Slavinia

Slavinia (German: Slawien) is a historical region in present-day Poland and Germany consisting of the western part of the region of Pomerania, specifically Hither Pomerania and Further Pomerania.^{[nb 1]}

The term Duchy of Slavinia is sometimes used to denote the West Slavic Duchy of Pomerania that existed at the mouth of the Oder River in the early AD 12th century to differentiate it from Pomerelia, a duchy also called Pomerania at that time.

In the Later Middle Ages it was gradually Germanized culturally and linguistically, due to the influx of many Germain settlers.

See also

• Pomerania
• Duchy of Pomerania
• Pomerania during the High Middle Ages

Notes

1. ^ "...A distinction was made between Slavinia, or modern [i.e., 1911] Pomerania, and Pomerellen."  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Pomerania". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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