Eastern Pomerania

Eastern Pomerania

Eastern Pomerania can refer to distinct parts of Pomerania:

  • the historical region of Farther Pomerania, which was the eastern part of the Duchy, later Province of Pomerania
  • the historical region of Pomerelia east of and partly overlapping with Farther Pomerania
  • the Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland
< West Pomerania East >
Stralsund
(Strzałów)		 Anklam
(Tąglim)		 Szczecin
(Stettin)		 Kolobrzeg
(Kolberg)		 Słupsk
(Stolp)		 Gdynia
(Gdingen)		 Gdańsk
(Danzig)
Current regions Vorpommern
(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)		 Zachodniopomorskie
(West Pomeranian Voivodeship)		 Pomerelia
(Pomeranian Voivodeship)
German terminology
(corresponding English term)		 Pommern
(Pomerania)		 Pomerellen
(Pomerelia)
Vorpommern
in modern usage excluding Szczecin
(Western Pomerania)
(Hither/Upper Pomerania)		 Hinterpommern
(Farther/Further Pomerania)
Ostpommern
(Eastern Pomerania)
Polish terminology
(corresponding English term)		 Pomorze Zachodnie

(Western Pomerania)		 Pomorze

(Pomerelia, literally Pomerania)
Pomorze Gdańskie
(Gdańsk Pomerania)
Pomorze Wschodnie
(Eastern Pomerania)
Pomorze Przednie
(Hither/Upper Pomerania)		 Pomorze Tylne
(Farther/Further Pomerania)
See also: Western Pomerania (disambiguation)

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