Talk:Stralsund

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I took out the Polish name since it doesn't make anyy sence at all to mention it. Stralsund never had any connections with Poland.

To answer your question, Strzalowo was a Pomeranian city that had belonged to the Kingdom of Poland before 1199, by all means the Danish monks were NOT the first ones to have settled in this area, I'm not certain anyone in Germany believes that Stralsund was only settled in 1199 or that it is originally a non-Slavic town, most people in Stralsund are aware that the city had a clear Slavic Pomeranian history. This German propaganda is way beyond belief, see the article: Dukes of Pomerania for more. Moreover, there is a clear tendency to exagerate the fact that Pomerania was never related to the Kindgom of Poland and was fully autonomous, oh well, yet another German propaganda. The town was germanized and lost its pomeranian feel around 1295, the same goes to Wołogoszcz ( Wolgast), Dymin ( Demmin ) and Bardo ( Barth ). As you know Pomerania was a part of Poland therefore these territories had technically belonged to Poland at one point. I am not saying that Polish name has to be included but there is a clear feeling among some Poles that the some of the Vorpommern territory incl. Gryfia, Wołogoszcz, Strzalowo ( Stralsund ) should have been given to Poland in 1945 as well. Germans can try to revert history but these territories have a clear Pomeranian past and therefore are very dear to some Poles. VicFromTheBlock

As biased as my german perspective may be: IMHO giving "some of the Vorpommern territory [..] to Poland in 1945" would have come much closer to "reverting history" than claiming Stralsund never had any connections with Poland. Barlotto