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	Encyclopedia: West Pomerania
		West Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze Zachodnie; German: Westpommern; Latin: Pomerania Occidentalis) or West Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo zachodniopomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the northwestern part of Poland.
		Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): PÃ²mÃ²rze and PÃ²mÃ²rskÃ´, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers...
		Pomerania is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany, on the south coasts of Baltic Sea on both sides of the Oder River and reaches to the Vistula river in the east and Reknitz River in the west.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-Pomerania (3214 words)

	AllRefer.com - Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The region embraced by the state of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania is a low-lying, fertile agricultural area, with many lakes and forests.
		Later awarded as a march to the dukes of Saxony, it was subdued (12th cent.) by Henry the Lion, and the Wendish prince Pribislaw became a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire.
		As constituted in 1947 under Soviet military occupation, Mecklenburg consisted of the former states of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and of that part of the former Prussian province of Pomerania situated W of the Oder River (but not including Stettin).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MecklenWP.html (466 words)

	Pomerania. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Pomerelia, as E Pomerania came to be known, became independent in 1227, was annexed to Poland in 1294, and was taken in 1308–9 by the Teutonic Knights, who incorporated it into their domain in East Prussia.
		Pomerania continued as a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until the death (1637) of Bogislav XIV, when the region was granted to the elector of Brandenburg.
		In the rest of Swedish Pomerania, the kings of Sweden remained princes of the Holy Roman Empire until the dissolution of the empire in 1806.
	www.bartleby.com /65/po/Pomerani.html (715 words)

	Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Most of Pomerania is now part of Poland, but its westernmost section is in eastern Germany, as reflected in the name of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Land (state).
		Sweden received Western Pomerania by the Peace of Westphalia (1648); part of it was returned to Brandenburg-Prussia in 1720, and the remainder (Stralsund and Rügen) was recovered by Prussia in 1815.
		The German population of eastern and central Pomerania was expelled westward and replaced by Poles.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Pomerania/Pomerania.html (407 words)

	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
		Old obotrinsche Grenzburg on the island in the Schweriner sea(lake) became the count's seat, in the city the bishop's seat from the locality Mecklenburg was moved(put off) and was constituted therefore the 3-arrangements by feudal seat, citizen's settlement and religious centre.
		To the west that Or convenient part of the province of Pomorze (with the exception of Szczecin) was connected administratively Mecklenburg.
		The region Western Pomerania The prepomeranian area(field) grew together from the principality reprimands with his(its) continental parts which had developed itself century from the Slavonic family group the Ranen, and the area(field) the Wilzen, late Lutizen named which had been conquered 1128 by the Pomeranian monarches.
	www.peter-marquardt.com /coats-of-arms/mecklenburg-western-pomerania.html (2736 words)

	Mecklenburg West Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The old Pomerania proper (Pommern), consisting of Szczecin (the former Stettin) and the land east of the Oder river (Hinterpommern), is now a part of Poland.
		Mecklenburg, to the west of Vorpommern, became a duchy in 1348 but was divided from the 17th century until 1934.
		Sixth largest in area but only thirteenth in population among the country's sixteen states, it is bounded on the north by the Baltic Sea, in the west by Schleswig-Holstein, in the south-west by LowerSaxony, to the south by Brandenburg and to the east by Poland.
	www.therfcc.org /mecklenburg-west-pomerania-272604.html (384 words)

	Pomerania History
		The part of Pomerania west of the Odra was included in the new state of Mecklenburg, in the Soviet Zone of Occupation (later East Germany—1949-90).
		The frontier was gradually moved west, as the area was conquered by the Teutonic Knights, and the district between the Wisla and Prosnica rivers became known as Pomerellen, a part of Poland.
		Pomerelia, as E Pomerania came to be known, became independent in 1227, was annexed to Poland in 1294, and was taken in 1308-9 by the Teutonic Knights, who incorporated it into their domain in East Prussia.
	www.richware.net /rohde/pomerania_history.htm (1286 words)

	History of Pomerania
		Pomerania covers the Baltic Sea coast with its area between Darß and Rixhöft. Pomerania is divided by the river "Oder" into West Pomerania and Eastern Pomerania.
		Pomerania was originally inhabited by the Germanic trunk of the Rugier The Slaves (Wenden) followed them, which the country Pomorje ("coastal country") called and already 600 A. important commercial centres at the Baltic Sea possessed (Julin-Wollin).
		Pomerania was conquered by Heinrich "the lion", the duke of Saxonia and Bavaria.
	www.ruegenwalde.com /rwalde/pgesch_e.htm (800 words)

	Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		It extends about 100 miles (160 km) along the Baltic Sea coastal plain, from the Bight of Lübeck on the west to the Darss Peninsula on the east, with a hinterland that stretches southward to the lower Elbe River in the west and beyond the sources of the Havel River in the east.
		Mecklenburg–West Pomerania Land is coterminous with the historic region of Mecklenburg.
		The central part of the Land is traversed from west to east by a plateau of hilly country covered by fertile soil and beech forests and having more than 600 lakes, the largest being Lake Müritz in the south.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/MWP/MWP.html (264 words)

	The History of Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		At the end of World War II in 1945, the two sections of Pomerania, Vorpommern west of the Oder-Neisse Rivers, and Hinterpommern, the lands east of the Oder-Neisse Rivers, were divided by the powers who won the 2nd World War.
		The Bogislaw family ruled Pomerania at the time, but sometimes there were 2 or 3 dukes of the Bogislaw family ruling different parts of Pomerania as the land was divided by inheritance.
		In 1147 Henry the Lion, the Duke of Saxony, mounted a crusade to fight the Wends to the east of Pomerania.
	blacklake.biz /meck/pommhist.htm (1672 words)

	Pommern / Pomerania - A Province of Prussia
		Pommern / Pomerania - A Province of Prussia
		The Pomeranians livein Pomeraniaor are born in Pomerania or descend from Pomeranians or professto Pomerania.There are Fore Pomerania (Vor-Pommern) or West-Pomerania (West-Pommern) and Hither Pomerania (Hinter-Pommern) or East Pomerania (Ost-Pommern).Pomerania is flat.
		The Hither Pomeranians (Hinter-Pommer) or East Pomeranians (Ost-Pommer)were forcefully displaced from Pomerania.
	members.aol.com /pommern1 (339 words)

	Family Background
		The Bogenschneider family is from Pomerania (from Slavic po, "along"; morze, "sea"), which was a Prussian province on the Baltic Sea situated on both banks of the River Oder, stretching from Stralsund on the west to Stolp on the east.
		The area west of the Oder was known as Hither Pomerania (Vorpommern), and the area east of the Oder was Farther Pomerania (Hinterpommern).
		Pomerania is primarily agricultural lowland, with generally poor, often sandy or marshy soil.
	www.bogenschneider.org /family_background.htm (1024 words)

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		Pomerania consists of two parts: the western Vorpommern and the eastern Hinterpommern.
		Looking from the west Vorpommern is located in front of (vor) the Oder river, Hinterpommern is situated behind (hinter) the river.
		With a German view this area is called East Pomerania, with a Polish view it is West Pomerania.
	mitglied.lycos.de /Pomerania2/hist_maps/pomerania_m/pomerania.html (419 words)

	KANA - Kashubian Association of North America
		As for West Pomerania, upon the death (in 1637) of the last of its dukes, Boguslaw XIV, the region was divided up between Brandenburg and Sweden under the provisions of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648).
		Particularly important is the presence and role of the Kaszubs in maintaining contact and a spirit of cooperation between ethnic minorities and nationalities, as well as between Poland and Germany, both in the fields of scholarly research, cultural exchange and in the resolution of socio-political issues.
		The Kaszubs, as a regional community and ethno-cultural group, and Pomerania, their tiny homeland which straddles national borders, are now in a positions to act as important protagonists in this euro-region and to serve as valuable partners in various kinds of cooperative endeavour.
	www.ka-na.org /jozef.html (1706 words)

	Regional Flags (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The flags of Mecklenburg (blue on yellow on red) and (West) Pomerania (blue on white) can still be used and must appear beside the Land flag when this one is used on public buildings.
		Although the traditional blue-white colours of Pomerania may be used in the part of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania that was formerly part of Pomerania, there was probably never an [officially adopted] state flag i.e.
		His proposal for West Pomerania service flag shows the heraldic figure of Pomerania, the red griffin, in the centre of the blue-white bicolour (without a shield).
	atlasgeo.span.ch /fotw/flags/de-mv_.html (772 words)

	Mecklenburg Vorpommern WorldGenWeb Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		This includes the portions of the former Pomerania that are west of the Oder River and were and are known as Vorpommern.
		Mecklenburg-West Pomerania is a state in northeastern Germany, bounded on the north by the Baltic Sea, on the west by Schleswig Holstein, on the southwest by Lower Saxony, on the south by Brandenburg, and on the east by Poland.
		Pomerania was that land in northeast Germany along the Baltic Sea from Mecklenburg on the west to almost Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) on the east.
	www.blacklake.biz /meck (817 words)

	Mecklenburg-West Pomerania - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
		Mecklenburg-West Pomerania was formerly the two grand duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, which became free states of the Weimar Republic 1918–34, and were joined in 1946 with part of Pomerania to form a region of East Germany.
		Following German reunification in 1990, the districts were abolished and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania was reconstructed as one of Länder of the Federal Republic.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mecklenburg-West+Pomerania (177 words)

