Western Pomerania (disambiguation)
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Western Pomerania may be used as
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- a translation of the German term Vorpommern, also translated Hither Pomerania, which may refer to
- Western Pomerania
- Swedish PomeraniaSwedish PomeraniaSwedish Pomerania was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815, situated 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...
- the translation of the Polish term Pomorze Zachodnie, which may refer to
- Western Pomerania
- Farther PomeraniaFarther PomeraniaFarther Pomerania, Further Pomerania, Transpomerania or Eastern Pomerania , which before the German-Polish border shift of 1945 comprised the eastern part of the Duchy, later Province of Pomerania, roughly stretching from the Oder River in the West to Pomerelia in the East...
- the historical Duchy of Pomerania
- the historical Prussian Province of Pomerania
- the modern Polish West Pomeranian VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...
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| Stralsund Stralsund - Main sights :* The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.* The heart of the old town is the Old Market Square , with the Gothic Town Hall . Behind the town hall stands the imposing Nikolaikirche , built in 1270-1360... (Strzałów) |
Anklam Anklam Anklam is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Peene river, just 8 km from its mouth in the Kleines Haff, the western part of the Stettin Lagoon. Anklam has a population of 14,603 and was the capital of the former... (Nakło/Tąglim) |
Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... (Stettin) |
Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) |
Słupsk (Stolp) |
Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together... (Gdingen) |
Gdańsk Gdansk Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the... (Danzig) |
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| Current regions | Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) |
Zachodniopomorskie (West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north... ) |
Pomerelia Pomerelia Pomerelia is a historical region in northern Poland. Pomerelia lay in eastern Pomerania: on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea and west of the Vistula and its delta. The area centered on the city of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula... (Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River... ) |
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| German terminology (corresponding English term) |
Pommern (Pomerania) |
Pomerellen (Pomerelia) |
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| Vorpommern in modern usage excluding Szczecin (Western Pomerania) (Hither/Upper Pomerania) |
Hinterpommern (Farther/Further Pomerania) Ostpommern (Eastern Pomerania) |
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| Polish terminology (corresponding English term) |
Pomorze Zachodnie in historical usage including Slupsk (Western Pomerania) |
Pomorze in historical usage excluding Slupsk (Pomerelia, literally Pomerania) Pomorze Gdanskie (Gdansk Pomerania) Pomorze Wschodnie (EasternPomerania) |
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| Pomorze Przednie (Hither/Upper Pomerania) |
Pomorze Tylne (Farther/Further Pomerania) |
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