West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship is an administrative region of northwestern Poland, bordering the Baltic Sea and centered on Szczecin. It was established in 1999.

Szczecin: Szczecin is a port city in northwestern Poland and the capital of West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The voivodeship’s capital and largest city anchors its administration and regional identity.
Port of Szczecin: The Port of Szczecin is a seaport on the Oder River serving Poland and Central Europe. It connects the regional capital and its hinterland to Baltic and international trade.
History of Pomerania: The history of Pomerania traces the changing political and cultural fortunes of the southern Baltic region. The voivodeship’s territory has belonged to successive Pomeranian polities and states.
Lubusz Voivodeship: Lubusz Voivodeship is a region of western Poland along the German border. It adjoins West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the south.
Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939): Pomeranian Voivodeship was an administrative region of interwar Poland, centered on Toruń. Its name and historical extent differ from the present coastal voivodeships.
Baltic Sea: The Baltic Sea is an inland sea of northern Europe connected to the North Sea through the Danish straits. Its southern coast forms the voivodeship’s northern edge.
Port of Świnoujście: The Port of Świnoujście is a seaport on the Baltic coast of northwestern Poland. It is a major maritime gateway on the voivodeship’s coast.
Former German territories east of the Oder–Neisse line: Former German territories east of the Oder–Neisse line became part of Poland after World War II. Much of the present voivodeship was transferred from Germany to Poland after the war.
Pomeranian Voivodeship: Pomeranian Voivodeship is a northern Polish region on the Baltic Sea, centered on Gdańsk. It is the neighboring coastal voivodeship to the east.
West Pomeranian Voivodeship (1975–1998): West Pomeranian Voivodeship was a smaller Polish administrative region that existed from 1975 to 1998. The present voivodeship combines territories that belonged to several earlier regions.

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