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59-608: At 160.9 m above  sea level (HN) , the Piekberg is the highest point on the island of Rügen and in the region of West Pomerania . It is also the fifth highest point in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . It barely rises above the surrounding area, though, as the height difference is very low. The hill is located in a wooded area in the northwestern part of the Jasmund Peninsula , about 2 kilometres southwest of

118-460: A Danish fleet led by Roskilde archbishop Absalon sacked Rügen . The Arkona temple was sieged and destroyed. After this main temple's fall, Rügen's capitol Charenza ( Venzer Burgwall ) capitulated, all other temples were given to the Danes for destruction and Jaromar I, Prince of Rügen became a Danish vassal. The Rani then converted to Christianity. From Rügen, which still had a strong navy and army,

177-399: A derivational prefix, some of the neoclassical combining forms may or may not qualify for inclusion in such a list. This list takes the broad view that acro- and auto- count as English derivational prefixes because they function the same way like that of prefixes such as over- and self- do. As for numeral prefixes , only the most common members of that class are included here. There

236-484: A different word. For example, when the prefix un- is added to the word happy , it creates the word unhappy . The word prefix is itself made up of the stem fix (meaning "attach", in this case), and the prefix pre- (meaning "before"), both of which are derived from Latin roots . This is a fairly comprehensive, although not exhaustive, list of derivational prefixes in English. Depending on precisely how one defines

295-404: A further complication, the borders of the eponymous administrative units have been drawn disregarding mostly the historical ones. The Polish unit called województwo zachodniopomorskie ( West Pomeranian Voivodeship ) includes the whole Polish part of Hither Pomerania, but only the western two-thirds of Farther Pomerania, with the remaining easternmost one-third ( Słupsk , Ustka , Miastko ) forming

354-406: A new form of a word with the same basic meaning and same lexical category , or derivational , creating a new word with a new semantic meaning and sometimes also a different lexical category . Prefixes, like all affixes, are usually bound morphemes . English has no inflectional prefixes, using only suffixes for that purpose. Adding a prefix to the beginning of an English word changes it to

413-649: A part of the formation of nouns, prefixes are less common in Russian than suffixes, but alter the meaning of a word. In German, derivatives formed with prefixes may be classified in two categories: those used with substantives and adjectives, and those used with verbs. For derivative substantives and adjectives, only two productive prefixes are generally addable to any substantive or adjective as of 1970: un- , which expresses negation (as in ungesund , from gesund ), and ur- , which means "original, primitive" in substantives, and has an emphatic function in adjectives. ge- , on

472-480: A part of the neighbouring województwo pomorskie ( Pomeranian Voivodeship ). On the other hand, it stretches far more south than the historical region, to include the northern part of the historical Neumark ( Dębno , Chojna , Trzcińsko-Zdrój , Myślibórz , Nowogródek Pomorski , Lipiany , Barlinek , Pełczyce , Suchań , Choszczno , Recz , Drawno ), as well as a strip the historical Greater Poland ( Tuczno , Człopa , Mirosławiec , Wałcz , Czaplinek ), or even

531-550: A small area of Hither Pomerania including Szczecin – the region's principal city – and Świnoujście was transferred along with Farther Pomerania to Poland, and formed part of the Szczecin Voivodeship . The bulk of Vorpommern became part of the newly constituted Land (state) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . The word "Vorpommern" was deleted from the state's name at the insistence of the Soviet military administration in 1947 and

590-529: A small part of Pomerelia ( Biały Bór ). As a consequence, the common understanding of the term West Pomerania has recently started to shift towards this current administrative extent. Similarly, borders of the German districts Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald deviate from the historical ones in numerous locations. The name Pomorze Przednie , Przedpomorze  – corresponding to Hither/Fore Pomerania German: Vorpommern  –

649-536: Is a large separate table covering them all at Numeral prefix > Table of number prefixes in English . binomial , "two terms" dipole , "two poles" The choice between hyphenation or solid styling for prefixes in English is covered at Hyphen > Prefixes and suffixes . Commonly used prefixes in Japanese include お〜 ( o- ) and ご〜 ( go- ) . They are used as part of the honorific system of speech , and are used as markers for politeness, showing respect for

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708-408: Is an administrative entity subordinate only to the state level. Consideration was given during an unsuccessful district reform project in 1994 to restoring the old boundary, but this was not implemented. The Ribnitz, Marlow and Fischland area of Vorpommern-Rügen were historically part of Mecklenburg. The old western boundary line was preserved in the division between the two Protestant church bodies of

