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interest attaches to the names of Vorpommern and Hinterpommern, or Hither and Farther Pomerania, the former being applied to the territory to the west, and the latter to that to the See also:

east of the See also:

ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder. Pomerania is one of the flattest parts of Germany, although east of the Oder it is traversed by a range of See also:

low hills, and there are also a few isolated eminences to the west. Off the west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, which is very irregular, See also:

lie the islands of See also:

RUGEN

Rugen, See also:

USEDOM

Usedom and See also:

WOLLIN

Wollin; the coast of Farther Pomerania is smooth in outline and is bordered with See also:

DUNES

dunes, or sandbanks. Besides the Oder and its affluents, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of which are the Peene, the tYcker and the Ihna, there are several smaller See also:

rivers flowing into the Baltic; a few of these are navigable for See also:

SHIPS

ships, but the greater number only carry rafts. Many of them end in small lakes, which are separated from the See also:

sea by narrow strips of See also:

LAND

land, through which the See also:

WATER

water escapes by one or more outlets. The interior of the province is also thickly sprinkled with lakes, the combined area of which is equal to about one-twentieth of the entire See also:

SURFACE

surface. The See also:

SOIL

soil of Pomerania is for the most See also:

PART

part thin and sandy, but patches of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good land are found here and there. About 55% of the whole is under tillage, while 16% consists of meadow and pasture and 21 % is covered by forests. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal crops are potatoes, See also:

rye and oats, but See also:

wheat and See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley are grown in the more fertile districts; See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

FLAX

flax, hops and beetroot are also cultivated. See also:

Agriculture is still carried on in a somewhat of the duchy of See also:

LAUENBURG

Lauenburg, finally succeeded in uniting the whole of Pomerania under her See also:

RULE

rule.

For the See also:

HISTORY

history, see J. See also:

BUGENHAGEN, JOHANN (1485-1558)

Bugenhagen, Pomerania, edited by O. Heinemann (Stettin, 1900) ; von Bohlen, See also:

Die Erwerbung Pommerns durch die See also:

HOHENZOLLERN

Hohenzollern (See also:

Berlin, 1865) ; H. See also:

BERGHAUS, HEINRICH (1797-1884)

Berghaus, Landbuch See also:

des Herzogtums Pommern (Berlin, 1865–1876) ; the Codex Pomeraniae diplomaticus, edited by K. F. W. Hasselbach and J. G. L. Kosegarten (Greifswald, 1862) ; the Pommersches Urkundenbuch, edited by R. Klempin and others (Stettin, 1868-1896) ; W. von See also:

SOMMER

Sommer.. feld, Geschichte der Germanisierung des Herzogtums Pommern (See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1896) ; F. W.

Barthold, Geschichte von Rugen and Pommern (See also:

HAMBURG

Hamburg, 1839-1845) ; K. See also:

Mass, Pommersche Geschichte (Stettin, 1899) ; M. Wehrmann, Geschichte von Pommern (See also:

GOTHA

Gotha, 1904-1906) ; and See also:

Decker, Pommern in Wort and B&1 (Stettin, 1904). See also the publications of the Gesellschaft See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur pommersche Geschichte and Altertumskunde.

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