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
	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

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

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.

Pomorze Środkowe

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]

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001–07 Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Duden online Kaschubei". 12 June 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Wolfgang Wilhelminus et al, Pommern. Geschichte, Kultur, Wissenschaft, University of Greifswald, 1990, pp.325ff
^ Erika Timm, Gustav Adolf Beckmann, Frau Holle, Frau Percht und verwandte Gestalten, Hirzel, 2003
^ Miroslawa Czerny, Poland in the geographical centre of Europe: political, social and economic consequences, Nova Publishers, 2006, p.57, ISBN 1-59454-603-7

[Columbia-1] Jump up to: ^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.

[EMAU-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Wolfgang Wilhelminus et al, Pommern. Geschichte, Kultur, Wissenschaft, University of Greifswald, 1990, pp.325ff

[Timm-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

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Mittelpommern

Mittelpommerscher Keil

Pomorze Środkowe

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