767-562: Is nowadays used in Polish almost exclusively when referring to the part located in Germany, while its usage in the full (historical German) meaning is limited to exact translations of German texts. It is also referred to as Pomorze Wołogoskie (Wolgast Pomerania). The major feature of Western Pomerania is its long Baltic Sea and lagoons coastline. Typical is a distinct "double coast", whereby offshore islands separate lagoons (so-called bodden ) from

826-596: Is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania , located mostly in north-eastern Germany , with a small portion in north-western Poland , at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea . Western Pomerania's boundaries have changed through the centuries as it belonged to various countries such as the Duchy of Pomerania (later part of the Holy Roman Empire ), Denmark, Sweden, as well as Prussia which incorporated it as

885-859: The Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg and the Pomeranian Evangelical Church prior to their absorption into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . The Polish part encompasses the cities with powiat rights of Szczecin and Świnoujscie, the entire Police County , Gmina Goleniów in Goleniów County , as well as the part of Kamień County located on the island of Wolin ( Gmina Międzyzdroje , western part of Gmina Wolin and western part of Gmina Dziwnów ). There are four cities in

944-702: The Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula and the islands of Hiddensee , Rügen , Usedom and Wolin . The old Hanseatic towns are also popular tourist destinations due to their brick gothic medieval architecture , downtown Stralsund is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Stralsund, Greifswald and Wolgast also have a shipyard industry, the Volkswerft in Stralsund and the Peenewerft in Wolgast produce large ships, while

1003-617: The HanseYachts shipyard in Greifswald is specialized in building yachts . In Mukran near Sassnitz on Rügen, there is an international ferry terminal linking Western Pomerania to Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania and other oversee countries. An industrial complex northeast of Lubmin near Greifswald includes a shut-down nuclear power plant which is being deconstructed, and the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline which come ashore at this site. In Greifswald,

1062-558: The Navajo language are formed from a word stem and multiple affixes. For example, each verb requires one of four non-syllabic prefixes ( ∅ , ł , d , l ) to create a verb theme. In the Sunwar language of Eastern Nepal , the prefix ma- म is used to create negative verbs . It is the only verbal prefix in the language. ma .rimʃo NEG .nice al child   ma .rimʃo al NEG.nice child Bad child! (scolding) As

1121-850: The Pane (Peene) River, the Redarians around the temple of Rethra , the Wollinians on the isle of Wolin , the Tollensians around the Tollense River and the Ukrainians around the Uecker River in the Uckermark . The collective term Liutizians also covers some of these tribes, as they allied in the late 10th century to secure their sovereignty. The Lutician alliances headquarters were at Rethra, where delegates from

1180-493: The Police County , the part of Kamień County located on the island of Wolin ( Gmina Międzyzdroje , western part of Gmina Wolin including the town, and western part of Gmina Dziwnów ), as well as Gmina Goleniów in Goleniów County . 54°05′00″N 13°23′00″E  /  54.0833°N 13.3833°E  / 54.0833; 13.3833 Prefix Prefixes, like other affixes, can be either inflectional , creating

1239-821: The Province of Pomerania . Today, the region embraces the whole area of Pomerania west of the Oder River , small bridgeheads east of the river, as well as the islands in the Szczecin Lagoon . Its majority forms part of Germany and has been divided between the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg , with the cities of Stralsund and Greifswald , as well as towns such as Ribnitz-Damgarten (Damgarten only), Bergen auf Rügen ( Rügen Island), Anklam , Wolgast , Demmin , Pasewalk , Grimmen , Sassnitz (Rügen Island), Ueckermünde , Torgelow , Barth , and Gartz . The cities of Szczecin and Świnoujście , as well as

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1298-692: The Stubbenkammer in the Jasmund National Park and about 3 kilometres northeast of the town of Sassnitz . The state road ( Landstraße ) from Lohme to Sassnitz runs past the Piekberg to the east. This Vorpommern-Rügen district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Pomerania Historical Western Pomerania , also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania , Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania ( German : Vorpommern ; Polish : Pomorze Przednie ),

1357-606: The University of Greifswald runs several institutions and the major hospitals of the region. Also, Greifswald is the site of innovative scientific research, like the Wendelstein physics research center and biotechnology enterprises, most notably the federal Friedrich Loeffler Institute for animal diseases like BSE . Away from the coastal tourist resorts, the rural areas of Western Pomerania have often maintained an agricultural character. A study published on 18 May 2009 revealed that

1416-461: The 12th century and 13th century, Western Pomerania changed from a pagan and Slavic to a Christian and German country ( Ostsiedlung ). The Slavs ( Wends ) were first excluded from the villages and privileges of the German settlers. They later merged with the German majority. Western Pomerania then was part of the Duchy of Pomerania , the areas north of the Peene River ( Principality of Rugia ) joined

