Pomeranians (German people)

Pomeranians
Pommern
Regions with significant populations
Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Languages
German
Religion
Protestantism (Lutheranism), Catholic Church
Related ethnic groups
Germans

The Pomeranians (German: Pommern) are a German people native to the historical region of Pomerania. In modern times, its population inhabits Germany, including the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[1][2] Nowadays there are about five million descendants of Germans in Brazil, a part of these Brazilians are of Pomeranian origin.[3][4]

South gate in Pomerode, a Brazilian city founded by Pomeranians
  1. ^ Thomas Carson, Problems of the Postwar World, READ BOOKS, 2007, p.349, ISBN 1-4067-4703-3, ISBN 978-1-4067-4703-4
  2. ^ Paulus Gijsbertus Johannes Post, P. Post, G. Rouwhorst, L. Van Tongeren, A. Scheer, Christian Feast and Festival: The Dynamics of Western Liturgy and Culture, Peeters Publishers, 2001, p.80, ISBN 90-429-1055-0, ISBN 978-90-429-1055-3
  3. ^ "Deutsch ist zweithäufigste Muttersprache Brasiliens". medienhilfe.org (in German). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Deutsch-Brasilianer fürchten um ihre pommersche Identität" (in German). Ostsee-Zeitung. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

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