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		local council of ma'ale ephraim (israel, west bank occupied territories)
		county and municipal flags (mecklenburg-west pomerania, germany)
		unofficial flag used in 1990 (mecklenburg-west pomerania, germany)
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/keywordm.html (1433 words)

	Mecklenburg-West Pomerania -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Most of Pomerania is now part of Poland, but its westernmost section is in eastern Germany, as reflected in the name of...
		Within months of its discovery, Comet West became visible to the naked eye, and for two days in 1976 the comet was the brightest in space.
		Biographical sketch of Benjamin West, American-born painter of historical, religious, and mythological subjects who had a profound influence on the development of historical painting in Britain, supplemented with a collection of his paintings.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9051712?tocId=9051712 (880 words)

	Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German [Federal] State, formed in 1945 by unification of the [Federal] State of Mecklenburg and that part of the Prussian province of Pomerania (Provinz Pommern) which remained German.
		The English name is officially Mecklenburg West Pomerania, according to an e-mail from the Staatskanzlei (office of the prime minister).
		According to the specification sheet I received from the Mecklenburg-West Pomerania government, the blue (ultramarinblau) is specified as CMYK 100/70/0/0 (i.e.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/de-mv.html (894 words)

	Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Region along the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, including the island of Rügen, divided between Poland and (west of the Oder–Neisse line) East Germany 1945–90, and the Federal Republic of Germany after reunification in 1990.
		An independent Slavic duchy in the 11th century, Pomerania was taken by Poland in the 12th century and divided into the principalities of West Pomerania and East Pomerania (or Pomerelia).
		West Pomerania became part of the Holy Roman Empire, while East Pomerania remained part of Poland until 1772, when it was ceded to Prussia.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012506.html (155 words)

	Regional Flags (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The traditional colours of Mecklenburg may be used in the part of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania that was formerly part of Mecklenburg, however the use of a flag with the coat-of-arms seems to me not appropriate.
		The specified colours are the same as in the Mecklenburg-West Pomerania flag: blue (ultramarinblau) is specified as CMYK 100/70/0/0 (i.e.
		The use of this flag was strictly forbidden in the German Democratic Republic.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/de-mv_.html (772 words)

	More Waterstraat History
		from the Bight of LÃ¼beck on the west to the Darss Peninsula on the east, with a hinterland that stretches southward to the lower Elbe River in the west and beyond the sources of the Havel River in the east.
		Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Land is coterminous with the historic region of Mecklenburg (q.v.).
		RÃ¼gen was conquered by Denmark in 1168, passed to Pomerania in 1325, and shared the history of Swedish Pomerania from 1648 to 1815, when the island was taken by Prussia.
	waterstradt.freeservers.com /custom2.html (2004 words)

	Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Euroregion Pomerania is the cross-border institution which plays an important role because of its geographical position.
		The alternative proposal of the Polish side was formulated in spring in 1992 by the Voivodship Office in Szczecin and specified in a resolution of the Szczecin Provincial Legislative Authority in September the same year.
		At present the majority of the cities and municipalities from the West Pomeranian Province are members of the Association.
	www.pomerania.org.pl /_en/_012_pomerania_historia.htm (627 words)

	Pomerania
		Pomerania, region of N central Europe, extending along the Baltic Sea from a line W of Stralsund, Germany, to the Vistula River in Poland.
		From 1919 to 1939, Pomerania was divided among Germany, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk).
		Pomerania: History - History By the 10th cent.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0839618.html (238 words)

	Mercedes-Benz South Africa - News and Events
		Municipal services fleets are increasingly structuring their road maintenance and winter service activities around the new U 300, U 400 and U 500 series Unimog implement carriers which appeared on the market in March 2000.
		The Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Highways and Transport Department opted for high-performance Unimog engineering after a detailed selection process in which virtually all the implement carriers in this segment were scrutinised.
		They were presented to Karl-Heinz Dreyer, responsible for central vehicle and implement procurement in the Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Highways and Transport Department, Jörg Lewin from the Highways Department in Neustrelitz and Detlef Schoknecht, general manager of Unimog distributors Schoknecht in Demmin.
	www.mercedes-benz.co.za /Introduction/newslong.asp?newsID=59 (889 words)

	County and Municipal Flags (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany)
		The flag is that of Pomerania, dark blue over white, with the coat of arms of Anklam on it.
		The coat of arms shows a red griffin with gold claws (of Pomerania) over a grey town wall (for Anklam) on a blue field.
		I tried asking the people representing the town whether the words were officially a part of the flag or just put there for convenience, but I did not get a clear answer.
	flagspot.net /flags/de-mv-.html (642 words)

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