The term Middle or Central Pomerania can refer to two distinct areas, depending on whether it is used as a translation of the corresponding German or Polish terms Mittelpommern (also Mittelpommerscher Keil) or Pomorze Środkowe, respectively.
| West | Pomerania | East | Southeast | |||||||||||||||
| Damgarten, Barth, Tribsees, Grimmen, Franzburg, Richtenberg, Bergen auf Rügen, Garz/Rügen, Sassnitz, Stralsund | Loitz, Greifswald, Lassan, Wolgast, Gützkow | Demmin, Altentreptow | Jarmen, Anklam, Usedom | Gartz, Schwedt (part north of Wesel with inland port) | Świnoujście, Międzyzdroje, Wolin, Dziwnów (left-bank), Goleniów, Police, Nowe Warpno, Szczecin, Dąbie | Widuchowa, Gryfino, Banie, Pyrzyce | Maszewo, Stargard, Stepnica, Dziwnów (right-bank with historic centre), Kamień Pomorski, Golczewo, Ińsko, Dobrzany, Dolice, Chociwel, Gryfice, Gościno, Płoty, Nowogard, Łobez, Węgorzyno, Resko, Trzebiatów | Świdwin, Połczyn-Zdrój, Kalisz Pomorski, Drawsko Pomorskie, Złocieniec, Kołobrzeg, Koszalin, Polanów, Sianów, Karlino, Tychowo, Bobolice, Białogard, Biały Bór, Szczecinek, Sławno, Darłowo | Ustka, Słupsk, Miastko | Łeba, Lębork, Bytów (Lauenburg and Bütow Land German: link=no|Lande Lauenburg und Bütow Polish: Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska) | Człuchów, Chojnice, Kościerzyna, Kartuzy, Żukowo, Puck, Władysławowo, Jastarnia, Hel | Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia, (so-called Little Kashubian Tricity) Gdynia, Sopot, Gdańsk (Tricity) Pruszcz Gdański, Nowy Staw | Starogard Gdański, Skarszewy, Pelplin, Tczew, Gniew | Świecie, Nowe | Tuchola, Pruszcz | Toruń, Grudziądz, Chełmno, Chełmża, Wąbrzeźno, Kowalewo Pomorskie, Jabłonowo Pomorskie, Radzyń Chełmiński, Łasin, Brodnica (part north of Drwęca with historic center), Golub | ||
| Current countries | Germany | Poland | ||||||||||||||||
| Current administrative regions | Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) | Land Brandenburg (State of Brandenburg) | województwo zachodniopomorskie (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) | województwo pomorskie (Pomeranian Voivodeship) | województwo kujawsko-pomorskie (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) | |||||||||||||
| Vorpommern-Rügen District | Vorpommern-Greifswald District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte District | Vorpommern-Greifswald District | Uckermark District | ||||||||||||||
| German terminology (corresponding English term) | Pommern[1] (Pomerania) | Pomerellen, Pommerellen (Pomerelia) After Partitions of Poland, part of the wider Westpreussen (West Prussia) before Partitions of Poland, part of the wider Königlich-Preußen or Preußen Königlichen Anteils (Royal Prussia) | ||||||||||||||||
| Vorpommern in modern usage the part located in Germany only (Hither Pomerania, Fore Pomerania) | Hinterpommern (Farther/Further Pomerania, Rear Pomerania) | Kaschubei[2] (Kashubia) areas south-east of Könitz (Schwarzwasser, Czersk): Tucheler Heide (Tuchola Forest), Koschneiderei | Kociewie | Tucheler Heide (Tuchola Forest), Koschneiderei | Kulmerland (Chełmno Land) | |||||||||||||
| Neuvorpommern (New Hither Pomerania) | Altvorpommern (Old Hither Pomerania) | |||||||||||||||||
| Westpommern (Western Pomerania) | style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' colspan="6" | Mittelpommern (Middle Pomerania) | Ostpommern (Eastern Pomerania) | |||||||||||||||
