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The name ''
Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...
'' comes from Slavic ''po more'', which means ''Land at the Sea''. These lists are based on the information found in ''Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis für das Deutsche Reich auf Grund der Volkszählung 1939'' and ''Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße''''Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße'' by M. Kaemmerer For a list of towns in the former Province of Pomerania, see *
List of towns in Vorpommern The List of towns in Western Pomerania includes all towns in present-day German Pomerania, and thus excludes towns which lie west of the Oder river, but east of the Oder-Neisse line (''Stettiner Zipfel'' area), and thus historically are associ ...
for all towns that since 1945 are west of the Oder-Neisse line *
List of towns in Farther Pomerania < List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania < List of towns in Farther Pomerania
The List of towns in Farther Pomerania includes towns that lost their town status over time as well as towns which lie west of the Oder river, but ...
for all towns that since 1945 are east of the Oder-Neisse line These lists include: name; county (
Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
) in 1910;
Regierungsbezirk A ' () means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany. Four of sixteen ' ( states of Germany) are split into '. Beneath these are rural and urban districts. Saxony has ' (directorate districts) with more res ...
(government region) in 1910; county (
Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
) before 1945; county (
Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
) before 1994; county (
Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
) after 1994; town since (year); population in 1910; population in 2006; Polish name and administration if east of the Oder-Neisse line. For all other municipalities, see * List of municipalities in the Province of Pomerania, A–H * List of municipalities in the Province of Pomerania, I–P * List of municipalities in the Province of Pomerania, Q–Z or * List of municipalities in the Province of Pomerania for the full list. The lists include: name; Kreis (county, before 1945);
Gemeinde Gemeinde (; plural: Gemeinden) is a German word translating to "community", "town", "parish", or "municipality". Gemeinde may refer to: * An administrative division encompassing a single village, town, or city: ** Gemeinde (Austria) ** Gemeinde ( ...
(German municipality) today;
Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
(German district) today;
Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
(German county) today; Polish name today (if east of the Oder-Neisse line);
Gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(Polish municipality, if east of the Oder-Neisse line) today;
Powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...
(Polish county, if east of the Oder-Neisse line) today.


See also

*
List of German exonyms for places in Poland Below are links to subpages listing German language names of towns and villages in different regions of Poland. Due to the country's history, many of those names have been in actual use locally, and are thus ''not'' exonyms. Sublists by provinces ...


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