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.

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" |- style="background:#c2e6ff;" | |align="left"|''' West''' |colspan="21" style="text-align:center;"|'''Pomerania''' |align="right"|'''East''' |colspan="5" align="right"|'''Southeast''' |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#C2E6FF" | style="background:#c2e6ff; text-align:left"|'''Main cities'''{{efn|Modern major cities and historically major cities (e.g., former regional capitals).}}{{efn|name=capitals|Modern provincial capitals '''in bold''', former ducal and provincial capitals in ''italics''.}} |Stralsund |Greifswald, ''Wolgast'' |colspan="4"| |'''''Szczecin''''' | |''Stargard'' |''Koszalin'', Kołobrzeg |''Sławno'', ''Darłowo'' |''Słupsk'' |Lębork |colspan="6"| |'''''Gdańsk''''' Gdynia |'''''Gdańsk''''' (partially) |colspan="2"| |''Tczew'', Starogard Gdański |colspan="3"| |'''''Toruń''''', Grudziądz, ''Chełmno'' |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#C2E6FF" | style="background:#c2e6ff; text-align:left"|'''Other towns'''{{efn|name=capitals}} |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,{{efn|Right-bank with historic centre.}} 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,{{efn|name=gp|Also considered part of the historical region of Greater Poland in the medieval period.}} Złocieniec,{{efn|name=gp}} Barwice{{efn|name=gp}} |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<ref>{{cite book|last1=Biskup|first1=Marian|last2=Tomczak|first2=Andrzej|year=1955|title=Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.|language=pl|location=Toruń|page=129}}</ref> |''Skarszewy'', Pelplin, Gniew, Skórcz |''Świecie'', Nowe |Obrowo |Tuchola, Pruszcz |Chełmża, Wąbrzeźno, Kowalewo Pomorskie, Jabłonowo Pomorskie, Radzyń Chełmiński, Łasin, Brodnica,{{efn|Part north of Drwęca with historic center.}} Golub, Ostromecko |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background:#c2e6ff; text-align:left;"|'''Current countries''' |colspan="6"|Germany |colspan="16"|Poland |Russia |colspan="5"|Poland |- style="text-align:center;" |rowspan="2" style="background:#c2e6ff; text-align:left;"|'''Current administrative regions''' |colspan="5" rowspan="1"|Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) |colspan="1" rowspan="1"|Land Brandenburg (State of Brandenburg) |colspan="5" rowspan="2"|województwo zachodniopomorskie (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) |colspan="2" rowspan="2"|województwo pomorskie (Pomeranian Voivodeship) |rowspan="2"|województwo zachodniopom. (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) |colspan="8" rowspan="2"|województwo pomorskie (Pomeranian Voivodeship) |rowspan="2"|Калининградская область (Kaliningrad Oblast) |rowspan="2"|województwo pomorskie (Pomeranian Voivodeship) |colspan="4" rowspan="2"|województwo kujawsko-pomorskie (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) |- style="text-align:center;" |colspan="1" rowspan="1"|Vorpommern-Rügen District |colspan="1" rowspan="1"|Vorpommern-Greifswald District |colspan="1" rowspan="1"|Mecklenburgische Seenplatte District |colspan="2" rowspan="1"|Vorpommern-Greifswald District |colspan="1" rowspan="1"|Uckermark District |- style="text-align:center;" |rowspan="5" style="background:#c2e6ff; text-align:left;"|'''German terminology''' (corresponding English term) |colspan="13"|Pommern<ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/po/Pomerani.html The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001–07] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829002114/http://www.bartleby.com/65/po/Pomerani.html |date=29 August 2008 }}</ref> (Pomerania) | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="15"|Pomerellen, Pommerellen<ref name=Columbia/> (Pomerelia)<ref name=Columbia/> 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) |- style="text-align:center;" |colspan="7"|Vorpommern in modern usage the part located in Germany only (Hither Pomerania, Fore Pomerania) |colspan="6" rowspan="2"|Hinterpommern (Farther/Further Pomerania, Rear Pomerania) | style='border-style: none solid solid solid' colspan="2" rowspan="4"| | style='border-style: solid solid none solid' colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Tucheler Heide (Tuchola Forest) | colspan="3" rowspan="4"|Kaschubei<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Kaschubei |title=Duden online Kaschubei | date= 12 June 2019}}</ref> (Kashubia) | style='border-style: none solid solid solid' rowspan="4"| |colspan="2" rowspan="4"|Frische Nehrung (Vistula Spit) |colspan="2" rowspan="4"|Kociewie | style='border-style: solid solid none solid' colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Tucheler Heide (Tuchola Forest) |rowspan="4"|Kulmerland (Chełmno Land) |- style="text-align:center;" |colspan="2"|Neuvorpommern (New Hither Pomerania) |colspan="5"|Altvorpommern (Old Hither Pomerania) |- style="text-align:center;" |colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Westpommern (Western Pomerania) | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="6"|Mittelpommern (Middle Pomerania) | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="4"|Ostpommern (Eastern Pomerania) |- style="text-align:center;" | style='border-style: none dotted solid solid;' colspan="1"| | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid dotted;' colspan="4"|Mittelpommerscher Keil (Middle Pomeranian Wedge) excluding Świnoujście, Międzyzdroje, Wolin and Dziwnów | style='border-style: none solid solid dotted;'| | style='border-style: none dotted solid solid;'| | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid dotted;' colspan="2"|Lande