The Kashubian-Pomeranian Association (; ) is a regional non-governmental organization of

Kashubians The Kashubians (; ; ), also known as Cassubians or Kashubs, are a Lechitic ( West Slavic) ethnic group native to the historical region of Pomerania, including its eastern part called Pomerelia, in north-central Poland. Their settlement area is ...

, Kocievians and other people interested in the regional affairs of

Kashubia Kashubia or Cassubia ( or ; ; or ) is an ethnocultural region in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northern Poland. It is inhabited by the Kashubian people, and many in the region have historically spoken the Kashubian langua ...

and

Pomerania Pomerania ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian, Pomeranian Voivod ...

in northern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its headquarters are in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

, Poland. The (; ) is a body of the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association that oversees and promotes the Kashubian language. is a monthly journal founded in 1963 which publishes in Polish and Kashubian. Presidents of the Association: * 1956–59:

Aleksander Arendt Aleksander Arendt (6 December 1912, in Będargowo – 1 January 2002) was an activist of the Kashubians and Pomeranians (ethnic groups in northern Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It exten ...

* 1959–71:

Bernard Szczęsny Bernard Szczęsny (27 October 1919 – 19 December 1993), was an activist of the Kashubians and Pomeranians (ethnic groups in northern Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the B ...

* 1971–76: Jerzy Kiedrowski * 1976–80:

Stanisław Pestka Stanisław Pestka (8 April 1929 – 2 April 2015) was a Kashubian poet. He was born in Rolbik. Pestka was also a translator of Russian texts into Kashubian language. He was the chairman of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association from 1976 to 1980 and ...

* 1980–83: Izabella Trojanowska * 1983–86: Szczepan Lewna * 1986–92: Józef Borzyszkowski * 1992–94:

* 1994–98: Jan Wyrowiński * 1998–04: Brunon Synak * 2004–10: Artur Jabłoński * 2010–16: Łukasz Grzędzicki * 2016–19: Edmund Wittbrodt * 2019–present: Jan Wyrowiński

References

External links

ZK-P official site
{{Authority control Kashubians Pomerania Polish regional societies