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The Pomeranian (also known as a Pom, Pommy or Pome) is a breed of dog of the Spitz type that is named for the Pomerania region in north-west Poland and north-east Germany in Central Europe. Classed as a toy dog breed because of its small size, the Pomeranian is descended from larger Spitz-type dogs, specifically the German Spitz .
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split between Germany and Poland. Its name comes from the Old Polish po more, which means "(land) at the sea". [1]
Pomerania is the area along the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea between the rivers Recknitz, Trebel, Tollense and Augraben in the west and Vistula in the east. [1] [2] It formerly reached perhaps as far south as the Noteć river, but since the 13th century its southern boundary has been placed further north.
Hamburgian reindeer hunters were the first humans to occupy the plains freed from the retreating glaciers in north-central Europe. However, whether they also roamed Pomerania is uncertain: though there are finds in neighboring regions of Denmark, Mecklenburg and Poland, there are no finds from Pomerania which can be associated to the Hamburgian techno-complex without doubt.
They spoke the Pomeranian language that belonged to the Lechitic languages, a branch of the West Slavic language family. [2] [3] The name Pomerania has its origin in the Old Polish po more, which means "Land at the Sea". [4]
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The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means "[land] by the sea". [ 1 ] The Duchy of Pomerania was fragmented into Pomerania-Stettin ( Farther Pomerania ) and Pomerania-Wolgast ( Western Pomerania ) in 1532, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] underwent Protestant Reformation in 1534, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and was even further fragmented in 1569. [ 7 ]
In the High Middle Ages, groups of people migrated to Pomerania during the Ostsiedlung.These migrants, consisting of Germans from what is now Northwestern Germany, Danes, Dutch and Flemings, gradually outnumbered and assimilated the West Slavic tribes of the Rani, Liutizians and Slavic Pomeranians.