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unusual facts about Pomeranian duchies and dukes



Lauenburg and Bütow Land

In the 12th and 13th centuries the area east of the Łeba river was on the western periphery of the Pomerelian duchies, ruled by the Samborides dynasty as vassals of the Polish Crown as distinct to the neighbouring Duchy of Pomerania, which in 1181 had become an Imperial State.

Stolpe Abbey

The Pomeranian dukes and the Counts of Gützkow granted the new foundation extensive lands in the vicinity.

Treaty of Kremmen

The Treaty of Kremmen was signed on June 20, 1236 by Duke Wartislaw III of Pomerania, recognizing the seigniory of the Brandenburg margraves over his Duchy of Pomerania-Demmin, and ceding the terrae Stargard, Wustrow and Beseritz to Brandenburg.


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