IU353. EASTERN ZEALAND
Country: denmark Region: zealand Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION Zealand is the biggest Danish island, located between Swedish Scania and Jutland. The lowland, mainly agricultural landscape of the island is diversified thanks to the moraine hills shaped by a glacier. The southern and eastern part of the island is the highest, with cliff coasts. The rich history of the land is not limited […]
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IU352. SOUTH ZEALAND, MØN ISLAND AND FALSTER ISLAND
Country: denmark Region: zealand Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION The area being described covers the southern end of Zealand as well as scenic MønIsland (with cretaceous shores on the east), tiny BogøIsland and Falster Island, popular with tourists, located on the eastern side of the Danish Straits. The flat, slightly undulating agricultural landscape enchants even in bad weather. Although medieval Christian monuments are […]
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IU351. BORNHOLM ISLAND CHURCHES
Country: denmark Region: bornholm Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION…. Bornholm is one of Danish islands located near the coast of Sweden, the subject of competition between Danish and Swedish kings for centuries. Despite its turbulent history, Bornholm has preserved its numerous medieval monuments, including exceptional 12thcentury fortified churches. The island has been Protestant since the mid-16thcentury. Due to its mild climate and great […]
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IU350. MECKLENBURG
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION Mecklenburg with Rostock, the biggest harbour town in this part of the Baltic Sea, is the historical Obodrite land, the arena of bloody Slavic-Germanic fights at the turn of the 1st and 2nd millennium, as well as area facing a medieval crusade against Pagans, finished with the Christianisation of Mecklenburg in the mid-12th c. […]
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IU349. GREIFSWALD NEIGHBOURHOOD
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION In the Middle Ages, the eastern part of West Pomerania was the heart of the Duchy of Pomerania. It was in Greifswald that the first university by the Baltic Sea was founded, and a few generations of Pomeranian princes used to reside in the no longer existent castle in Wolgast. Rich religious life was […]
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IU348. THE ISLAND OF RÜGEN BELIEFS AND RELIGIONS
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION By the time Rugia Island was conquered by the Danes in 1168, it was an important Slavonic Pagan worship centre. Its symbol was Arkona with Sviatovid’s Temple described by Danish chroniclers. Like in Pomerania, upon the introduction of Christianity monasteries founded in this place exerted significant impact on the conversion of the locals into […]
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IU347. WOLIN ISLAND AND TRZEBIATÓW COAST
Country: poland Region: westpomerania Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION Wolin Island and Trzebiatów Coast are separated by the Dziwna – one of three straits connecting Szczecin Lagoon with the Baltic Sea. This is the historical centre of former Western Pomerania, a place where the Pomeranian statehood and culture shaped, starting from Jomsborg factory founded by the Vikings in present day Wolin, to the […]
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IU346. CENTRAL POMERANIA
Country: poland Region: westpomerania Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION It was in Kołobrzeg in 1000 that Prince Bolesław Chrobry and Emperor Otto III established a missionary bishopric to Christianise Pomerania. Pagan faith was so strong here that soon the bishopric declined and only in the mid-12thcentury did St Otto from Bamberg actually christened the Pomeranians. By the Reformation era, the area between Kołobrzeg […]
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IU345. KASHUBIA
Country: poland Region: pomerania Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION Kashubia, located in the western part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the drainage area of the Łeba and Radunia Rivers, are the stronghold of traditional religiousness of one of the indigenous groups of Pomerania inhabitants. Wejherowo with a baroque Calvary and Sianowo with St Mary’s Sanctuary are the spiritual capitals of the region. Lębork […]
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IU344. BY THE LOWER VISTULA RIVER
Country: poland Region: pomerania Heritage type: c , cuLOCATION In the Middle Ages the Lower Vistula River used to separate already Christian Pomerania from the land of Pagan Prussia. The political intention to convert them into Christianity resulted in the establishment of the State of the Teutonic Order in this place in the 13th century. The Teutonic Knights implemented their Christianising mission on […]
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