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Pomerania was first conquered by the Polish duke Mieszko I in the second half of the 10th century. Pagan uprisings in 1005 and 1038 resulted in independence for Western Pomerania and Pomerelia, respectively. Regained by Poland in 1116/1121, the Polish could not hold the Pomeranian duchy longer than 1135, whereas Pomerelia after the 1138 ...
Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania (1584–1625) duke of Pomerania. Otto Wolgast (1640-1681) early settler in Delaware, USA; founded the Zwaanendael Colony. Johann Philipp Palthen (1672–1710) a Western Pomeranian historian and philologist. Philipp Otto Runge (1777–1810) a Romantic German painter and draughtsman.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.eu. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or known by its anglicized name: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Mecklenburg-West Pomerania ( Low German: Mäkelborg-Vörpommern) is one of the 16 States of Germany. The capital is Schwerin . As of 2016, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had about 1,612,000 people. It made part of former East Germany .
History of Pomerania. History of Pomerania between 1933 and 1945 covers the period of one decade of the long history of Pomerania, lasting from the Adolf Hitler's rise to power until the end of World War II in Europe. In 1933, the German Province of Pomerania like all of Germany came under control of the Nazi regime.
Flag of Western Pomerania. The flag that serves as the symbol of the historical and geographical region of the Western Pomerania is divided horizontally into two stripes: light blue on the top and white on the bottom. It originated as the flag of the Province of Pomerania, Prussia, used from 1882 to 1935. Since 1996, it is officially recognized ...
Boizenburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɔɪ̯t͡sn̩ˌbʊʁk] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, 53 km west of Ludwigslust, 25 km northeast of Lüneburg and 50 km east of Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
For these towns, see List of towns in Farther Pomerania. German Western Pomerania had a population of about 470,000 in 2012 (districts of Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald combined) - while the Polish districts of the region had a population of about 520,000 in 2012 (cities of Stettin, Swinemünde and Police County combined).
