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'''Middle Pomerania''' is a geographical and historical region in the middle of ] in northern ], between ] and ]. It was sometimes considered part of Western Pomerania.
'''Middle''' or '''Central ]''' ({{lang-pl|Pomorze Środkowe}}) are terms coined in Poland for the area of the former ] (1950-1975), split in 1975 and the remains since 1999 merged into the ]. In 2003, a secession movement presented to the ] a petition for the recreation of the Koszalin voivodeship as Central Pomeranian Voivodeship, signed by 135,000 people.<ref>Miroslawa Czerny, ''Poland in the geographical centre of Europe: political, social and economic consequences'', Nova Publishers, 2006, p.57, ISBN 1594546037</ref>


It was populated by ], and later by Protestant ]s.
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== History of western part ==
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Major cities: ] (]: ''Köslin''), ] (Stolp), ] (Kolberg), ] (Neustettin), ] (Rügenwalde)
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* 1121-1238 Duchy of Slawno
* 1238-1317 divided
* 1317-1654 part of Duchy of Pomerania (districts: Duchy of Kashubia, Duchy of Vandalia, Principality of Cammin)
* 1654-1815 part of Brandenburg-Prussia (districts: Duchy of Kashubia, Duchy of Vandalia, Principality of Cammin)
* 1815-1945 District of Köslin, part of Prussian Province of Pomerania
* 1945-1950 part of ]
* 1950-1975 ]
* 1975-1998 ], ]
* after 1999 divided between ] and ]

== History of the eastern part ==

] (Lauenburg) and ] (Bütow) had a slightly different history:

* 1310 to ] (together with ])
* 1454 to Poland (])
* 1455 as a Polish fief administrated by dukes of ]
* 1637 after the extinction of the dukes of Pomerania, restored to ]
* 1657 as a Polish fief, administrated by dukes of ]
* 1698 Prussians stopped recognizing Polish ]
* 1773 After the first partition of Poland, included in ], a province of the ]
* 1945 restored to Poland

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Middle Pomerania is a geographical and historical region in the middle of Pomerania in northern Poland, between Western Pomerania and Eastern Pomerania. It was sometimes considered part of Western Pomerania.

It was populated by Kashubians, and later by Protestant Slovincians.

History of western part

Major cities: Koszalin (German: Köslin), Słupsk (Stolp), Kolobrzeg (Kolberg), Szczecinek (Neustettin), Darłowo (Rügenwalde)

History of the eastern part

Lębork (Lauenburg) and Bytow (Bütow) had a slightly different history:

See also: Dukes of Pomerania

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