Pomerania - Subdivisions

Subdivisions

Historical Pomerania is currently sub-divided into the following contemporary political regions:

  • Vorpommern ("Western" or "Hither Pomerania") in northeastern Germany, stretching from the Recknitz River to the Oder–Neisse line. This region is part of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The southernmost parts of historical Vorpommern (Gartz area) are now in Brandenburg, Germany, while its historical easternmost parts (Oder estuary, "Stettiner Zipfel") are in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Vorpommern comprises the historical regions inhabited by Slavic tribes Rugians and Volinians, alter Principality of Rugia/Rügen and County of Gützkow.
  • Zachodniopomorskie ("West Pomeranian Voivodeship") in Poland, stretching from the Oder–Neisse line to the Słupia River.
  • Pomerelia (most of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and northernmost parts of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), stretching from the Słupia River to the Vistula delta in the vicinity of Gdańsk.

The bulk of historical Farther Pomerania is included within the modern West Pomeranian Voivodeship, its easternmost parts (Słupsk (Stolp) area) now constitute the northwestern Pomeranian Voivodeship. Farther Pomerania in turn comprised several other historical regions itself, most notably the Lands of Schlawe and Słupsk/Stolp, the Lębork/Lauenburg and Bytów/Bütow Land, the County of Nowogard/Naugard and the principality of the Cammin bishops under the Polish Gniezno Archbishop's rule. In the South, Farther Pomerania comprised historical Ziemie LubuskaNeumark regions, and former Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia was attached during World War II.

Parts of Pomerania and surrounding regions have constituted a euroregion since 1995. The Pomerania euroregion comprises Germany's Vorpommern and Uckermark, Poland's Zachodniopomorskie, and Scania in Sweden.

  • Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park (Vorpommern)

  • Jasmund National Park (Vorpommern)

  • Lower Oder Valley National Park (shared by Germany and Poland)

  • Wolin National Park (West Pomeranian Voivodeship)

  • Słowiński National Park (Pomeranian Voivodeship)

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