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Pomerania ( Polish: Pomorze ⓘ ; German: Pommern ⓘ ; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô; Swedish: Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships of Poland, while the ...
Clearly the history of Pomerania as a "real" Prussian province started in 1815. But even more clearly a Province of Pomerania existed previously. Since we are writing Wikipedia and not Prussopedia, Skapperod's OR and POW above has to be discarded, and this article needs to be renamed to Province of Pomerania (1815–1945) to avoid confusion. Dr.
The Province of Pomerania was a province of Brandenburg-Prussia, the later Kingdom of Prussia. After the Thirty Years' War, the province consisted of Farther Pomerania. Subsequently, the Lauenburg and Bütow Land, Draheim, and Swedish Pomerania south of the Peene river were joined into the province. The province was succeeded by the Province of Pomerania set up in 1815. The name Pomerania ...
Swedish Pomerania. Swedish Pomerania ( Swedish: Svenska Pommern; German: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held extensive control over the lands on the southern Baltic coast, including ...
P. Province of Pomerania (1815–1945) Posen-West Prussia. Province of Posen. Province of Hesse-Nassau. Province of Pomerania (1653–1815) Province of Prussia.
Farther Pomerania. Farther Pomerania, Hinder Pomerania, Rear Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania ( Polish: Pomorze Tylne; German: Hinterpommern, Ostpommern ), is a subregion of the historic region of Pomerania in north-western Poland, mostly within the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, while its easternmost parts are within the Pomeranian Voivodeship .
Demographic history of Pomerania. Pomerania has experienced several transitions not only of culture and administration, but also of its population. In 997 AD many Old Prussians were baptized by Adalbert of Prague in the Vistula Delta. By that time Slavs had moved up north and the territory became known as Pomerania by 1046 AD.
