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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.
Stralsund (pictured) and Greifswald form the urban center of Western Pomerania. Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, [1] [2] Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (German: Vorpommern; Polish: Pomorze Przednie), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania, located mostly in north-eastern Germany, with a small portion in north-western Poland, at ...
The Duchy of Pomerania was fragmented into Pomerania-Stettin (Farther Pomerania) and Pomerania-Wolgast (Western Pomerania) in 1532, [18] [141] underwent Protestant Reformation in 1534, [26] [27] [25] and was even further fragmented in 1569, [142] while all parts stayed part of the Empire's Upper Saxon Circle.
Jomsborg or Jómsborg (German: Jomsburg) was a semi-legendary Viking stronghold at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea (medieval Wendland, modern Pomerania), that existed between the 960s and 1043. Its inhabitants were known as Jomsvikings .
Bush Hager, 43, launched her own new show, Today with Jenna & Friends, last month after her former co-host, Hoda Kotb, left Today with Hoda & Jenna. In the new program’s first few weeks, Bush ...
Kościerzyna (Polish: [kɔɕt͡ɕɛˈʐɨna] ⓘ; Pomeranian and Kashubian: Kòscérzëna; former German: Berent [ˈbɛʁɛnt] ⓘ) is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with 23,327 inhabitants as of June 2023.
Usedom (German: Usedom [ˈuːzədɔm], Polish: Uznam) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea. It lies north of the Szczecin Lagoon estuary of the Oder river.
Wolin (Polish pronunciation: ; German: Wollin) is a town in northwestern Poland, situated on the southern tip of the Wolin island off the Baltic coast of the historic region of Western Pomerania. The island lies at the edge of the strait of Dziwna in Kamień County , West Pomeranian Voivodeship .