Slavinia
Encyclopedia
Slavinia is a historical region in present-day Poland
and Germany
consisting of the western part of the region of Pomerania
, specifically Hither Pomerania
and Further Pomerania."...A distinction was made between Slavinia, or modern [i.e., 1911] Pomerania, and Pomerellen
."
The term Duchy of Slavinia is sometimes used to denote the West Slavic
Duchy of Pomerania
that existed at the mouth of the Oder
River in the early AD
12th century to differentiate it from Pomerelia
, a duchy also called Pomerania at that time.
In the Later Middle Ages it was gradually Germanized culturally and linguistically, due to the influx of many Germain settlers.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
consisting of the western part of the region of Pomerania
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...
, specifically Hither Pomerania
Hither Pomerania
Western Pomerania, Cispomerania or Hither Pomerania are terms used in English to translate the German Vorpommern the western extremity of the historic region of the duchy, later Province of Pomerania, nowadays divided between the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Poland.Forming part of...
and Further Pomerania."...A distinction was made between Slavinia, or modern [i.e., 1911] Pomerania, and Pomerellen
Pomerelia
Pomerelia is a historical region in northern Poland. Pomerelia lay in eastern Pomerania: on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea and west of the Vistula and its delta. The area centered on the city of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula...
."
The term Duchy of Slavinia is sometimes used to denote the West Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
Duchy of Pomerania
Duchy of Pomerania
The Duchy of Pomerania was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania ....
that existed at the mouth of the Oder
Oder
The Oder is a river in Central Europe. It rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming of the border between Poland and Germany, part of the Oder-Neisse line...
River in the early AD
Anno Domini
and Before Christ are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars....
12th century to differentiate it from Pomerelia
Pomerelia
Pomerelia is a historical region in northern Poland. Pomerelia lay in eastern Pomerania: on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea and west of the Vistula and its delta. The area centered on the city of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula...
, a duchy also called Pomerania at that time.
In the Later Middle Ages it was gradually Germanized culturally and linguistically, due to the influx of many Germain settlers.