Why Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, but not Saxony-Lower Silesia?
How does it come that the bundesland of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is named after the region of (Western) Pomerania too, but Saxony was not named Saxony-Lower Silesia? I mean, both pretty much cover a same percent of territory (Pomerania and silesia).
I thougdh probably because of Western Pomerania being more in germany, but the people just call themselves pomeranian there and the capital of Western Pomerania is neither in Germany anymore:/
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The Silesian part of Saxony is not a part of original Silesia, but a part of Prussian province of Silesia after 1815.
Then why not Saxen-Lausitz?
You have to ask this question in Dresden. By the way, we in Czechia still mourn the loss of our Lusathian brethren to Saxony 400 years ago. Long live ř !
Then it would have to be Sachsen-Oberlauzits (saxony-upper lusatia), since lower lusatia lies in modern day Brandenburg.
but the pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Pomerania was neither a part of Mecklenburg?
This part has been separate from the real Pomerania , that’s why the German name is Vorpommern, not Westpommern. On the other hand Niederschlesien was much bigger, and the area around Görlitz is called Niederschlesische Oberlausitz and covers not even 10% of Lower Silesia.
Partially because of the history of land conquest/aquisition in Saxony - a big chunky bit of what is Saxony today was part of Lusatia, which in itself has a complex history of domination, ownership and conquest throughout history
Then why not Saxen-Lausitz?
Just one consideration, but Oberlausitz is mostly in Sachsen while Niederlausitz is in Brandenburg. So Lausitz is already split in different parts of Germany anyway. As a Niederlausitzer I'd feel a little weird about Sachsen adding just Lausitz to the name...
Why is Bavaria not called Bavaria-Franconia?
Federal State of Bavaria-East-Swabia-Franconia
Why is anything anything called, history and small human making decisions.
Not sure but I think the pomeranian part of MV is culturally a much more significant part compared to the silesian part of saxony.
It's probably based on population, in Saxony the Saxons severely outnumber the Silesians who also have the Sorbian minority in their territory and this part of Silesia is part of Lusatia anyway, while MV is very sparsely populated so that the Pomeranian part isn't completely dominated by Mecklenburg
Why is the german google maps so inconsistent when it comes to naming polish cities? Some are in german, some in polish, it doesn't make any sense.
Basically, the big cities (the names of which German people might know and use, from the old times) are in German, while the small ones are in Polish because nobody remembers what they used to be anyway. Not saying it's a good thing, but I believe that's the reason.
What I find interesting is that despite the fact the map labels Wrocław as Breslau and so does German wiki, when you look up various German vlogs and city guides they quite often say "Wrocław oder Breslau", as if the connection between modern city and the name Breslau wasn't obvious to the average viewer.
I neither know, but its strange, a.e. random villages in Romania have their german name while everything else doesnt... there should just be an option to display german names, polish names or both
There still is the ZVON (public transport authority) - ZweckVerband Oberlausitz Niederschlesien
It ceased t exist on 1st january ts year and merged w another
that’s party true. The tickets still exist
Gdynia marked on the map, but not Gdańsk? 🤔
Edit: NVM
It's right there
Ah, yes, my bad. Thank you!
I should improve my knowledge of 🇵🇱 cities. 🙂
The Federal State of Saxony has nothing to do with the ancient land of Saxony (which is around Lower Saxony).
Its name derives from ancestral titles given to/acquired by the ruler of the area prior to unification of Germany
There's Lower Silesia in Poland.
Because that's Lusatia, not Lower Silesia
Görlitz is in Lower Silesia