Pomeranian
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Pomeranian is an adjective referring to Pomerania
, an area divided between Poland and Germany.
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
, an area divided between Poland and Germany.
Peoples and cultures
- Pomeranian BaltsPomeranian BaltsThe term Pomerania Balts, or rather Western Balts, refers to Baltic people, who as early as the bronze age inhabited parts of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, an area now known as Pomerania....
, ancient western Baltic people - Pomeranian culturePomeranian cultureThe Pomeranian culture, also Pomeranian or Pomerelian Face Urn culture was an Iron Age culture in Pomerania, northern Poland. About 650 BC, it evolved from the Lusatian culture, often associated with the Nordic Bronze Age, and subsequently expanded southward...
, an Iron AgeIron AgeThe Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...
culture of earlier people in land later called PomeraniaPomeraniaPomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East... - Pomeranians (Slavic tribe), medieval West Slavic tribe
- Pomeranians (German people)Pomeranians (German people)For other uses, see PomeranianPomeranians are a German people living in Pomerania. In the High Middle Ages, Germans from what is today Northwestern Germany, Danes, Dutch and Flemish people migrated to Pomerania during the Ostsiedlung, gradually outnumbering and assimilating the West Slavic tribes...
(Pommern), since the High Middle Ages
Languages
- Pomeranian languagePomeranian languageThe Pomeranian language is a group of dialects from the Lechitic cluster of the West Slavic languages. In medieval contexts, it refers to the dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians...
, a group of Lechitic dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians of the Middle Ages - Pomeranian (German dialect group) (Pommersch Platt), classified within Low German, spoken by the Pomeranians since the High Middle Ages
Animal breeds
- Pomeranian (dog)Pomeranian (dog)The Pomeranian is a breed of dog of the Spitz type, named for the Pomerania region in Central Europe . Classed as a toy dog breed because of its small size, the Pomeranian is descended from the larger Spitz type dogs, specifically the German Spitz...
, a Spitz toy dog breed - Pomeranian Coarsewool SheepPomeranian Coarsewool SheepThe Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep or Pomeranian Sheep is an old domestic sheep breed from the Pomerania region. The first records of similar sheep in Pomerania can be traced to more than 3000 years ago...
(also Pomeranian sheep, Pommernschaf) - Pomeranian GoosePomeranian GooseThe Pomeranian Goose , also known as the Rügener Goose, is a breed of domestic goose.Although only an officially recognized breed since 1912, this fowl was developed by Northern German farmers of Pomerania as early as 1500...
(also Rügener Goose, Pommerngans)
Districts
- Pomeranian VoivodeshipPomeranian VoivodeshipPomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
, an administrative region in Poland- Pomeranian (European Parliament constituency)Pomeranian (European Parliament constituency)In European elections, Pomeranian is a Polish constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.-Nomenclature:...
, the corresponding constituency
- Pomeranian (European Parliament constituency)
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...
, an administrative region in Poland - West Pomeranian VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...
, an administrative region in Poland
Military campaigns
- East Pomeranian OffensiveEast Pomeranian OffensiveThe East Pomeranian Strategic Offensive operation was an offensive by the Red Army in its fight against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front...
, a Soviet advance in late World War II