Historical regions (or historical areas ) are geographical regions which, at some point in history, had a cultural , ethnic , linguistic or political basis, regardless of latter-day borders. There are some historical regions that can be considered as "active", for example: Moravia , which is held by the Czech Republic , is both a recognized part of the country as well as a historical region. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing social development of period -specific cultures without any reference to contemporary political, economic or social organisations.
4-690: The Bernstein Land , also known as the Pełczyce Land , is a historical region in Western Pomerania in Central Europe , centered around the town of Pełczyce , Poland . The area was first settled between 1230 and 1240. The area used to be a part of the Duchy of Pomerania , and between 1279 and 1478 the ownership between the land has been changed between a few countries, to eventually become
8-595: Is generally the required precondition for the emergence of a regional identity . In Europe, regional identities are often derived from the Migration Period but for the contemporary era are also often related to the territorial transformations that followed World War I and those that followed the Cold War . Some regions are entirely invented, such as the Middle East , which was popularised in 1902 by
12-452: Is that older political and mental structures exist which exercise greater influence on the spatial-social identity of individuals than is understood by the contemporary world, bound to and often blinded by its own worldview - e.g. the focus on the nation-state. Definitions of regions vary, and regions can include macroregions such as Europe , territories of traditional sovereign states or smaller microregional areas . Geographic proximity
16-519: The part of Neumark , Margraviate of Brandenburg . The coat of arms of the Bernstein Land is the escutcheon separated into two halves, with the upper half being red, and lower half, a blue and yellow (gold) checker. In the upper half is placed white (silver) upper half of a Griffin . The coat of arms has been used as the symbol of the Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast . Historical region The fundamental principle underlying this view
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