1475-573: The 5th century. By the 6th and 7th century, West Slavic people populated the region. If they met a substantial Rugian population and whether and/or how these were assimilated by the Slavs is not known. The Slavic inhabitants, also referred to as part of the Wilzen/ Veleti , diverged into several small tribes, listed from Northwest to Southeast: The Rujanes or Rani around Rügen , the Circipanes around

1534-674: The Consulate of Poland, arrested by the Gestapo . During the war, Germany operated the Stalag II-C, Stalag 322, Stalag Luft I and Stalag Luft II prisoner-of-war camps for British, American, French , Belgian, Serbian and Soviet POWs with numerous forced labour subcamps in the region. The Polish resistance movement was active in Szczecin and conducted espionage of the Kriegsmarine , infiltrated

1593-688: The Danish put pressure on Pomerania. Bogislaw I duke of Pomerania made his duchy a part of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) in 1181, after he had allied with Henry the Lion since 1164. But the new alliance did not prevent the Danes from successfully raiding and in 1186 conquering all of Pomerania. Danish rule ended when in 1227 the Danish navy was defeated in Bornhöved by the Germans, Pomerania except for Rügen (until 1345 with

1652-620: The Peene River and Wolin , which is assumed to be identical with Vineta and Jomsborg . Important pagan temple sites were Arkona and Rethra. Other local strongholds were Dimin ( Demmin ) in the Circipan and Stetin ( Szczecin ) in the Pomeranian area. At the beginning of the second millennium, western Pomeranian tribes were surrounded by the expanding states of Denmark in the North, Piast Poland in

1711-470: The Polish districts of the region had a population of about 520,000 in 2012 (cities of Szczecin , Świnoujście and Police County combined). So overall, about 1 million people live in the historical region of Western Pomerania today. The German prefix Vor- denotes a location closer to the speaker, and is the equivalent of " Fore "/" Front "/" Hither " in English and Anterior / Citerior / Cis- in Latin (with

1770-619: The Pomeranian duke, who appointed the castellans . These castellanies were converted from their pagan to Christian religion in Usedom , 1128. Except for the Rani living North of the Ryck River and Demmin , all western Pomeranian territories had become united and Christian. Wartislaw's dependency on Poland loosened in the following years and, in 1135 with the death of Polish king Boleslaw III , Wartislaw's duchy regained independence. About ten years later, he

1829-820: The Southeast and the German Holy Roman Empire in the Southwest. While the eastward expansion of the latter could be halted for some time by a Slavic uprising of the Southern ( Heveller ) and Western ( Obotrites ) neighbors of the western Pomeranian tribes, which even was supported by the Liutizian alliance, the Pomeranians East of the Oder River were conquered by the Polish state in the late 10th century and remained vassals of

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1888-417: The city of Szczecin , consisting mostly of large housing estates , thus having along with the resort locality of Trzebież a semi-urban character, in spite of neither holding town rights nor being seats of a municipality, and despite being several-fold more populated than the seats of the respective municipalities that they are parts of. You can sort this complete table of cities and towns by clicking one of

1947-474: The corresponding antonyms in German, English and Latin being Hinter- , " Hinder "/" Rear "/" Farther " and Posterior / Ulterior / Trans- , respectively). Historically the name "Hither Pomerania" has been used, but in modern English the German region is more commonly called "Western Pomerania" or by its native name. The formerly widespread local dialect term is Low German : Vörpommern . The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more , which means "land by

2006-705: The duchy in 1325. From that time onwards, the region shares a common history with Farther Pomerania . Pomerania came under Swedish military control in 1630 during the Thirty Years' War . Swedish sovereignty over Vorpommern, including Stettin, was confirmed by the Peace of Westphalia (1648) and the Treaty of Stettin (1653) , and from that time onwards much of the region formed Swedish Pomerania . Possession of this region remained an issue of conflict in European politics and Swedish rule

2065-623: The dynasty of Piasts until 1007, had to pay tribute to the Poles after 1042, and were conquered again in 1121. In spite of his surrender or even with military help from the succeeding Poles, the Pomeranian duke Wartislaw I of the House of Griffins successfully started conquering the areas west of his burgh in Szczecin the years after 1121. These lands were considerably weakened by previous warfare: The coast

