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Pomerania is the area along the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea between the rivers Recknitz, Trebel, Tollense and Augraben in the west and Vistula in the east. [1] [2] It formerly reached perhaps as far south as the Noteć river, but since the 13th century its southern boundary has been placed further north.
Polish rule. Conquest by the Teutonic Order. List of leaders. Dukes. Stewards. Dukes. Notes. References. Duchy of Eastern Pomerania. Coordinates: 54°27′00″N 17°02′00″E. Not to be confused with Duchy of Pomerania. The Duchy of Eastern Pomerania, [a] was a duchy centred on Pomerelia, with Gdańsk as its capital.
In 1106, Pomerania is divided by his two older sons: Wartislaw, who founded the House of Pomerania and the Duchy of Pomerania, and Świętopełk I. After Swietopelk's death, his lands were occupied by the Saxon prince Lothar of Supplinburg. In 1155, the lands regained independence under Sobieslaw I, who founded the dynasty of the Samborides, and the Duchy of Pomerelia.
Apr 12, 2024 · Historical Background. Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Hither Pomerania, or Vorpommern, is the western extremity of the historic region of the Duchy (later Province) of Pomerania (Pommern), nowadays divided between the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Poland.
The territory of Pomerania (Pommern in German) stretched along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, from the island of Rügen (now within north-eastern Germany) to the mouth of the Vistula at Gdansk (now part of Poland ). In the Bronze Age, prior to expansion of the Central European Lusatian culture around 1300-1200 BC, the Western Balts seem ...
May 23, 2018 · Pomerania (pŏm´ərā´nēə), region of N central Europe, extending along the Baltic Sea [1] from a line W of Stralsund, Germany, to the Vistula River in Poland. From 1919 to 1939, Pomerania was divided among Germany, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk).
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The Duchy of Pomerania (German: Herzogtum Pommern; Polish: Księstwo pomorskie; Latin: Ducatus Pomeraniae) was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania ( Griffins ). The country had existed in the Middle Ages, in years 1121–1160, 1264–1295, 1478–1531 and 1625–1637.
