Talk:Hither Pomerania

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It is commonly called West Pomerania. (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania gets more than 9000 hits), and sometimes also Hither Pomerania (as opposed presumably to Thither Pomerania) (369 Google hits). Adam 03:51, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

To be very precise, Vorpommern is a part of Western Pomerania. However, I changed it from Fore Pomerania (7 hits) to Vorpommern (45,500 google hits, English pages only) -- Nico 04:03, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)


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[edit] Searching the entire Google.

West Pomerania: 10,400 [1]

Western Pomerania: 12,300 [2]

Hither Pomerania: 359 [3]

[edit] Searching English pages only:

Vorpommern: 45,500 [4]. English name seems to be Vorpommern. -- Nico 04:20, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I agree. This is probably because there is no real English translation for "Vor". Adam

[edit] Controversial name change

I wish whoever moved this page had used the proper page moving procedures. The new name, Hither Pomerania, is somewhat problematic. While I generally am a strong supporter of the Use English policy, in this case it seems to have produced a bizarre result. Hither is a reasonable translation of Vor-, but it is also an archaic word that it is hard for a modern English speaker to say with a straight face. Probably for this reason, Hither Pomerania is not a term that is widely used: the commonly accepted English version of Vorpommern, as used by the lander and others, is Western Pomerania. While I appreciate that use of this name would cause disambiguation problems, it is still what this page should be called.--Stonemad GB 11:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Name prior 1990

I commented out the following sentence as it is wrong:

The postwar Land was reconstituted as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern prior to German reunification in 1990.


In fact the historic names and borders of the states weren't used in East Germany. Instead East Germany was divided into countys (1952-1990; Bezirk) with that part of Vorpommern belonging to "Bezirk Neubrandenburg" and "Bezirk Schwerin". However after 1990 the Land was reconstituted as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern --Splette :) How's my driving? 03:21, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't wrong at all. Mecklenburg, like the other postwar Länder in East Germany, was indeed abolished in 1952, replaced by Bezirke, and then reconstituted in 1990, with minor border adjustments and the readdition of "Vorpommern" to the name. "Postwar" does not imply that these states were always in existence after the war, and the article did refer to the Bezirke replacing Mecklenburg. I've re-added the sentence with a couple of changes; while the state was indeed reconstituted prior to German reunification, it became a legal entity on that day, so I changed the preposition to "upon".  ProhibitOnions  (T) 04:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Ahh perfect. I now understand how the sentence was meant. Its clearer now. Thanks --Splette :) How's my driving? 04:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Glad to help. Cheers,  ProhibitOnions  (T) 14:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
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