Pomerania

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Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): P?m?rze and P?m?rsk?, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers, reaching the Reknitz river in the west.

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Polish Pomerania is currently divided into 3 voivodships: the West Pomeranian Voivodship (Zachodniopomorskie, ZP), Pomeranian Voivodship (Pomorskie, PM) and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (Kujawsko-Pomorskie, KP). German Pomerania (Vorpommern) is part of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).

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The history of the region is rich and varied, perhaps due to its having been under the rule of many different powers through the centuries, as all of Europe. From 1181 until 1806, Pomerania was a part of the Holy Roman Empire and was ruled as imperial fiefs by the Dukes of Pomerania and the kings of Poland, Denmark, Saxony, Brandenburg, Prussia, and Sweden. With the split of the Holy Roman Empire into Austrian and German Empire, Pomerania was a part of Germany. In 1945 Pomerania came under Soviet occupation.

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Pomerania related Images and Photos (experimental)

Presentation of the Pomeranian Kunstschrank to Duke Philip II of Pomerania-Stettin in 1617