Casimir III the Great annexed Wschowa Land into Poland; before that it had been ruled by the dukes of Głogów. Polish kings allowed Wschowa to mint its own money, as long as the coins bore a Polish eagle. In 1422, King Władysław II Jagiełło applied Polish legal rules to the land, and it became part of the Poznań Voivodeship while keeping some old customs. Wschowa Land ceased to exist after the Partitions of Poland, when it was annexed by Prussia.