Old Western Pomerania

Old Western Pomerania^[1] or Old Hither Pomerania (German: Altvorpommern or Alt-Vorpommern, Polish: Stare Pomorze Przednie) 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.

Old Hither Pomerania (purple, centre of the map at the coast), the former south of Swedish Pomerania

The name Old Western Pomerania was first used when that area of Swedish Pomerania that had been remained with Sweden after the Treaty of Stockholm, later transferred to Prussia under the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and was named New Western Pomerania or New Hither Pomerania.

Whilst New Hither Pomerania enjoyed a special legal status within the Prussian state after 1815, this was not the case for Old Western Pomerania or Farther Pomerania (Hinterpommern). Nevertheless, the Pomeranian Provincial Parliament, also formed in 1823, was elected separately by New Western Pomerania, Old Western Pomerania and Farther Pomerania.^[2] Whilst New Western Pomerania was given its own Regional Parliament (for New Western Pomerania and Rügen) in 1823, a joint Regional Parliament for Old Hither Pomerania and Farther Pomerania was formed.^[3] Both regional parliaments continued to exist until 1881.

With the gradual loss of New Hither Pomerania's special status, the names New and Old Western Pomerania also fell out of use.

See also

• History of Pomerania

References

1. Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution by Sascha O. Becker, Erik Hornung, and Ludger Woessmann. Accessed on 28 Jun 2012.
2. Theodor Wengler: Der Provinzialverband Pommern. Verzeichnis der Mitglieder des Provinziallandtages. Böhlau Verlag, Köln u. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20109-8, p. 2 (Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Pommern. Series V, Vol. 44).
3. Harald Lutter: Zur verfassungsgeschichtlichen Stellung des Provinzialverbandes Pommern und seiner ständischen Vorformen. In: Baltische Studien. Vol. 80 N.F., 1994, ISSN 0067-3099, p. 67.

Literature

• Johannes Hinz: Pommern-Lexikon. Geographie, Geschichte, Kultur. Lizenzausgabe. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1996, ISBN 3-86047-185-6, p. 31.