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Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, Land (state), northeastern Germany. It borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Poland to the east, and the German states of Brandenburg to the south, Lower Saxony to the southeast, and Schleswig-Holstein to the west.
Western Pomerania is famous for its sandy beaches along the Baltic Sea, its islands such as Rügen, Usedom and Hiddensee – and the many lagoons, part of them protected in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park. The photo shows the steep coast at Darss West Beach, near Ahrenshoop. Geography.
Germany's most thinly populated state is located in the most northeastern part of the country, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is one of Germany's new Länder (states) after 1990. It borders the Baltic Sea (in German: Ostsee) to the north, Schleswig-Holstein to the west, Lower Saxony to the southwest, Brandenburg to the south, and Poland to the east.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ( MV; German: [ ˌmeːklənbʊʁkˈfoːɐ̯pɔmɐn] or [ ˌmɛk-] ⓘ; Low German: Mäkelborg-Vörpommern; Polabian: Pomoré ); also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany.
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West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km 2 (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people.
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split between Germany and Poland. Its name comes from the Slavic po more, which means "land at the sea".