Schlawe und Stolp (Lands of Schlawe and Stolp) | style='border-style: dotted solid solid dotted;' colspan="1"|Lande Lauenburg und Bütow (Lauenburg and Bütow Land) | style='border-style: none dotted solid solid'| | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid dotted'|Koschneiderei | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid solid'|Koschneiderei |- style="text-align:center;" |rowspan="4" style="background:#c2e6ff; text-align:left;"|'''Polish terminology''' (corresponding English term) |colspan="12"|Pomorze Zachodnie (Western Pomerania) Pomorze Nadodrzańskie (Oder Pomerania) |colspan="16"|Pomorze Wschodnie (Eastern Pomerania) Pomorze Nadwiślańskie (Vistula Pomerania) before World War II simply Pomorze<ref name=Columbia/> (Pomerelia,<ref name=Columbia/> literally Pomerania) before Partitions of Poland, part of the wider Prusy Królewskie (Royal Prussia) |- style="text-align:center;" |colspan="6"|Pomorze Zaodrzańskie (Trans-Oder Pomerania) Pomorze Wołogoskie (Wołogoszcz or {{langx|de|Wolgast}} Pomerania) |colspan="3"|Pomorze Szczecińskie (Szczecin Pomerania) Pomorze Zachodnie w węższym znaczeniu (Western Pomerania in narrower sense) |colspan="3"|Pomorze Środkowe (Middle Pomerania) Pomorze Koszalińsko-Słupskie (Koszalin and Słupsk Pomerania) | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="15"|Pomorze Gdańskie (Gdańsk Pomerania) |rowspan="3"|Ziemia chełmińska (Chełmno Land) |- style="text-align:center;" |colspan="7" rowspan="2"|Pomorze Przednie (Hither Pomerania, Fore Pomerania) in modern usage the part located in Germany only | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="5"|Pomorze Tylne (Farther/Further Pomerania, Rear Pomerania) usage limited mainly to translations of German texts | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;'|Kaszuby (Kashubia) | style='border-style: none solid none solid;' colspan="2" rowspan="2"| | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="2"|Bory Tucholskie (Tuchola Forest) ethnocultural region | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="3"|Kaszuby (Kashubia) ethnocultural region |rowspan="2"|Żuławy Wiślane (Vistula Fens) |colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Mierzeja Wiślana (Vistula Spit) |colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Kociewie ethnocultural region | style='border-style: solid solid none solid' colspan="2"|Bory Tucholskie (Tuchola Forest) |- style="text-align:center" | style='border-style: none dotted solid solid' colspan="3"| | style='border-style: dotted solid solid dotted' colspan="2"|Ziemia słupsko-sławieńska (Słupsk and Sławno Land) | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid solid'|Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska (Lębork and Bytów Land) | style='border-style: none dotted solid dotted'| | style='border-style: dotted solid solid dotted'|Kosznajderia former ethnocultural region | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid solid'|Gochy | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid dotted'|Zabory<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich|volume=XIV|year=1895|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=201}}</ref> | style='border-style: none solid solid dotted'| | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid solid'|Kosznajderia former ethnocultural region |- style="text-align:center;" |rowspan="3" style="background:#c2e6ff; text-align:left;"|'''Kashubian terminology''' (corresponding English term) |colspan="12" rowspan="3"|Zôpadnô Pòmòrskô (Western Pomerania) |colspan="1" rowspan="3"|Lãbòrskò-bëtowskô Zemia (Lębork and Bytów Land) | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="15"|Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô (Eastern Pomerania) |- style="text-align:center;" | style='border-style: none solid none solid' colspan="4"| | style='border-style: solid solid none solid' colspan="3"|Kaszëbë (Kashubia) ethnocultural region |rowspan="2"|Wiselny Zëławë (Vistula Fens) |colspan="2" rowspan="2"| |colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Kòcéwskô (Kociewie) ethnocultural region | style='border-style: solid solid none solid' colspan="2"|Tëchòlsczé Bòrë (Tuchola Forest) ethnocultural region |rowspan="2"|Chełmińskô Zemia (Chełmno Land) |- style="text-align:center;" | style='border-style: none dotted solid solid' colspan="3"| | style='border-style: dotted solid solid dotted'|Kòsznajderiô (Kosznajderia) former ethnocultural region | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid solid'|Gòchë (Gochy) | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid dotted'|Zabòrë (Zabory) | style='border-style: none solid solid dotted'| | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid solid'|Kòsznajderiô (Kosznajderia) former 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).<ref name=EMAU>Wolfgang Wilhelminus et al, ''Pommern. Geschichte, Kultur, Wissenschaft'', University of Greifswald, 1990, pp.325ff</ref> This area differed from the rest of the duchy or province by the dialect of the inhabitants, who spoke the Mittelpommersch<ref name=EMAU/> 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).<ref name=Timm>Erika Timm, Gustav Adolf Beckmann, Frau Holle, Frau Percht und verwandte Gestalten, Hirzel, 2003</ref> 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. thumb|{{legend|grey|Projected Central Pomeranian Voivodeship}}

==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.<ref>Miroslawa Czerny, ''Poland in the geographical centre of Europe: political, social and economic consequences'', Nova Publishers, 2006, p.57, {{ISBN|1-59454-603-7}}</ref>

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