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As a result of the Versailles Peace Treaty (1919) after World War I, Pomerania was divided between Poland and Germany. Most of the German-Prussian province of West Prussia fell to Poland as the so-called Polish Corridor , and constituted the Pomeranian Voivodeship (województwo pomorskie) with the capital at Toruń (Thorn).
e. 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.
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 ...
The Pommerani tribe name means, “People of the Sea.”. A Slavic tribe to the south called the “Polani,” means, “People of the Plain,” which became Poland. During the 1800’s many Germans came to America for various reasons. Some came because of religious differences while others came for opportunity and the availability of land.
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Polish Corridor. Pomerania, historic region of northeastern Europe lying along the Baltic coastal plain between the Oder and the Vistula rivers. Politically, the name also came to include the area west of the Oder as far as Stralsund, including the island of Rügen (Rugia). Most of Pomerania is now part of Poland, but its westernmost section is ...
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Early History. In the Early Stone Age, some 15,000 years ago, the glaciers of the last Ice Age moved northwards, leaving tundra, hills and numerous small lakes in the regions of present northern Germany and Poland. During the Iron Age, the area was inhabited by numerous tribes. In the early centuries of the first millennium however, many tribes ...
The Geological History of Pomerania. Experience the development of the Pomeranian landscape from its earliest geological profile, with layers of rock that are millions of years old, to the formation of amber and the effects of the Ice Age on the landscape. The Middle Ages, the era of the Hanseatic League. Photo: Norman Posselt.
