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German language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a ...
names of towns and villages in different regions of
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. Due to the country's history, many of those names have been in actual use locally, and are thus ''not'' exonyms.


Sublists by provinces

# Masuria #
Warmia Warmia ( pl, Warmia; Latin: ''Varmia'', ''Warmia''; ; Warmian: ''Warńija''; lt, Varmė; Old Prussian: ''Wārmi'') is both a historical and an ethnographic region in northern Poland, forming part of historical Prussia. Its historic capital ...
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Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province ( Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. Th ...
# Western Pomeranian Voivodeship #
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province ( pl, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divide ...
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Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 ...
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Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship ( province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the ...
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Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...
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Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...


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Natural locations

{, class="wikitable sortable" !Polish name !German name !Type !Notes , - , Brda , ''Brahe'' , River , , - , Długie , ''Lang'' , Lake , , - , Kortowskie , ''Kort'' , Lake , , - , Liwa , ''Liebe'' , River , , - , Łyna , ''Alle'' , River , , - ,
Nogat The Nogat is a 62 km long delta branch of the Vistula River in northern Poland. Unlike the main river, it does not empty into Gdańsk Bay but rather into the Vistula Lagoon. The Nogat has its origin near the village of Biała Góra as a ...
, ''Nogat'' , River , , - ,
Noteć Noteć (; , ) is a river in central Poland with a length of (7th longest) and a basin area of .Szkarpawa The Szkarpawa (, german: Elbinger Weichsel) is a distributary river in the Vistula delta of northern Poland. It branches off the Vistula near Drewnica and flows eastward to the Vistula Lagoon at Osłonka. In the past it was known as ''Wisła ...
, ''Elbinger Weichsel'' , River , , - , Tuja , ''Tiege'' , River , , - , Track , ''Trautziger'' , Lake , , - , Ukiel , ''Okull'' , Lake , , - , Wadąg , ''Wadang'' , Lake , , - , Wadąg , ''Wadang'' , River , , - , Barania Góra , ''Widderberg'' , Mountain , , - , Wisła , ''Weichsel'' , River , In English known as the Vistula, the longest river in Poland. , - , Zalew Wiślany , ''Frisches Haff'' , Lagoon , In English known as the Vistula Lagoon.


See also

* German exonyms * List of Polish exonyms for places in Germany * List of European exonyms *
List of cities and towns in East Prussia List of cities and towns in East Prussia, as used before 1945: {, class="sortable wikitable" !City/Town !District (''Kreis'') !Pop. in 1939 !Current Name !Current Administrative Unit , - , Allenburg , , Landkreis Wehlau , , align=right , 2 69 ...
* List of places in Cieszyn Silesia *
List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania The name '' Pomerania'' comes from Slavic ''po more'', which means ''Land at the Sea''. These lists are based on the information found in ''Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis für das Deutsche Reich auf Grund der Volkszählung 1939'' and ''Ortsnamenv ...
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Commission for the Determination of Place Names The Commission for the Determination of Place Names ( pl, Komisja Ustalania Nazw Miejscowości) was a commission of the Polish Department of Public Administration, founded in January 1946. Its mission was the establishment of toponyms for place ...


External links


List of German names for places in Poland
(in Polish and Esperanto)
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
German exonyms