New Western Pomerania or New Hither Pomerania ( or ''Neu-Vorpommern'') was the part of

Western Pomerania Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (; ), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania, located mostly in north-eastern Germany, with a small portion in no ...

that passed to

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

from

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under the terms of the

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon, Napol ...

in 1815. The territory of New Western Pomerania corresponded to that area of earlier region of

Swedish Pomerania Swedish Pomerania (; ) was a dominions of Sweden, dominion under the Sweden, Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish-Swedish War, Polish War and the Thirty Years' War ...

that had been left after the Treaty of Stockholm in 1720; thus it covered Western Pomerania north of the

Peene The Peene (; ) is a river in Germany. Geography The Westpeene, with the Ostpeene as its longer tributary, and the Kleine Peene/Teterower Peene (with a ''Peene '' without specification (or ''Nordpeene'') as its smaller and shorter affluent) f ...

, including the island of

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) 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 ci ...

. The name New Western Pomerania and Rügen (''Neuvorpommern und Rügen'') was also used, which emphasised the territory of Rügen. As early as 1720, the area of Swedish Pomerania that had been ceded to Prussia was called, by contrast,

Old Western Pomerania Old Western Pomerania or Old Hither Pomerania ( or ''Alt-Vorpommern'', ) was the part of Western Pomerania that went to Prussia under the terms of the Treaty of Stockholm in 1720, now divided between Poland and Germany. The name Old Western Pome ...

(''Altvorpommern''). New Western Pomerania was part of the

Prussian province of Pomerania Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern r ...

and, from 1818, formed the government region of Stralsund, but for a time, retained a special legal status. For example, from the old councils (''Stände'') of New Western Pomerania, a new Regional Parliament for New Western Pomerania and Rügen (''Kommunallandtag von Neuvorpommern und Rügen'') was formed in 1823, which existed until 1881. The Pomeranian Provincial Parliament, also formed in 1823, was elected separately by New Western Pomerania, Old Western Pomerania and

Farther Pomerania Farther Pomerania, Hinder Pomerania, Rear Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania (; ), is a subregion of the historic region of Pomerania in north-western Poland, mostly within the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, while its easternmost parts are within the Po ...

(''Hinterpommern'').Theodor Wengler: ''Der Provinzialverband Pommern. Verzeichnis der Mitglieder des Provinziallandtages.'' Böhlau Verlag, Köln u. a. 2008, , p. 2 (''Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Pommern.'' Series V, Vol. 44). With the gradual loss of its special status, the name New Western Pomerania also became uncommon.

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* Johannes Hinz: ''Pommern-Lexikon. Geographie, Geschichte, Kultur.'' Lizenzausgabe. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1996, , p. 220. Province of Pomerania (1815–1945) History of Pomerania Geography of Prussia {{Europe-hist-stub

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