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The Pomeranian Voivodeship or Pomorskie Voivodeship ((ポーランド語:Województwo Pomorskie)) was an administrative unit of inter-war Poland (from 1919–1939). It ceased to exist in September 1939, following the German and Soviet invasion of Poland. Most of its territory became part of current Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, which has the same capital (Toruń) of the interwar voivodeship. 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 „Land am Meer“.'' ) (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)〕 == History == This was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (''II Rzeczpospolita'') established in 1919 after World War I from the majority of the Prussian province of West Prussia(made out of territories taken in Partitions of Poland which was returned to Poland. Toruń was the capital. In 1938–1939, the voivodeship extended to the south at the expense of Poznań Voivodeship and Warsaw Voivodeship, and was called Great Pomerania afterwards (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938). During World War II, it was occupied by Nazi Germany and unilaterally annexed as ''Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen'' ("Reich province of Danzig-West Prussia"). Poles and Jews were classified as ''untermenschen'' by German authorities and their intended fate slavery and extermination. In 1945, the region was returned to Poland. In 1945, out of its northern territory the new voivodeship of Gdańsk was formed, including annexed territories of the Free City of Danzig and of German Prussian Province of Pomerania and German Prussian Province of East Prussia. The bulk of the old voivodeship was enlarged by annexed territories of the German Prussian Province of Pomerania and later renamed into Bydgoszcz voivodeship. In the years 1975–1998 it was reorganized into the voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg, Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–39)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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