| style='border-style: none dotted solid solid;' colspan="1" | style='border-style: dotted dotted solid dotted;' colspan="4" | Mittelpommerscher Keil (Middle Pomeranian Wedge) excluding Świnoujście, Międzyzdroje, Wolin and Dziwnów | style='border-style: none solid solid dotted;' colspan="1" | |||||||||||||||
| Polish terminology (corresponding English term) | Pomorze Zachodnie (Western Pomerania) Pomorze Nadodrzańskie (Oder Pomerania) | Pomorze Wschodnie (Eastern Pomerania) Pomorze Nadwiślańskie (Vistula Pomerania) before World War II simply Pomorze (Pomerelia, literally Pomerania) before Partitions of Poland, part of the wider Prusy Królewskie (Royal Prussia) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pomorze Zaodrzańskie (Trans-Oder Pomerania) Pomorze Wołogoskie (Wołogoszcz or German: Wolgast Pomerania) | Pomorze Szczecińskie (Szczecin Pomerania) Pomorze Zachodnie w węższym znaczeniu (Western Pomerania in narrower sense) | Pomorze Środkowe (Middle Pomerania) Pomorze Koszalińsko-Słupskie (Koszalin and Słupsk Pomerania) | Pomorze Gdańskie (Gdańsk Pomerania) | Ziemia chełmińska (Chełmno Land) ethnocultural region | ||||||||||||||
| Pomorze Przednie (Hither Pomerania, Fore Pomerania) in modern usage the part located in Germany only | Pomorze Tylne (Farther/Further Pomerania, Rear Pomerania) usage limited mainly to translations of German texts | Kaszuby (Kashubia) ethnocultural region areas south-east of Chojnice (Czarna Woda, Czersk): Bory Tucholskie (Tuchola Forest) ethnocultural region, Kosznajderia former ethnocultural region | Kociewie ethnocultural region | Bory Tucholskie (Tuchola Forest) ethnocultural region, Kosznajderia former ethnocultural region | ||||||||||||||
| Kashubian terminology (corresponding English term) | Zôpadnô Pòmòrskô (Western Pomerania) | Lãbòrskò-bëtowskô Zemia (Lauenburg and Bütow Land) | Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô (Eastern Pomerania) | |||||||||||||||
| Kaszëbë (Kashubia ethnocultural region) | Kòcéwskô (Kociewie) ethnocultural region | Tëchòlsczé Bòrë (Tuchola Forest) ethnocultural region, Kòsznajderiô (Kosznajderia) former ethnocultural region | Chełmińskô Zemia (Chełmno Land) ethnocultural region | |||||||||||||||
Mittelpommern in historical usage denotes the central parts of the former Duchy, later Province of Pomerania, located approximately between the rivers Peene and Rega, including the towns Trzebiatów, Resko and Nowogard.
Mittelpommerscher Keil (Middle Pomeranian Wedge) is a term used in ethnolinguistics, which carries a narrower meaning; it corresponds to the south-central part of Mittelpommern, roughly between the rivers Zarow and Ihna (Ina).[3] This area differed from the rest of the duchy or province by the dialect of the inhabitants, who spoke the Mittelpommersch[3] variety closely related to Märkisch-Brandenburgisch, as well as in the town law of the cities, which was Magdeburg Law (vs Lübeck Law in the other parts).[4] Since World War II the Oder-Neisse line divides this area, reducing the German part to the former Uecker-Randow district, as well as to the Amt Gartz (Oder) in the Uckermark district.
Pomorze Środkowe in modern usage are terms coined in Poland for the area of the former Koszalin Voivodeship (1950-1975), spanning roughly from the area east of the river Rega (Rega) to the river Łeba, which was split in 1975 with the remains since 1999 merged into the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Greater Poland voivodeships. In 2003, a movement presented to the Polish Sejm parliament a petition for the recreation of the Koszalin voivodeship as the Central Pomeranian Voivodeship, signed by 135,000 people.[5]