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Elblg Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in ___MASK56___ from 1975 to 1998 , superseded by the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Warmian - Masurian Voivodeship . Its capital city was Elblg . Pomeranian Voivodeship , Pomorskie Region , or Pomerania Province ( in Polish " województwo pomorskie " , in Kashubian " Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò "), is a voivodeship , or province , in north - central ___MASK56___ . It comprises most of Pomerelia ( the easternmost part of historical Pomerania ), as well as an area east of the Vistula River . The western part of the province , around Supsk , belonged historically to Farther Pomerania , while Pomerelia and the eastern bank of the Vistula belonged to the historical region of Prussia . The central parts of the province are also known as Kashubia , named after the Kashubian minority . The provincial capital is Gdask . Malbork County is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat ) in Pomeranian Voivodeship , northern ___MASK56___ . It came into being on January 1 , 1999 , as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 . Its administrative seat and largest town is Malbork ( site of the historic Malbork Castle ), south - east of the regional capital Gdask . The only other town in the county is Nowy Staw , lying north of Malbork . Until 2002 the county also included the areas which now make up Sztum County . ___MASK56___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK56___ , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of ___MASK56___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK56___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . ___MASK56___ is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . Malbork is a town in northern ___MASK56___ in the uawy region ( Vistula delta ), with 38 , 478 inhabitants ( 2006 ). Situated in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999 , it was previously assigned to Elblg Voivodeship ( 1975  1998 ). It is the capital of Malbork County . Damian Wleklak ( born 28 February 1976 in Malbork ) is a Polish handball player , currently playing for Austrian club Hard , transferred from Wisa Pock . He is also a member of the Polish national team . Achievements Golden Cross of Merit in 2007 .