Middle Pomerania
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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.
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[edit] Mittelpommern, Mittelpommerscher Keil
Mittelpommern or Mittelpommerscher Keil in historical and linguistical usage denote the south-central parts of the historical Duchy, later Province of Pomerania, roughly between the rivers Zarow and Ihna (Ina).[1] This area differed from the rest of the duchy or province by the dialect of the inhabitants, who spoke the Mittelpommersch[1] variety of Pommersch 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).[2] Since World War II the Oder-Neisse line divides this area, reducing the German part to the Uecker-Randow district.
[edit] 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 river Parseta (Persante) to the river Leba, which was split in 1975 with the remains since 1999 merged into the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2003, a movement presented to the sejm a petition for the recreation of the Koszalin voivodeship as Central Pomeranian Voivodeship, signed by 135,000 people.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 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 1594546037
