to the fall of the Commonwealth. He cautions against such simplistic assessments, and traces them to 18th century publications whose negative views of the sejmiks have been rarely challenged since. The stereotype of a group of drunken, fighting nobility, found in some literature, should not be seen as representative, particularly outside the period of the sejmik's decline in the 18th century. He argues that while many sensationalist descriptions of debauchery, brawling or outright bloody violence at sejmiks have survived, they did so because they were just that—sensationalist—and should be seen as exceptions to the long, uneventful, but usually constructive proceedings that were much more common. Kriegseisen also remarks that there is a myth about the uniqueness of sejmiks to Poland, and notes that similar institutions of self-governance and regional parliamentary participation by nobility can be found in other places, such as in Hungary and various German provinces (Silesia, Prussia, Brandenburg). Locations of provincial (or territorial) sejmiks The following is a list of locations at which the provincial (or territorial) sejmiks were held. Province of Lesser Poland Bełz (for Bełz Voivodeship), four envoys elected to the Sejm, Chełm (for the Land of Chełm), two envoys elected, Czernihów (for Czernihów Voivodeship), four envoys elected, Halicz (for the Lands of Halicz, Kołomyja, and Trembowla), six envoys elected, Kamieniec Podolski (for Podole Voivodeship), four envoys elected, Łuck (for Wołyń Voivodeship), six envoys elected, Opatów (for Sandomierz Voivodeship), six envoys elected, Proszowice (for Kraków Voivodeship), six envoys elected, Urzędów, also Lublin (for Lublin Voivodeship, three envoys elected, Winnica (for Bracław Voivodeship), three envoys elected, Sądowa Wisznia (for the Lands of Lwów, Sanok, and Przemyśl), six envoys elected, Zator (for the Duchy of Oświęcim, and the Duchy of Zator), one envoy elected, Żytomierz (for Kijów Voivodeship), three envoys elected. Province of Greater Poland Bielsk (for the County of Bielsk), two envoys elected, Ciechanów (for the Land of Ciechanów), two envoys elected, Czersk (for the Land of Czersk), two envoys elected, Drohiczyn (for the County of Drohiczyn), two envoys elected, Gąbin (for the Land of Gostynin), two envoys elected, Lipno (for the Land of Dobrzyń), two envoys elected, Liw (for the Land of Liw), two envoys elected, Łomża (for the Land of Łomża), two envoys elected, Mielnik (for the County of Mielnik), two envoys elected, Nur (for the Land of Nur), two envoys elected, Parzęczew (for Łęczyca Voivodeship), two envoys elected, Raciąż (for Płock Voivodeship), four envoys