Middle Pomerania

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

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Main cities[a][b] | Stralsund | Greifswald,
Wolgast |  | Szczecin |  | Stargard | Koszalin,
Kołobrzeg | Sławno,
Darłowo | Słupsk | Lębork |  | Gdańsk
Gdynia | Gdańsk
(partially) |  | Tczew,
Starogard Gdański |  | Toruń,
Grudziądz,
Chełmno
Other towns[b] | Damgarten,
Barth,
Tribsees,
Grimmen,
Franzburg,
Richtenberg,
Bergen auf Rügen,
Garz/Rügen,
Sassnitz,
Putbus | Loitz,
Lassan,
Gützkow | Demmin,
Altentreptow | Jarmen,
Anklam,
Usedom | Pasewalk,
Torgelow,
Ueckermünde,
Eggesin,
Penkun | Prenzlau,
Brüssow,
Gartz,
Schwedt (part north of Wesel with inland port)  | Świnoujście,
Międzyzdroje,
Wolin,
Dziwnów (left-bank),
Goleniów,
Police,
Nowe Warpno,
Dąbie | Widuchowa,
Gryfino,
Banie,
Pyrzyce | Maszewo,
Stepnica,
Dziwnów,[c]
Kamień Pomorski,
Golczewo,
Ińsko,
Dobrzany,
Chociwel,
Gryfice,
Gościno,
Płoty,
Nowogard,
Łobez,
Węgorzyno,
Resko,
Trzebiatów,
Dobra,
Suchań | Świdwin,
Połczyn-Zdrój,
Drawsko Pomorskie,
Karlino,
Tychowo,
Bobolice,
Białogard,
Szczecinek,
Mielno,
Kalisz Pomorski,[d]
Złocieniec,[d]
Barwice[d] | Polanów,
Sianów | Ustka,
Miastko,
Kobylnica | Bytów,
Łeba | Biały Bór | Czarne,
Człuchów | Chojnice | Ostrowite | Borowy Młyn,
Borzyszkowy | Czersk,
Brusy | Kościerzyna,
Kartuzy,
Żukowo,
Puck,
Władysławowo,
Jastarnia,
Hel,
Wejherowo,
Reda,
Rumia,
Sopot |
Pruszcz Gdański,
Nowy Staw | Krynica Morska | Narmeln[1] | Skarszewy,
Pelplin,
Gniew,
Skórcz | Świecie,
Nowe | Obrowo | Tuchola,
Pruszcz | Chełmża,
Wąbrzeźno,
Kowalewo Pomorskie,
Jabłonowo Pomorskie,
Radzyń Chełmiński,
Łasin,
Brodnica,[e]
Golub,
Ostromecko
Current countries | Germany  | Poland  | Russia  | 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 zachodniopom.
(West Pomeranian Voivodeship)  | województwo pomorskie
(Pomeranian Voivodeship)  | Калининградская область (Kaliningrad Oblast)  | 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[2]
(Pomerania)  | Pomerellen, Pommerellen[2]
(Pomerelia)[2]
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)  |  | Tucheler Heide
(Tuchola Forest)  | Kaschubei[3]
(Kashubia)  |  | Frische Nehrung
(Vistula Spit)  | Kociewie | Tucheler Heide
(Tuchola Forest)  | 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 |  |  | Lande Schlawe und Stolp
(Lands of Schlawe and Stolp)  | Lande Lauenburg und Bütow
(Lauenburg and Bütow Land)  |  | Koschneiderei  | Koschneiderei
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[2]
(Pomerelia,[2] 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)
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)  |  | Bory Tucholskie
(Tuchola Forest)
ethnocultural region | Kaszuby
(Kashubia)
ethnocultural region | Żuławy Wiślane
(Vistula Fens)  | Mierzeja Wiślana
(Vistula Spit)  | Kociewie
ethnocultural region | Bory Tucholskie
(Tuchola Forest)
| Ziemia słupsko-sławieńska
(Słupsk and Sławno Land)  | Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska
(Lębork and Bytów Land)  |  | Kosznajderia
former ethnocultural region | Gochy | Zabory[4] |  | Kosznajderia
former ethnocultural region
Kashubian terminology
(corresponding English term)  | Zôpadnô Pòmòrskô
(Western Pomerania)  | Lãbòrskò-bëtowskô Zemia
(Lębork and Bytów Land)  | Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô
(Eastern Pomerania)
| Kaszëbë
(Kashubia)
ethnocultural region | Wiselny Zëławë
(Vistula Fens)  |  | Kòcéwskô
(Kociewie)
ethnocultural region | Tëchòlsczé Bòrë (Tuchola Forest)
ethnocultural region | Chełmińskô Zemia
(Chełmno Land)
| Kòsznajderiô (Kosznajderia)
former ethnocultural region | Gòchë
(Gochy)  | Zabòrë
(Zabory)  |  | Kòsznajderiô (Kosznajderia)
former 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).[5] This area differed from the rest of the duchy or province by the dialect of the inhabitants, who spoke the Mittelpommersch[5] 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).[6] 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.[7]

## See also

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* Pomerania
* History of Pomerania
* Eastern Pomerania (disambiguation)
* Western Pomerania (disambiguation)
* Vorpommern
* Farther Pomerania
* Zachodniopomorskie
* Pomerelia

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ Modern major cities and historically major cities (e.g., former regional capitals).
2. ^ a b Modern provincial capitals in bold, former ducal and provincial capitals in italics.
3. ^ Right-bank with historic centre.
4. ^ a b c Also considered part of the historical region of Greater Poland in the medieval period.
5. ^ Part north of Drwęca with historic center.

### Citations

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1. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 129.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. ^ a b c d e The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001–07 Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Duden online Kaschubei". 12 June 2019.
4. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. XIV. Warszawa. 1895. p. 201.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. ^ a b Wolfgang Wilhelminus et al, Pommern. Geschichte, Kultur, Wissenschaft, University of Greifswald, 1990, pp.325ff
6. ^ Erika Timm, Gustav Adolf Beckmann, Frau Holle, Frau Percht und verwandte Gestalten, Hirzel, 2003
7. ^ Miroslawa Czerny, Poland in the geographical centre of Europe: political, social and economic consequences, Nova Publishers, 2006, p.57, ISBN 1-59454-603-7