  the history of pomerania, an area in modern-day germany and poland, dates back more than 10,000 years. the name pomerania comes from slavic po more, which means land at the sea.der name pommern (po more) ist slawischer herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie âland am meerâ. (pommersches landesmuseum, german) settlement in the area started by the end of the vistula glacial stage, about 13,000 years ago. archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the stone and bronze age, of veneti and germanic peoples during the iron age and, in the middle ages, slavic tribes and vikings.rga 25 (2004), p.422from the first humans to the mesolithic hunters in the northern german lowlands, current results and trends - thomas terberger. from: across the western baltic, edited by: keld mÃ¸ller hansen & kristoffer buck pedersen, 2006, isbn 87-983097-5-7, sydsjÃ¦llands museums publikationer vol. 1 piskorski (1999), pp.18ff 6horst wernicke, greifswald, geschichte der stadt, helms, 2000, pp.16ff, isbn 3-931185-56-7a. w. r. whittle, europe in the neolithic: the creation of new worlds, cambridge university press, 1996, p.198, isbn 0-521-44920-0buchholz (1999), pp.22,23herrmann (1985), pp.237ff,244ff starting in the 10th century, piast poland on several occasions acquired parts of the region from the southeast, while the holy roman empire and denmark augmented their territory from the west and north.herrmann (1985), pp.261,345ffpiskorski (1999), p.32 :pagan reaction of 1005buchholz (1999), p.25: pagan uprising that also ended the polish suzerainty in 1005a. p. vlasto, entry of slavs christendom, cup archive, 1970, p.129, isbn 0-521-07459-2: abandoned 1004 - 1005 in face of violent oppositionnora berend, christianization and the rise of christian monarchy: scandinavia, central europe and rus' c. 900-1200, cambridge university press, 2007, p.293, isbn 0-521-87616-8, isbn 978-0-521-87616-2david warner, ottonian germany: the chronicon of thietmar of merseburg, manchester university press, 2001, p.358, isbn 0-7190-4926-1, isbn 978-0-7190-4926-2michael borgolte, benjamin scheller, polen und deutschland vor 1000 jahren: die berliner tagung Ã¼ber den "akt von gnesen", akademie verlag, 2002, p.282, isbn 3-05-003749-0, isbn 978-3-05-003749-3 in the high middle ages, the area became christian and was ruled by local dukes of the house of pomerania and the [[sa
History_of_Brandenburg History_of_Denmark History_of_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern History_of_Poland History_of_Pomerania History_of_Prussia History_of_Sweden History_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire Jomsvikings Kashubians