Pomerania

(noun)

A region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland.

Related Terms

Examples of Pomerania in the following topics:

  • The Hohenzollerns

    • In the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648, Brandenburg-Prussia acquired Farther Pomerania and made it the Province of Pomerania.

  • The Peace of Westphalia

    • Sweden received Western Pomerania, Wismar, and the Prince-Bishoprics of Bremen and Verden as hereditary fiefs, thus gaining a seat and vote in the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Danish Intervention

    • Wallenstein's army marched north, occupying Mecklenburg, Pomerania, and Jutland itself, but proved unable to take the Danish capital Copenhagen on the island of Zealand.

  • The Brief Reign of Peter III

    • He focused on making alliances with Sweden and with England to ensure that they would not interfere on Denmark's behalf, while Russian forces gathered at Kolberg in Russian-occupied Pomerania.

  • Swedish Intervention

    • Swedish forces entered the Holy Roman Empire via the Duchy of Pomerania, which served as the Swedish bridgehead since the Treaty of Stettin (1630).

  • The Potsdam Conference

    • The territories east of the new border comprised East Prussia, Silesia, West Prussia, and two thirds of Pomerania.

  • Europe After World War II

    • Among the eastern territories, Silesia, Neumark and most of Pomerania were taken over by Poland, East Prussia was divided between Poland and the USSR, followed by the expulsion of the 9 million Germans from these provinces, as well as the expulsion of 3 million Germans from the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia to Germany.

  • A Global War

    • Swedish historiography uses the Pomeranian War, as Swedish involvement was limited to Pomerania in northern central Germany.

  • Prussia Under Frederick the Great

    • Frederick the Great inspects the potato harvest outside Neustettin (now Szczecinek, Poland), Eastern Pomerania.

  • From German Princess to Russian Tsarina

    • Born Sophia Augusta Fredericka to Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp in Stettin, Pomerania, she received education chiefly from a French governess and from tutors.