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- The place name Vorpommern derives from West Slavic languages.
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The place name Vorpommern derives from West Slavic languages. The prefix "po-" means along or at, and the base word "more" means sea, so that together "po more" means Land at the Sea. The German prefix "vor-" denotes a closer location. The full name in German is pronounced [ˈmeːklənbʊʁk ˈfoːɐ̯pɔmɐn].
- 23,213 km² (8,963 sq mi)
- Germany
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The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means "land by the sea". The adjective for the region is (Western) Pomeranian (German: pommersch , Polish : pomorski ), inhabitants are called (Western) Pomeranians (German: Pommern , Polish: Pomorzanie ).
The name Vorpommern has the two components Vor (before) and Pommern (English Pommerania) is derived from Slavic po more and means "at the sea". Vorpommern is before the river Oder if you are coming from the West. Hinterpommern (behind Pommerania) is behind = east of the Oder.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was formed in 1947 under the Soviet occupation forces; the name was soon shortened to "Mecklenburg". It was a constituent state of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) upon its formation in 1949.
Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, Land (state), northeastern Germany. Mecklenburg–West Pomerania borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Poland to the east, and the German states of Brandenburg to the south, Lower Saxony to the southwest, and Schleswig-Holstein to the west. The capital is Schwerin. Area 8,947 square miles (23,173 square km).
The early name for the Mecklenburg area was Vandalia and later it was called Wendenland. The land was not cultivated during the Slavic times, but was covered everywhere with primeval forest. It was economically and culturally cut off from the rest of Germany.
