West Pomeranian Lake District - Westpommersche Seenplatte

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The West Pomeranian Lake District (Polish Pojezierze Zachodniopomorskie) is in the northwest Poland in the west of the Pomeranian Lake District. The region is part of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and borders in the north on the Baltic Sea, in the east to the Eastern Pomeranian Lake District, in the west to the Oder estuary and in the south to the South Pomeranian Lake District. Within the Pomeranian Voivodeship it occupies the eastern part. Its western part in particular is suitable as a day trip destination from Berlin.

Regions

Voivodships

Subregions

places

Map of West Pomeranian Lake District
Dratzigsee
Lake Lubie
Lake Dymno
Lake Młynskie
Lake Rudno
Lake Bielińskie
Jeleńskie Lake

Soldiner Lake District

  • 1 CedyniaWebsite of this institutionCedynia in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCedynia in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryCedynia (Q954143) in the Wikidata database
  • 2 MoryńWebsite of this institutionMoryń in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMoryń in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMoryń (Q988602) in the Wikidata database
  • 3 ChojnaWebsite of this institutionChojna in the Wikipedia encyclopediaChojna in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsChojna (Q954157) in the Wikidata database
  • 4 Trzcińsko-ZdrójWebsite of this institutionTrzcińsko-Zdrój in the Wikipedia encyclopediaTrzcińsko-Zdrój in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsTrzcińsko-Zdrój (Q558719) in the Wikidata database
  • 5 MyślibórzWebsite of this institutionMyślibórz in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMyślibórz in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryMyślibórz (Q640453) in the Wikidata database
  • 6 LipianyWebsite of this institutionLipiany in the Wikipedia encyclopediaLipiany in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLipiany (Q558614) in the Wikidata database
  • 7 PyrzyceWebsite of this institutionPyrzyce in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPyrzyce in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryPyrzyce (Q219093) in the Wikidata database
  • 8 BarlinekWebsite of this institutionBarlinek in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBarlinek in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBarlinek (Q808344) in the Wikidata database

Arnswald Lake District

  • 9 PełczyceWebsite of this institutionPełczyce in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPełczyce in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryPełczyce (Q989441) in the Wikidata database
  • 10 ChoszcznoWebsite of this institutionChoszczno in the Wikipedia encyclopediaChoszczno in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsChoszczno (Q640223) in the Wikidata database
  • 11 ReczWebsite of this institutionRecz in the Wikipedia encyclopediaRecz in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRecz (Q989432) in the Wikidata database
  • 12 SuchańWebsite of this institutionSuchań in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSearchań in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSuchań (Q1021286) in the Wikidata database

Nörenberg Lake District

Dramburger Lake District

Butower Lake District

Other goals

  • Kashubia with the Kachubian Switzerland; the area overlaps with the Pomeranian part. The Bory Tucholskie National Park is not part of the Kashubia region.
  • 1 National Park DrageWebsite of this institutionNational Park Drage in the encyclopedia WikipediaNational Park Drage in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsDrage National Park (Q614743) in the Wikidata database

background

From ancient times, Polish, German and Jewish influences mixed in the area. The moraine hills are lower here than in Masuria. There are numerous post-glacial lakes. In comparison to Suwałki Lake District however, the lakes are relatively shallow.

Mostly it is under the term Pomeranian Lake District especially the area of ​​the lakes Drage, so the Dramburger Lake District, Roger that. The smaller lake districts that connect to the east and west are also included in the Pomeranian lake district. The Pomeranian Lake District is shaped by hundreds of lakes and moraine hills from the Ice Age and is ideal for water sports. Most of the large lakes are connected to rivers (e.g. the Drawa), so that canoeists and sailors can practically find hundreds of kilometers of waterways. The Johannes Paul II canoe route along the Drawa, which is named after its most famous canoeist, is particularly popular.

The name Pomerania goes back to the Polish word Pomorze, which also occurs in other West Slavic languages ​​and means "land by the sea". The Pomeranians were a West Slavic tribe that had been subjugated and Christianized by the Polans from the Greater Poland heartland since the 10th century. The original Slavic religion was successfully defended until the arrival of Bishop Otto from Bamberg in the 12th century.

language

The official and lingua franca is Polish. You can get along well with English everywhere.

getting there

The nearest international airports are the 1 Szczecin AirportWebsite of this institutionSzczecin Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSzczecin Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSzczecin Airport (Q1432917) in the Wikidata database(IATA: SZZ), and the 2 Poznan AirportWebsite of this institutionPoznan Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPoznan Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryPoznan Airport (Q1361639) in the Wikidata database(IATA: POZ). The arrival can also be via the highways Autostrada A6 respectively. The lake district begins immediately behind the German-Polish Oder border.

mobility

The road, rail and bus network is very well developed. Having your own mobile stand is nevertheless helpful.

Tourist Attractions

The numerous lakes are well worth seeing.

activities

The lake district is shaped by hundreds of lakes and moraine hills from the Ice Age and is ideal for water sports.

kitchen

Due to the numerous lakes and rivers, fresh freshwater fish is available cheaply everywhere.

nightlife

The nightlife is concentrated in the surrounding larger cities.

security

It's pretty safe.

climate

There is a transitional climate with a continental impact. The summers are warm to hot, the winters cold.

trips

literature

You article too Poland.

Web links

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