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Old Western Pomerania or Old Hither Pomerania (german: Altvorpommern or ''Alt-Vorpommern'') was that part of 
The name Old Western Pomerania was first used when that area of
Western Pomerania
Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (german: Vorpommern), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, Weste ...
that went to Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
under the terms of the Treaty of Stockholm in 1720.
The name Old Western Pomerania was first used when that area of Swedish Pomerania
Swedish Pomerania ( sv, Svenska Pommern; german: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held ...
that had been remained with Sweden after the Treaty of Stockholm, later transferred to Prussia under the Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...
in 1815 and was named New Western Pomerania New Western Pomerania (german: Neuvorpommern or ''Neu-Vorpommern'') was that part of Western Pomerania that went to Prussia under the terms of the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
The territory of New Western Pomerania corresponded to that area of earl ...
or New Hither Pomerania.
Whilst New Hither Pomerania enjoyed a special legal status within the Prussian state after 1815, this was not the case for Old Western Pomerania or Farther Pomerania
Farther Pomerania, Hinder Pomerania, Rear Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania (german: Hinterpommern, Ostpommern), is the part of Pomerania which comprised the eastern part of the Duchy and later Province of Pomerania. It stretched roughly from the Od ...
(''Hinterpommern''). Nevertheless, the Pomeranian Provincial Parliament, also formed in 1823, was elected separately by New Western Pomerania, Old Western Pomerania and Farther Pomerania. Whilst New Western Pomerania was given its own Regional Parliament (for New Western Pomerania and Rügen) in 1823, a joint Regional Parliament for Old Hither Pomerania and Farther Pomerania was formed.Harald Lutter: ''Zur verfassungsgeschichtlichen Stellung des Provinzialverbandes Pommern und seiner ständischen Vorformen.'' In: ''Baltische Studien.'' Vol. 80 N.F., 1994, , p. 67. Both regional parliaments continued to exist until 1881.
With the gradual loss of New Hither Pomerania's special status, the names New and Old Western Pomerania also fell out of use.
See also
*History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...
References
Literature
* Johannes Hinz: ''Pommern-Lexikon. Geographie, Geschichte, Kultur.'' Lizenzausgabe. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1996, , p. 31. Province of Pomerania (1815–1945) History of Pomerania Geography of Prussia {{Hist-stub