Middle Pomerania

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The term Middle or Central Pomerania can refer to two distinct areas, depending on whether it is used as a translation of the corresponding German or Polish terms Mittelpommern (also Mittelpommerscher Keil) or Pomorze Środkowe, respectively.

West Pomerania East Southeast
Bergen auf Rügen,
Stralsund,
Greifswald,
Wolgast,
Gützkow 		Demmin,
Altentreptow 		Anklam,
Usedom,
Heringsdorf
 Pasewalk,
Torgelow,
Ueckermünde,
Eggesin,
Penkun 		Gartz Świnoujście,
Wolin,
Goleniów,
Police,
Szczecin 		Widuchowa,
Gryfino,
Banie,
Pyrzyce 		Stargard,
Kamień Pomorski,
Gryfice,
Nowogard,
Łobez, Resko,
Trzebiatów 		Świdwin,
Drawsko Pomorskie,
Kołobrzeg,
Koszalin,
Karlino,
Białogard,
Szczecinek,
Sławno,
Darłowo 		Ustka,
Słupsk,
Miastko 		Łeba,
Lębork,
Bytów
(Lauenburg and Bütow Land
German: Lande Lauenburg und Bütow
Polish: Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska) 		Człuchów,
Chojnice,
Kościerzyna,
Kartuzy,
Żukowo,
Puck,
Władysławowo,
Hel 		Wejherowo,
Reda,
Rumia,
(so-called Little Kashubian Tricity)
Gdynia,
Sopot,
Gdańsk
(Tricity)
Starogard Gdański,
Skarszewy,
Pelplin,
Tczew 		Świecie
Tuchola
Toruń,
Grudziądz,
Chełmno,
Chełmża
Current countries Germany Poland
Current administrative regions Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) 		Land Brandenburg
(State of Brandenburg) 		województwo zachodniopomorskie
(West Pomeranian Voivodeship) 		województwo pomorskie
(Pomeranian Voivodeship) 		województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
(Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
German terminology
(corresponding English term) 		Pommern[1]
(Pomerania) 		Pomerellen, Pommerellen[1]
(Pomerelia)[1]
Westpreussen
(West Prussia)
before Partitions of Poland Königlich-Preußen or Preußen Königlichen Anteils
(Royal Prussia)
Vorpommern
in modern usage the part Located in Germany only
(Hither Pomerania, Fore Pomerania)
 Hinterpommern
(Farther/Further Pomerania, Rear Pomerania) 		Kaschubei[2]
(Kashubia)
areas south-east of Könitz (Schwarzwasser, Czersk): Tucheler Heide
(Tuchola Forest),
Koschneiderei 		Kociewie Tucheler Heide
(Tuchola Forest),
Koschneiderei 		Kulmerland
(Chełmno Land)
Neuvorpommern
(New Hither Pomerania) 		Altvorpommern
(Old Hither Pomerania)
Westpommern
(Western Pomerania) 		Mittelpommern
(Middle Pomerania) 		Ostpommern
(Eastern Pomerania)
Mittelpommerscher Keil
(Middle Pomeranian Wedge)
excluding Świnoujście and Wolin
Polish terminology
(corresponding English term) 		Pomorze Zachodnie
(Western Pomerania) 		Pomorze Wschodnie
(Eastern Pomerania)
Pomorze Nadwiślańskie
(Vistula Pomerania)
before World War II simply Pomorze[1]
(Pomerelia,[1] literally Pomerania)
before Partitions of Poland Prusy Królewskie
(Royal Prussia)
Pomorze Nadodrzańskie
(Oder Pomerania)
Pomorze Szczecińskie
(Szczecin Pomerania)
Pomorze Zachodnie w węższym znaczeniu
(Western Pomerania in narrower sense)
 Pomorze Środkowe
(Middle Pomerania)
 Pomorze Gdańskie
(Gdańsk Pomerania)
Ziemia chełmińska
(Chełmno Land)
ethnocultural region
Pomorze Przednie
(Hither Pomerania, Fore Pomerania) in modern usage the part located in Germany only 		Pomorze Tylne
(Farther/Further Pomerania, Rear Pomerania) usage limited mainly to translations of German texts 		Kaszuby
(Kashubia)
ethnocultural region
areas south-east of Chojnice (Czarna Woda, Czersk): Bory Tucholskie
(Tuchola Forest)
ethnocultural region,
Kosznajderia
former ethnocultural region 		Kociewie
ethnocultural region 		Bory Tucholskie
(Tuchola Forest)
ethnocultural region,
Kosznajderia
former ethnocultural region
Kashubian terminology
(corresponding English term) 		Zôpadnô Pòmòrskô
(Western Pomerania) 		Lãbòrskò-bëtowskô Zemia
(Lauenburg and Bütow Land)
 Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô
(Eastern Pomerania)

Mittelpommern[]

Mittelpommern in historical usage denotes the central parts of the former Duchy, later Province of Pomerania, located approximately between the rivers Peene and Rega, including the towns Trzebiatów, Resko and Nowogard.

Mittelpommerscher Keil[]

Mittelpommerscher Keil (Middle Pomeranian Wedge) is a term used in ethnolinguistics, which carries a narrower meaning; it corresponds to the south-central part of Mittelpommern, roughly between the rivers Zarow and Ihna (Ina).[3] This area differed from the rest of the duchy or province by the dialect of the inhabitants, who spoke the [3] variety closely related to Märkisch-Brandenburgisch, as well as in the town law of the cities, which was Magdeburg Law (vs Lübeck Law in the other parts).[4] Since World War II the Oder-Neisse line divides this area, reducing the German part to the former Uecker-Randow district, as well as to the Amt Gartz (Oder) in the Uckermark district.

  Projected Central Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomorze Środkowe[]

Pomorze Środkowe in modern usage are terms coined in Poland for the area of the former Koszalin Voivodeship (1950-1975), spanning roughly from the river Parsęta (Persante) to the river Łeba, which was split in 1975 with the remains since 1999 merged into the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Greater Poland voivodeships. In 2003, a movement presented to the Polish Sejm parliament a petition for the recreation of the Koszalin voivodeship as the Central Pomeranian Voivodeship, signed by 135,000 people.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001-07 Archived August 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Duden online Kaschubei". June 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Wolfgang Wilhelminus et al, Pommern. Geschichte, Kultur, Wissenschaft, University of Greifswald, 1990, pp.325ff
  4. ^ Erika Timm, Gustav Adolf Beckmann, Frau Holle, Frau Percht und verwandte Gestalten, Hirzel, 2003
  5. ^ Miroslawa Czerny, Poland in the geographical centre of Europe: political, social and economic consequences, Nova Publishers, 2006, p.57, ISBN 1-59454-603-7

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