(1653) divided the Duchy of Pomerania into its Western, Swedish and Eastern Brandenburgian parts, Farther Pomerania was used for the latter - in opposition to Swedish Hither Pomerania (Vorpommern) including Stettin (Szczecin), Wollin (Wolin) and a strip of land east of the Oder River, ultimately limited to include two suburbs of Szczecin, namely the towns of Gollnow (Goleniów) and Damm/Alt-Damm/Altdamm (Dąbie). To the East, Farther Pomerania stretches to the border with Pomerelia, considered by the Polish historiography to be located on the river Łeba. In the post-1945 era, Farther Pomerania was affected by the Polish-German border shift. Before, it happened to be the Eastern part of German Pomerania (Pommern, consisting of Hither and Farther Pomerania), yet thereafter it became the Western part of Polish Pomerania (Pomorze, consisting of Pomerania and Pomerelia). As Polish Pomorze has also been in use for Pomerelia, while Hither and Farther Pomerania are jointly referred to as West Pomerania (Pomorze Zachodnie) in Poland, located predominantly in today's West Pomeranian Voivodeship, including Szczecin (Stettin) and Wolin (Wollin). However, this term is not being adopted by the Germans, as only Hither Pomerania is considered to be Western Pomerania, so Farther Pomerania is still in use. Cities and towns There are four cities in Farther Pomerania, namely: Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) Koszalin (Köslin) Stargard (Stargard in Pommern) Słupsk (Stolp in Pommern) Major and/or historically meaningful towns of Farther Pomerania include: Białogard (Belgard) Darłowo (Rügenwalde) Drawsko Pomorskie (Dramburg) Gryfice (Greifenberg in Pommern) Gryfino (Greifenhagen) Kamień Pomorski (Cammin) Karlino (Körlin an der Persante) Łobez (Labes) Miastko (Rummelsburg) Nowogard (Naugard) Połczyn-Zdrój (Bad Polzin) Pyrzyce (Pyritz) Resko (Regenwalde) Szczecinek (Neustettin) Sławno (Schlawe) Świdwin (Schivelbein) Trzebiatów (Treptow) Ustka (Stolpmünde) Złocieniec (Falkenburg) In addition, the following towns are located in the historical Lauenburg and Bütow Land, thus being treated as part of Pomerelia by the Polish historiography, and as part of Farther Pomerania by the German historiography: Bytów (Bütow) Lębork (Lauenburg in Pommern) Łeba (Leba) Historical languages and dialects primarily German, Ostpommersch variant of Low German in easternmost rural areas Kashubian Slovincian dialect in the rural areas of Leba (Łeba) and Lauenburg (Lębork), roughly Germanized by 1850. History (timeline) 1317 Lands of Schlawe and Stolp become part of the Duchy of Pomerania (before 1347 as a fief of the margraves of Brandenburg) 1466 Lauenburg and Bütow Land is handed by Poland over to the Duchy of Pomerania as a trust/fief, in reward for supporting Poland in wars