Pomerania ( Polish : Pomorze; German, Low German and North Germanic languages: Pommern; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in CentralEurope, split between Germany and Poland.
The name derives from the Slavic po more, meaning "by the sea ". Pomerania stretches roughly from the Recknitz and Trebel rivers in the west to the Vistula river in the east.
The largest Pomeranian islands are Rügen, Usedom/Uznam and Wolin. The largest Pomeranian city is Gdańsk, or, when using a narrower definition of the region, Szczecin. Outside its urban areas, Pomerania is characterized by farmland, dotted with numerous lakes, forests, and towns. The region was strongly affected by post– World War I and II border and population shifts, with most of its pre- war inhabitants leaving or being expelled after 1945.
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