List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania

The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means Land at the Sea.[1]

These lists are based on the information found in Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis für das Deutsche Reich auf Grund der Volkszählung 1939[2] and Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße[3]

For a list of towns in the former Province of Pomerania, see

These lists include: name; county (Landkreis) in 1910; Regierungsbezirk (government region) in 1910; county (Landkreis) before 1945; county (Landkreis) before 1994; county (Landkreis) 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

or

The lists include: name; Kreis (county, before 1945); Gemeinde (German municipality) today; Amt (German district) today; Landkreis (German county) today; Polish name today (if east of the Oder-Neisse line); Gmina (Polish municipality, if east of the Oder-Neisse line) today; Powiat (Polish county, if east of the Oder-Neisse line) today.

See also

References

  1. Der Name Pommern (po more) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie „Land am Meer“. (German: Pommersches Landesmuseum)
  2. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis für das Deutsche Reich auf Grund der Volkszählung 1939
  3. Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
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