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The Pomerelian districts of Lauenburg and Bütow, identified by Lb. and Bt, enfeoffed to the Dukes of Pomerania (as of 1526) Lauenburg and Bütow Land [1] [2] [3] (German: Länder or Lande Lauenburg und Bütow, Kashubian: Lãbòrskò-bëtowskô Zemia, Polish: Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska) formed a historical region in the western part of Pomerelia (Polish and papal historiography) or in the ...
To gain an ally against Sweden during the Deluge, King John II Casimir of Poland gave the Lauenburg and Bütow Land to Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia as a hereditary fiefdom in the 1657 Treaty of Bromberg. The Swedish troops burnt Lauenburg before their retreat in 1658, destroying seventy houses and the town hall. [4]
The Commonwealth therein gave Brandeburg-Prussia the Lauenburg and Bütow Land as a fief, and also pawned Draheim to Brandenburg. [ 2 ] The Peace of Oliva on 3 May 1660, confirmed Brandenburg's rights in the Lauenburg and Bütow Land as well as in Draheim.
Farther Pomerania, Hinder Pomerania, Rear Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze Tylne; German: Hinterpommern, Ostpommern), is a subregion of the historic region of Pomerania in north-western Poland, mostly within the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, while its easternmost parts are within the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The List of towns in Farther Pomerania includes towns that lost their town status over time as well as towns which lie west of the Oder river, but east of the Oder–Neisse line, and thus historically are associated rather with Hither Pomerania (Western Pomerania).
Map of the Prussian Province of Pomerania (Pommern)in 1905 Karl August von HardenbergAlthough there had been a Prussian Province of Pomerania before, the Province of Pomerania was newly reconstituted in 1815, based on the "decree concerning improved establishment of provincial offices" (German: Verordnung wegen verbesserter Einrichtung der Provinzialbehörden), issued by Karl August von ...
Butow or Bütow may refer to Butow (surname) Bütow, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; Bytów (German: Bütow), a town in northern Poland; Lauenburg and Bütow Land, a historical region in Pomerania
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 ...