Ad
related to: pommern prussia germanyAudley provides 100% tailor-made trips to fit your budget, interests, & tastes. Uncover the best places to visit in Germany with tailor-made trips from Audley Travel.
- Things to do
Find out the best time to travel.
Miss crowds & extreme temperatures.
- Places to visit
Choose from amazing activities
& unique tour experiences.
- Things to do
Search results
In 1938 Germany's Province of Pomerania was expanded to include northern parts of the former Province of Posen–West Prussia (part of historic Greater Poland). Under the Nazi government, the persecution of Poles in the German-controlled part of Pomerania intensified.
Apr 12, 2024 · Guide to Pomerania (Pommern), German Empire ancestry, family history, and genealogy before 1945: birth records, marriage records, death records, both church and civil registration, compiled family history, and finding aids.
From 1918, Pomerania was a province of the Free State of Prussia until it was dissolved following World War II by decree of the Allied Control Council with the de jure abolition of Prussia on 25 February 1947, and its territory divided between Poland and Allied-occupied Germany.
Prussia united western and central Pomerania into one province called Pommern. Eastern Pomerania was held by the Teutonic Knights from 1308 to 1454, when it was reconquered by Poland. In 1772 it was annexed by Prussia and made into the province of West Prussia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Germany's Province of Pomerania was expanded in 1938 to include northern parts of the former Province of Posen–West Prussia, and in 1939 the annexed Polish territories became the part of Nazi Germany known as Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.
Apr 12, 2024 · 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.
Apr 12, 2016 · This former maritime province of Germany is situated on the southern Baltic coast. The area was settled by the Slavic tribes Pomorzanie and Polabs in the 5th century AD. German migration into the western and central regions of Pomerania began in the late 12th century.
