The

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

n State Museum (german: Pommersches Landesmuseum) in

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...

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 ...

, is a public

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

primarily dedicated to Pomeranian history and arts. The largest exhibitions show archeological findings and artefacts from the

region and paintings, e.g. of Caspar David Friedrich, a Greifswald local, such as '' Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge''. The museum was established in the years of 1998 to 2005 at the site of the historical Franziskaner abbey. Near

Binz Binz is the largest seaside resort on the German island of Rügen. It is situated between the bay of Prorer Wiek and the ''Schmachter See'' (a lake) in the southeast of the island. To the north of Binz stretches the Schmale Heide (the "narrow he ...

on the nearby isle of

Rügen Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...

, a satellite of the museum is under construction at ''

Jagdschloss Granitz Granitz Hunting Lodge (german: Jagdschloss Granitz) is located on the German island of Rügen in the vicinity of the seaside resort of Binz. With over 200,000 visitors per year it is the most popular castle or '' schloss'' in Mecklenburg-Vorpo ...

'', a former hunting lodge of the Rugian princes. This branch will be designated to Rugian history. An early 20th century museum in Stettin, then capital of the Province of Pomerania, was the "Provinzialmuseum pommerscher Altertümer", which was also named "Pommersches Landesmuseum" (Pomerania State Museum) since 1934.Werner Buchholz, ''Pommern'', Siedler, 1999, p. 438,

Gallery

File:Johan Christian Claussen Dahl - Swinemünde i måneskinn.jpg, Johan Christian Claussen Dahl File:Gerard van Honthorst - Adoration of the Shepherds (1622).jpg, Gerard van Honthorst

Literature

* Stefan Fassbinder: ''Vom Kloster zum Museum - 750 Jahre Geschichte zwischen Mühlenstraße und Stadtmauer in Greifswald.'' In: ''Klöster und monastische Kultur in Hansestädten. Kolloquium Stralsund 2001.'' Stralsunder Beiträge zur Archäologie, Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde in Vorpommern, Band 4. Rahden 2003, S. 157–164. * Stefan Fassbinder, ''Das Pommersche Landesmuseum. Von der Idee bis zur Eröffnung.'' in ''Greifswalder Beiträge.'' Band 2, 2005, pp. 47–50. * Frank Schmitz, Armin Wenzel, ''Pommersches Landesmuseum Greifswald'', 2007,

References

External links

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