2124-450: The entire state of Mecklenburg was abolished by East Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR) in 1952. The Pomeranian districts were made part of the GDR's Bezirk Rostock (coastal region) and Bezirk Neubrandenburg , with a small area around Gartz becoming part of Bezirk Frankfurt/Oder . The 1945–1952 state was reconstituted, with minor border adjustments, as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at

2183-455: The forming of the past participle of verbs; ver- has an emphatic function, or it is used to turn a substantive or an adjective into a verb. In some cases, the prefix particle ent- (negation) can be considered the opposite of particle be- , while er- can be considered the opposite of ver- . The prefix er- usually indicates the successful completion of an action, and sometimes the conclusion means death. With fewer verbs, it indicates

2242-567: The independent allied tribes held their meetings. Whether or not the Rani were part of the Veleti or later the Lutizians is disputed. The Slavic tribes referred to as Pomeranians settled east of the Oder River. In this era, large mixed Slavic and Scandinavian settlements were built at the natural havens of the bay-rich coast, the most important of which were Ralswiek (Rügen), Altes Lager Menzlin at

2301-511: The last Rugian duke's death) fell to the HRE. The Rügen and Pomerania dukes called in many German settlers and aristocrats to resettle parts of their duchies devastated in the wars before and to settle new areas by turning woodland into fields. Settlers came from North German Lower Saxony. Some settlers from the Harz mountains in central Germany settled near Stettin. Cities and monasteries were founded. Between

2360-445: The latter of them covering the area known as Dreikaiserbäder (three emperors baths) consisting of the former municipalities of Ahlbeck , Bansin and Heringsdorf. Towns in the Polish part include Police , Goleniów , Wolin , Międzyzdroje , Nowe Warpno , and the left-bank part of Dziwnów . In addition, the highly populated villages of Mierzyn , Przecław , Warzymice and Bezrzecze constitute in fact direct residential extensions of

2419-433: The local German industry, distributed underground Polish press, and facilitated escapes of Polish and British POWs who fled from German POW camps via the city's port to neutral Sweden (see also: Poland–Sweden relations ). In the final stages of the war, in 1945, German-perpetrated death marches of Allied POWs from Stalag XX-B and Stalag Luft IV passed through the region. At the end of World War II in 1945,

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2478-523: The narrower sense, the designation may also refer to the western part of the area only, alternatively called for precision Pomorze Szczecińskie ( Szczecin Pomerania), encompassing the entire German Pomerania combined with the Polish part of the historical Middle Pomerania up to Rega . In such case, the remainder of Farther Pomerania is called Pomorze Środkowe ( contemporary Middle Pomerania ) or Pomorze Koszalińsko-Słupskie (Koszalin-Słupsk Pomerania). As

2537-481: The nearby mainland, roughly matching the administrative districts of Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald , though those districts' boundaries with Mecklenburg proper do not match the pre-1945 demarcation. The region is mentioned in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state constitution as one of the two constituting regions of the state with the right to form a Landschaftsverband , which

2596-551: The open sea, forming a unique landscape. The islands Kirr , Hiddensee , Ummanz , Dänholm , Rügen , Öhe , Riems , Vilm , Greifswalder Oie , Usedom , Karsibór and Wolin , as well as the islands of the city of Szczecin are located in Western Pomerania. The largest city in Western Pomerania is Szczecin on the Polish side and Stralsund on the German side. Today it is still an important town economically. The towns of Stralsund and Greifswald together, after Rostock, are

2655-427: The other hand, expresses union or togetherness, but only in a closed group of words—it cannot simply be added to any noun or adjective. Verbal prefixes commonly in use are be- , ent- , er- , ge- , miss- , ver- , and zer- (see also Separable verb ). be- expresses strengthening or generalization. ent- expresses negation. ge- indicates the completion of an action, which is why its most common use has become

2714-642: The person or thing they are affixed to, notably also being used euphemistically . In the Bantu languages of Africa , which are agglutinating , the noun class is conveyed through prefixes, which is declined and agrees with all of its arguments accordingly. ò-mú -límí AG - CL1 -farmer ò-mú -néné AG - CL1 -fat ò-mú -kâddé AG - CL1 -old ò-mú AG .one à-∅-gênda he- PRES -go ò-mú -límí ò-mú -néné ò-mú -kâddé ò-mú à-∅-gênda AG-CL1-farmer AG-CL1-fat AG-CL1-old AG.one he-PRES-go The one, old, fat farmer goes. Verbs in

2773-399: The region, namely Szczecin and Świnoujście on the Polish side, as well as Stralsund and Greifswald on the German side of the border. Major towns in the German part of the region include Bergen auf Rügen , Demmin , Anklam , Wolgast and Pasewalk . The municipalities of Binz , Zingst , Zinnowitz and Heringsdorf do not have town rights, but are in fact semi-urban localities, with

