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
Damgarten,
Barth,
Tribsees,
Grimmen,
Franzburg,
Richtenberg,
Bergen auf Rügen,
Garz/Rügen,
Sassnitz,
Stralsund
Loitz,
Greifswald,
Lassan,
Wolgast,
Gützkow
Demmin,
Altentreptow
Jarmen,
Anklam,
Usedom
Pasewalk,
Torgelow,
Ueckermünde,
Eggesin,
Penkun
Gartz,
Schwedt (part north of Wesel with inland port)
Świnoujście,
Międzyzdroje,
Wolin,
Dziwnów (left-bank),
Goleniów,
Police,
Nowe Warpno,
Szczecin,
Dąbie
Widuchowa,
Gryfino,
Banie,
Pyrzyce
Maszewo,
Stargard,
Stepnica,
Dziwnów (right-bank with historic centre),
Kamień Pomorski,
Golczewo,
Ińsko,
Dobrzany,
Dolice,
Chociwel,
Gryfice,
Gościno,
Płoty,
Nowogard,
Łobez,
Węgorzyno,
Resko,
Trzebiatów
Świdwin,
Połczyn-Zdrój,
Kalisz Pomorski,
Drawsko Pomorskie,
Złocieniec,
Kołobrzeg,
Koszalin,
Polanów,
Sianów,
Karlino,
Tychowo,
Bobolice,
Białogard,
Biały Bór,
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,
Jastarnia,
Hel
Wejherowo,
Reda,
Rumia,
(so-called Little Kashubian Tricity)
Gdynia,
Sopot,
Gdańsk
(Tricity)
Pruszcz Gdański,
Nowy Staw
Starogard Gdański,
Skarszewy,
Pelplin,
Tczew,
Gniew
Świecie,
Nowe
Tuchola,
Pruszcz
Toruń,
Grudziądz,
Chełmno,
Chełmża,
Wąbrzeźno,
Kowalewo Pomorskie,
Jabłonowo Pomorskie,
Radzyń Chełmiński,
Łasin,
Brodnica (part north of Drwęca with historic center),
Golub
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)
Vorpommern-Rügen District Vorpommern-Greifswald District Mecklenburgische Seenplatte District Vorpommern-Greifswald District Uckermark District
German terminology
(corresponding English term)
Pommern[1]
(Pomerania)
Pomerellen, Pommerellen[1]
(Pomerelia)[1]
After Partitions of Poland, part of the wider Westpreussen
(West Prussia)
before Partitions of Poland, part of the wider 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, Międzyzdroje, Wolin and Dziwnów
Polish terminology
(corresponding English term)
Pomorze Zachodnie
(Western Pomerania)
Pomorze Nadodrzańskie
(Oder Pomerania)
Pomorze Wschodnie
(Eastern Pomerania)
Pomorze Nadwiślańskie
(Vistula Pomerania)
before World War II simply Pomorze[1]
(Pomerelia,[1] literally Pomerania)
before Partitions of Poland, part of the wider Prusy Królewskie
(Royal Prussia)
Pomorze Zaodrzańskie
(Trans-Oder Pomerania)
Pomorze Wołogoskie
(Wołogoszcz or German: Wolgast Pomerania)
Pomorze Szczecińskie
(Szczecin Pomerania)
Pomorze Zachodnie w węższym znaczeniu
(Western Pomerania in narrower sense)
Pomorze Środkowe
(Middle Pomerania)
Pomorze Koszalińsko-Słupskie
(Koszalin and Słupsk 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)
Kaszëbë
(Kashubia
ethnocultural region)
Kòcéwskô (Kociewie)
ethnocultural region
Tëchòlsczé Bòrë (Tuchola Forest)
ethnocultural region,
Kòsznajderiô (Kosznajderia)
former ethnocultural region
Chełmińskô Zemia (Chełmno Land)
ethnocultural region

Mittelpommern

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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

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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 Mittelpommersch[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

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Pomorze Środkowe in modern usage are terms coined in Poland for the area of the former Koszalin Voivodeship (1950-1975), spanning roughly from the area east of the river Rega (Rega) 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001–07 Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Duden online Kaschubei". 12 June 2019.
  3. ^ 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