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The area was inhabited by Baltic people at least since the 9th century and possibly earlier. At the dawn of the 13th century the population is estimated at around 16,000–20,000. The clan, together with their neighbours the
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279:(Dzierzgoń) River, where they suffered a great defeat. During the next three years all of Pomesania was conquered and made part of the
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271:. Pomesanian leader Pepin unsuccessfully besieged the city, but soon he was captured and tortured to death. In 1233 the work began in
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Cygański, Mirosław (1984). "Hitlerowskie prześladowania przywódców i aktywu Związków Polaków w
Niemczech w latach 1939-1945".
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Fragment of the
Pomesanian statute book of 1340. The earliest attested document of the customary law of the Balts.
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to protect his territory from such raids. In 1230 the
Knights settled in the Chełmno Land and began the
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in the region, incl. mass arrests of Polish leaders, activists, teachers and school students. After
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and their cultures. They might have been assimilated more quickly than the other
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and assimilation, Pomesanians became extinct some time in the 17th century.
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was founded in 1237 by the Order near the ancient
Prussian trading town of
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Pomesanians (in purple) and other
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ended in 1945, Pomesania became again part of Poland according to the
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in 1772 and then combined with the newly formed
Prussian province of
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314:(1242–1249), but was the only clan not to participate in the
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in 1773. With the rest of
Prussia, it became a part of the
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was established and put under the jurisdiction of the
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to the east. It is located around the modern towns of
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472:(in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. p. 54.
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405:conducted persecutions of the Polish community of
393:assigned the region to Germany as part of the
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435:Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970–1978). "Pamedė".
329:In 1454, the region was incorporated by King
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322:Pomeranian, Masovian, and Kuyavian and then
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397:and province of East Prussia following the
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381:in 1871. Despite the restoration of
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651:History of Pomeranian Voivodeship
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339:Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
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367:First Partition of Poland
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351:Greater Poland Province
316:Great Prussian Uprising
312:First Prussian Uprising
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468:Górski, Karol (1949).
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379:unification of Germany
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343:Malbork Voivodeship
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383:independent Poland
363:Kingdom of Prussia
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387:World War I
377:during the
355:grain trade
249:Pogesanians
122:Pomesanians
38:Pomesanians
630:Categories
605:Kulmerland
600:Galindians
562:Natangians
557:Nadruvians
429:References
259:asked the
218:, meaning
154:Pomesanien
142:Lithuanian
98:(Paganism)
29:Pomeranian
615:Sudovians
610:Skalvians
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407:Powiślans
308:Bydgoszcz
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138:Pomezania
130:Pomesania
110:Prussians
70:Languages
18:Pomesania
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253:Masovian
215:pomedian
206:Widewuto
90:Religion
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333:to the
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234:History
178:Malbork
166:Vistula
124:were a
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359:Gdańsk
320:Polish
224:pamedė
174:Elbląg
158:Poland
150:German
146:Pamedė
134:Polish
108:Other
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