Citaat:
Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door geertvdb
Maar ik heb fourhoursmen niet gedwongen om Pommern te vermelden, hé! De andere gebieden die hij vermeldt, daar kunt ge over discussieren welk gebied het exact is, en dat wou ik vermijden. maar ook daar heb ik gelijk.
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Medieval settlements (Ostsiedlung)
Main article: Ostsiedlung
Population growth during the High Middle Ages stimulated the movement of peoples from the Rhenish, Flemish, and Saxon territories of the Holy Roman Empire eastwards into the less-populated Baltic region and Poland. These movements were supported by the German nobility, the Slavic kings and dukes, and the medieval Church. The majority of this settlement was peaceful, although it sometimes took place at the expense of Slavs and pagan Balts (see Northern Crusades). Ostsiedlung accelerated along the Baltic with the advent of the Teutonic Order.[2] Likewise, in Styria and Carinthia, German communities took form in areas inhabited by Slovenes.
In the middle of the 14th century, the settling progress slowed as a result of the Black Death; in addition, the most arable and promising regions were largely occupied. Local Slavic leaders in late Medieval Pomerania and Silesia continued inviting German settlers to their territories.
En voor bepaalde delen van Pommeren had ik wel degelijk gelijk:
In the second half of the 12th century, a group of German tradesmen (from various parts of the Holy Roman Empire) settled in the city around St. Jacob's Church, which was founded by Beringer, a trader from Bamberg, and consecrated in 1187. In 1181 the dukes of Szczecin became vassals of the Holy Roman Empire. For centuries the dukes invited West and Central German settlers to colonize their land and to found towns and villages (see Ostsiedlung). .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Szczecin
De geschiedenis van Duitstalige aanwezigheid in Oost-Europa startte niet in de 18de eeuw.
De Poolse aanwezigheid in delen Pommeren was bovendien ook maar van vrij late datum. De 'oorspronkelijke' bevolking waren Baltische stammen zoals Pruzzen/Pruisen.
Grote delen van Pommeren werden door de Teutoonse orde
niet op de Polen veroverd maar wel op Baltische stammen. Polen lag trouwens oorspronkelijk heel wat oostelijker (zie geschiedenis van Pools-Litouwse Gemenebest).
Polen had daar dus even veel of even weinig recht op als de Duitsers.