Kashubian-Pomeranian Association

The Kashubian-Pomeranian Association (Kashubian-Pomeranian: Kaszëbskò-Pòmòrsczé Zrzeszenié, Polish: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie) is a regional non-governmental organization of Kashubians (Pomeranians), Kociewiacy and other people interested in the regional affairs of Kashubia and Pomerania in northern Poland. Its headquarters are in Gdańsk, Poland.

Logo of the association

Kashubian standard

The Kashubian Language Council (Kashubian: Radzëzna Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka; Polish: Rada Języka Kaszubskiego) is a body of the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association that oversees and promotes the Kashubian language.

"Pomerania" is a monthly journal founded in 1963 which publishes in Polish and Kashubian.[1]

Presidents of the Association:

1956–59: Aleksander Arendt
1959–71: Bernard Szczęsny
1971–76: Jerzy Kiedrowski
1976–80: Stanisław Pestka
1980–83: Izabella Trojanowska
1983–86: Szczepan Lewna
1986–92: Józef Borzyszkowski
1992–94: Stanisław Pestka
1994–98: Jan Wyrowiński
1998–04: Brunon Synak
2004–10: Artur Jabłoński
2010–16: Łukasz Grzędzicki
2016–19: Edmund Wittbrodt
2019–present: Jan Wyrowiński

The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means land by the sea.[2]

References

http://www.miesiecznikpomerania.pl/
Der Name Pommern (po more) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie „Land am Meer“. (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)

External links

ZK-P official site

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[1] ttp://www.miesiecznikpomerania.pl/

[2] Der Name Pommern (po more) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie „Land am Meer“. (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)