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    Usedom Abbey (German: Kloster Usedom) was a medieval Premonstratensian monastery on the isle of Usedom (Western Pomerania, Germany) near the town of Usedom...
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    Usedom (German: Usedom [ˈuːzədɔm], Polish: Uznam [ˈuznam]) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest...
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    Usedom (also German: Stadt Usedom or Usedom Town) is a town on Usedom Island, in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern...
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    VI of Denmark in 1185. Duke Bogusław died in 1187 and was buried in Usedom Abbey. He was succeeded by his surviving sons Bogusław II (c. 1177 – 1220)...
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    of the Pomeranian diocese was Wollin, and was moved to Grobe Abbey on the island of Usedom and to Kammin (Cammin, now Kamien Pomorski) after 1150 and 1175...
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    middle between the two largest Pomeranian islands of Rugia (Rügen) and Usedom. The closest larger cities are Stralsund, Rostock, Szczecin and Schwerin...
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  • St Petri churches, respectively. The nobility assembled to a congress in Usedom, where they accepted Christianity on June 10, 1128. Otto then was titled...
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    Ludwig built a residence in Pudagla on the ruins of the secularized Usedom Abbey. Two villages in the modern Vorpommern-Greifswald district carry his...
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  • List of Christian monasteries in Schleswig-Holstein or possibly priory abbey church dedicated in 1193 Klosterstätten in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[permanent...
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    holiday resorts and much unspoilt nature, including the islands of Rügen, Usedom, and others, as well as the Mecklenburg Lake District, making the state...
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    many Danish expeditions: 1177 Rugian troops participate in Danish raids of Usedom, Wollin and the County of Gützkow 1178 Rugian troops participate in a Danish...
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    Valdemar I. The initial see of in Wolin was moved to Grobe Abbey on the island of Usedom after 1150. At the same time Wolin economically decayed and...
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    Groote Beek to Usedom Abbey on 14 October 1273. From 1307/09 until the Protestant Reformation, it was the site of Pudagla or Usedom Abbey, which moved there...
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    well as Western Pomerania south of the Peene and the islands of Wolin and Usedom to Brandenburg-Prussia in turn for a 2 million Taler payment. In September...
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  • lands belonging to Usedom Abbey (Grobe, Pudagla). Gützkow evolved into a town and was granted Lübeck law. To oppose Eldena Abbey, which dominated the...
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    islands, the largest of which are Rügen, the largest island in Germany; Usedom/Uznam, and Wolin, the largest island in Poland. The region has a rich and...
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    Hiddensee, Ummanz, Dänholm, Rügen, Öhe, Riems, Vilm, Greifswalder Oie, Usedom, Karsibór and Wolin, as well as the islands of the city of Szczecin are...
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    2,500 cavalry, he set out to clear Usedom of Imperial forces entirely. There were a number of bases opposite Usedom on Wolin, which Imperials retreated...
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    Sucher, Kerstin (2010). Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Mit Rügen und Hiddensee, Usedom, Rostock und Stralsund. Trescher Verlag. p. 313. ISBN 978-3897941632. Fraser...
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    Cistercian abbey in Kołbacz, ruins of Jasienica Abbey in Police, ruins of Eldena Abbey (a Danish foundation) in Greifswald, St. Mary's Church in Usedom, Castle...
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    Franzburg (redirect from Neuenkamp Abbey)
    Before the Protestant Reformation, later Franzburg was the site of Neuenkamp Abbey. In the course of the medieval conversion of Pomerania and German Ostsiedlung...
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  • the island of Usedom as a reward for his services in the Scanian War. However, the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 1679 awarded Usedom to Sweden. When...
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    steamers also ply between the resorts and Peenemünde on Usedom, where there is a connection to the Usedom Railway (UBB). Sassnitz–Neu Mukran is the international...
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    1622 00121,032 63°50′N 20°15′E / 63.833°N 20.250°E / 63.833; 20.250 Usedom  Germany 1292 0001,810 53°52′N 13°55′E / 53.867°N 13.917°E / 53.867;...
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  • be found along the Baltic coastline, including the islands of Rugia and Usedom. They often feature a unique architectural style called resort architecture...
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  • last act was the confirmation of the richly gifted Grobe Monastery near Usedom, founded by Ratibor I, on 8 June 1159. When Wolin was destroyed by Danes...
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    with Wolin bishop Adalbert. In 1153, Ratibor and Adalbert founded Stolpe Abbey at the Peene River near Gützkow. With Pribislawa Iaroslavovna (Princess...
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    Balmer See (category Usedom)
    Pomerania (near Naugard), that had belonged to the Premonstratensian abbey of Grobe near Usedom. That apart, the history of the region is linked to that of Pomerania...
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    more pressure was applied to the territories west of the Oder River, i.e. Usedom, Wolgast and Gützkow, which weren't under Polish suzerainty. The final stage...
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    Szczecin), hindering its growth until the mid-18th century. Nearby Jasienica Abbey, now within the Police city limits, was secularized during the Protestant...
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