The

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 ...

n State Museum (german: Pommersches Landesmuseum) in

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...

Western Pomerania Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (german: Vorpommern), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, West ...

, is a public

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primarily dedicated to Pomeranian history and arts. The largest exhibitions show archeological findings and artefacts from the

region and paintings, e.g. of

Caspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landsca ...

, a Greifswald local, such as '' Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge''. The museum was established in the years of 1998 to 2005 at the site of the historical Franziskaner abbey. Near Binz on the nearby isle of

Rügen Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...

, a satellite of the museum is under construction at '' Jagdschloss Granitz'', a former hunting lodge of the Rugian princes. This branch will be designated to Rugian history. An early 20th century museum in

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

, then capital of the Province of Pomerania, was the "Provinzialmuseum pommerscher Altertümer", which was also named "Pommersches Landesmuseum" (Pomerania State Museum) since 1934.Werner Buchholz, ''Pommern'', Siedler, 1999, p. 438,

Gallery

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Literature

* Stefan Fassbinder: ''Vom Kloster zum Museum - 750 Jahre Geschichte zwischen Mühlenstraße und Stadtmauer in Greifswald.'' In: ''Klöster und monastische Kultur in Hansestädten. Kolloquium Stralsund 2001.'' Stralsunder Beiträge zur Archäologie, Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde in Vorpommern, Band 4. Rahden 2003, S. 157–164. * Stefan Fassbinder, ''Das Pommersche Landesmuseum. Von der Idee bis zur Eröffnung.'' in ''Greifswalder Beiträge.'' Band 2, 2005, pp. 47–50. * Frank Schmitz, Armin Wenzel, ''Pommersches Landesmuseum Greifswald'', 2007,

References

External links

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Bundestransferstelle Städtebaulicher DenkmalschutzPomeranian State Museum
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