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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 Province of Pomerania was created from the Province of Pomerania (1653–1815) (Farther Pomerania and southern Vorpommern) and Swedish Pomerania (northern Vorpommern), and the districts of Schivelbein and Dramburg, formerly belonging to the Neumark.
The Province of Pomerania (German: Provinz Pommern; Polish: Prowincja Pomorze) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945. Pomerania was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, an expansion of the older Brandenburg-Prussia province of Pomerania, and then became part of the German Empire in 1871.
Most of Pomerania is now part of Poland, but its westernmost section is in eastern Germany, as reflected in the name of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Land (state). The region is generally flat, and there are numerous small rivers and, along the east coast, many lakes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The West Prussian province became part of Poland as the Pomerania Voivodship (also known as the Polish Corridor), with Toruń as its capital. The Pomeranian province remained in the German Empire, whereas Danzig became independent as the Free City of Danzig.
From the Swedish era to the Prussian province of Pomerania “Pomerania burnt to the ground!” – The Thirty Years’ War was horrifically violent. After the war, Pomerania was divided for almost 200 years: One part was ruled by Sweden, another by Brandenburg. In 1815, Pomerania became a Prussian province. During this time, fishing villages ...
Gdańsk & Pomerania. Poland, Europe. Cream-hued beaches shelving smoothly into the nippy Baltic Sea, wind-crafted dunes vivid against leaden skies, stern red-brick churches and castles erected by a medieval order of pious knights, and silenced shipyards that once seethed with anti-communist tumult – this is Pomerania, Poland’s north, a land ...
