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Starostwo
(literally "
eldership
")
[a]
is an administrative unit established from the 14th century in the
Polish Crown
and later in the
Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth
until the
partition of Poland
in 1795. Starostwos were established in the
crown lands
(
krolewszczyzna
). The term continues to be used in modern Poland.
Starosta
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Each
starostwo
was administered by an official known as
starosta
. The
starosta
received the office from the king and kept it until the end of his life. It usually provided a significant income for the
starosta
. His deputy was variously known as
podstarosta
,
podstaro?ci
,
burgrabia
,
włodarz
, or
surrogator
.
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The types of
starosta
included
:
- Starosta Generalny
was the administrative official of a territorial unit: either the representative of the King or Grand Duke or a person directly in charge.
- Starosta Grodowy
was a county (
powiat
)-level official responsible for fiscal duties, police and courts, and also responsible for the execution of judicial verdicts.
- Starosta Niegrodowy
was the overseer of the
Crown lands
.
Powiat
starosta
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When Poland regained independence in 1918 (until the beginning of the
World War II
in 1939) and in 1944?1950, the
starosta
was the head of
powiat
(county) administration, subordinate to the
voivode
.
Since
local government reforms
effective from 1 January 1999, the
starosta
is the head of the
powiat
executive board (
zarz?d powiatu
), and the head of the
powiat starostwo
[
pl
]
(part of the powiat administration), elected by the
powiat
council (
rada powiatu
).
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