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Kashubia

 

Contents

Flags

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Coat of Arms

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

Map

Numbers and Facts

History



Flags

Flagge Fahne Kaschubei Kaschubien Pommerellen Kaschuben flag Kashubia Pomerelia Kashubians
Flag of Kashubia (Colours of the country),
Source: Wikipedia (EN)




Flagge Fahne Kaschubei Kaschubien Pommerellen Kaschuben flag Kashubia Pomerelia Kashubians
Flag of Kashubia,



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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Kashubia respectively Pomerelia had probably never had an own flag, because the country lost already in 1294 its independence. Afterward it was though a Polish government, but thereafter only a part of West Prussia. The colors of the flag date back to the old Duchy of Pommerellen. Its emblem was a black griffin on gold.

Source: Volker Preuß

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Coat of Arms


Wappen coat of arms Kaschubei Kaschubien Pommerellen Kaschuben flag Kashubia Pomerelia Kashubians
Escutcheon of the Duchy of Pomerelia

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Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of the Duchy of Pomerelia probably showed a black griffin on gold.

Source: Volker Preuß

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Map

Lage der Kaschubien
Landkarte/Map: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß

The landscape Kashubia in West Prussia, actually named Pomerelia (Pomorze), is mainly inhabited by the Kashubians, a Slavic tribe. It is positioned between the rivers Kueddow and Weichsel.

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Numbers and Facts

Area: ca. 1.500 square miles

Inhabitants: ca. 300.000

Density of Population: ca. 200 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: to 1309 Danzig (Gdańsk)

Languages: Polish, Kashubian, German

Time Zone: GMT + 1 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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History

ca.1200–1294 · Pomerelia is a Slavic Duchy

1294 · Pomerelia comes to the Duchy of Pomerania

1309 · Pomerelia comes to the State of the Teutonic Order

1466 · Second Peace of Thorn, Pomerelia comes to Poland

1772 · Pomerelia comes to Prussia

1920 · Versailles Dictate, Pomerelia comes to Poland

1939 · Second World War, Pomerelia comes to the German Empire

1945 · Pomerelia comes to Poland again

Source: Wikipedia (DE)

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