2832-462: The sea". The adjective for the region is (Western) Pomeranian (German: pommersch , Polish : pomorski ), inhabitants are called (Western) Pomeranians (German: Pommern , Polish: Pomorzanie ). The Polish names for the historical region, Pomorze Zachodnie (Western Pomerania) or Pomorze Nadodrzańskie ( Oder Pomerania), have usually been applied to the entire narrower Pomerania, including Farther Pomerania , but excluding Pomerelia . In

2891-526: The second largest centres of population in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In addition the region has the highest population density of the four planning regions in the state. Western Pomerania has several national parks: Another region in Western Pomerania under extensive conservation protection is the Peene Valley . German Vorpommern is understood today as comprising the islands of Rügen and Usedom and

2950-646: The southernmost fragment ( Amt Gartz (Oder) ) remains part of the Uckermark district within Brandenburg . In 2012, the Pomeranian Evangelical Church merged with the Mecklenburgian and Northalbingian Evangelical Churches. Since the administrative reform of 1999, the Polish part is located within the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and encompasses the cities with powiat rights Szczecin and Świnoujście ,

3009-422: The spread of the Christian faith. In 1124, he invited Otto von Bamberg to mission in his duchy east of the Oder River. By 1128, Wartislaw I had expanded his duchy west to the County of Gützkow and Circipania and south to the Uckermark . He invited Otto von Bamberg again to mission in these pagan areas West of the Oder River, too. The former Liutizian principalities were turned into castellanies subordinate to

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3068-422: The time of German reunification in 1990. Vorpommern is a constitutional region of the state, yet not an administrative entity. After the administrative reforms of September 2011, the bulk of Western Pomerania is within the districts of Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald ; however, some west central areas including Demmin and Altentreptow are within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, while

3127-496: The towns of Police , Goleniów , Wolin , Międzyzdroje , Nowe Warpno , and (the left-bank part of) Dziwnów are part of Poland. The German part forms about one-third of the present-day north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , while the Polish part constitutes the westernmost border areas of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship . German Western Pomerania had a population of about 470,000 in 2012 (districts of Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald combined) – while

3186-401: The upper columns. The list does not include the former town of Dąbie , which currently is a neighbourhood of Szczecin; it also does not include the Brandenburgian city of Schwedt whose parts located north of Wesel , acquired in contemporary times, belong to historic Western Pomerania. Popular tourist resorts can be found all along the Baltic beaches of the Pomeranian part (Darß-Zingst) of

3245-423: The wealth situation of people in Vorpommern is on a mean range in Germany, with 27% of the population regarded as indigent – that is living with below 60% of an average German income. In prehistoric times, the area was inhabited by megalith cultures. In the first half of the first millennium, the East Germanic Rugians are reported in the area, who are known to later set up a kingdom far South in Pannonia in

3304-435: Was a period marked by the ravages of warfare. A part of the region south of the Peene river ( Old Western Pomerania ) came under Prussian sovereignty after the Stockholm peace treaty in 1720 . Under the Treaty of Kiel , the remnants of Swedish Pomerania ( New Western Pomerania ) were briefly transferred to Denmark in 1814, but the 1815 Congress of Vienna ceded the territory to Prussia. From 1815, all of Western Pomerania

3363-535: Was integrated into the Prussian Province of Pomerania , administered as the Region of Stralsund (New Western Pomerania) and Region of Stettin (the old Western Pomeranian region). Stralsund was fused into Stettin in 1932. From May to September 1939, before and during the German invasion of Poland , which started World War II , Polish people in the region, particularly in Szczecin, were targeted by Nazi repressions, with Polish organizations attacked and Polish leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and even some staff of

3422-420: Was raided by the Danes , which destroyed Jomsborg in 1043, shifting the power in the Oder delta South to Pomeranian Stettin. Rethra was raided and devastated by the Germans in winter 1068/69, the Lutizian alliance fell apart, and instead the Lutizian tribes started fighting against each other (" Liutizischer Bruderkrieg ", Liutizian civil war). Wartislaw's aim was not only the expansion of his duchy, but also

3481-428: Was slain by pagans near Stolpe . Stolpe Abbey was erected at this site by Wartislaw's successor, Ratibor I . The 1147 Wendish Crusade initiated by the Holy Roman Empire ended when the Demmin and Stettin citizens persuaded the crusaders that they were already Christians. By the middle of the 12th century, the Principality of Rügen in northwestern Pomerania remained the last pagan state in Central Europe. In 1168,

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