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Pomerania as a part of Denmark under Valdemar II (nicknamed "Sejr", "the Victorious") When the Rugian princes became vassals of Valdemar I of Denmark in 1168, the Saxon-Danish alliance broke apart. In the fall of 1170, the Danes raided the Oder estituary. In 1171, the Danes raided Circipania and took Cotimar's burgh in Behren-Lübchin.
Jun 19, 2017 · Pomerania was as that time sparsely populated by Slavic-speaking tribes, and the Polish duke Boleslaw took control of it. Simultaneously the area was being Christianized from southern Germany (Rügen from Roskilde, Denmark) and there was an influx of Germanic-speaking settlers from the west.
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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".
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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In the 11th and 12th century, the region was divided between the Dukes of Pomerania (the Griffin dynasty) in the west, and the Samborides in the eastern part that is also known as Pomeralia. During these centuries, both duchies were at various times vassal states of Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire and Poland.
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 ...
Jan 5, 2011 · 18 th century, cultural relations between Sweden and Swedish Pomerania deepened. During the ‘Age of liberty’ (1718-1771), Sweden was often pointed out as an attractive model of rational ...
