Pomeranian Switzerland (, ) is a hill country region in

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 the

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Voivodeship of West Pomerania. It is part of the West Pomeranian Lake District on the

Baltic Uplands The Baltic UplandsDickinson, Robert E. (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 614. . ( or ''Nördlicher Landrücken'') is a chain of morainic hills about wide that border the southern Baltic Sea from ...

. In Polish, the term Pomeranian Switzerland has not established itself and is only rarely used. In Poland, they tend to speak of the Dramburg Lake District (''Pojezierze Drawskie'') when referring to Pomeranian Switzerland. The region around Połczyn Zdrój (Bad Polzin), by contrast, is known in Polish as Polzin Switzerland (''Szwajcaria Połczyńska''). The area has been described as a "region of beautiful lakes surrounded by beautiful woods."

Location

Pomeranian Switzerland lies about west of

Szczecinek Szczecinek (; ) is a historic city in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, capital of Szczecinek County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, with a population of more than 40,000 (2011). The town's total area is . The turbulent history of Szcze ...

and runs from Połczyn Zdrój (Bad Polzin) in the north to

Drawsko Pomorskie Drawsko Pomorskie (until 1948 ; ) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Drawsko County and the urban-rural commune of Gmina Drawsko Pomorskie. As of December 2021, the town has a ...

(Dramburg) in the southwest and

Złocieniec Złocieniec (; ) is a town in northwestern Poland. Located in West Pomeranian Voivodeship's Drawsko County since 1999, it was previously a part of Koszalin Voivodeship (disambiguation), Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–1998). The population of Złoci ...

(Falkenburg) and Czaplinek (Tempelburg) by the

Drawsko Lake Drawsko () is a lake located nearby the town of Czaplinek in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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 an ...

in the south. Through the region runs the Polzin–Tempelburg section of route 163.Straßenkarte P004: ''Südliches Pommern – Netzebruch'', Höfer Verlag, Dietzenbach, . The hill country of Pomeranian Switzerland rises to about 250 metres above sea level.

References

Literature

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