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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 Pomerania and parts of ...
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Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, [1] [2] Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania ( German: Vorpommern; Polish: Pomorze Przednie ), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, located mostly in north-eastern Germany, with a small portion in north ...
Coat of arms of the House of Griffin. The Pomeranians ( German: Pomoranen; Kashubian: Pòmòrzónie; Polish: Pomorzanie ), first mentioned as such in the 10th century, were a West Slavic tribe, which from the 5th to the 6th centuries had settled at the shore of the Baltic Sea between the mouths of the Oder and Vistula Rivers (the latter Farther ...
History of Szczecin. Szczecin Coat of Arms. The History of Szczecin ( German: Stettin) dates back to the 8th century. Throughout its history the city has been part of Poland, Denmark, Sweden and Germany. Since the Middle Ages, it is one of the largest and oldest cities in the historic region of Pomerania, and today, is it the largest city in ...
