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Kashubia by Bernard Sychta as the Kashubian dialects area

Kashubia by Jan Mordawski

Kashubia or Cassubia (Kashubian: Kaszëbë, Polish: Kaszuby, German: Kaschubei, Kaschubien) is a language area in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northwestern Poland. It is defined by the widespread use of the Kashubian language.

Located west of Gda?sk (inclusive of all but the easternmost district) and the mouth of the Vistula river, it is inhabited by members of the Kashubian ethnic group. The region is home to the Kashubian Lake District. According to the 1999 basic study Geografia wspó?czesnych Kaszub (Geography of present-day Kashubia) by the Gda?sk scholar Jan Mordawski 43 municipalities (gminas) of the Pomeranian Voivodeship have a Kashubian share of at least one third of the total population:

• Cities:Gdynia (Gdiniô)
• Bytów County (Bëtowsczi kréz): Town of Bytów (Bëtowò) with Gmina Bytów, Gmina Czarna D?brówka (Czôrnô Dãbrówka), Gmina Lipnica (Lëpnica), Gmina Parchowo (Parchòwò), Gmina Tuchomie (Tëchòmié)
• Chojnice County (Chònicczi kréz): Town of Brusy (Brusë) with Gmina Brusy, Gmina Chojnice (Chojnice), Gmina Konarzyny (Kònarzënë)
• Cz?uchów County (Cz?ëchòwsczi kréz): Gmina Przechlewo (Przechlewò)
• L?bork County (Lãbòrsczi kréz): Gmina Cewice (Céwice)
• Kartuzy County (Kartësczi kréz): Town of Kartuzy (Kartuzë) with Gmina Kartuzy, Town of ?ukowo (?ukòwò) with Gmina ?ukowo, Gmina Chmielno (Chmielno), Gmina Przodkowo (Przedkòwò), Gmina Sul?czyno (Sëlëczëno), Gmina Sierakowice (Sërakòjce), Gmina Somonino (Somònino), Gmina Styca (Stã?ëca)
• Ko?cierzyna County (Kòscérsczi kréz): Town of Ko?cierzyna (Kòscérzëna) with Gmina Ko?cierzyna, Gmina Dziemiany (Dzemiónë), Gmina Karsin (Kôrsëno), Gmina Lipusz (Lëpùsz), Gmina Nowa Karczma (Nowô Karczma)
• Puck County (Pùcczi kréz): Town of Puck (Pùck) with Gmina Puck, towns of Hel (Hél), Jastarnia (Jastarniô) and W?adys?awowo (Wiôlgô Wies), Gmina Kosakowo (Kòsôkòwò), Gmina Krokowa (Krokòwa)
• Wejherowo County (Wejrowsczi kréz): Town of Wejherowo (Wejrowò) and Gmina Wejherowo, towns of Reda (Réda) and Rumia (Rëmiô), Gmina Choczewo (Chòczewò), Gmina Gniewino (Gniewino), Gmina Linia (Lëniô), Gmina Luzino (Lëzëno), Gmina czyce (?ãczëce), Gmina Szemud (Szëmô?d)

Culture

Institutions presenting Kashubian culture:

• Franciszek Treder's Kashubian Museum in Kartuzy
• Museum of Kashubian-Pomeranian Literature and Music in Wejherowo
• The West Kashubian Museum in Bytów
• Department of Ethnography - Opacki Granary
• Communal Cultural Center - GOK in Sierakowice
• Kashubian Ethnographic Park in Wdzydze Kiszewskie
• Culture, Sports and Recreation Communal Center in Chmielno
• Kashubian Association for the Promotion of Horse Sports
• Polish Cultural Institute in Winona, Minnesota

Literature

• Geograficzny atlas ?wiata. 2 / [red. prowadz. Zofia Cukierska et al.]. Warszawa : Pa?st. Przedsi?biorstwo Wydaw. Kartograficznych im. Eugeniusza Romera, 1991, p. 81 (Kaszuby)
• James Minahan, One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 0-313-30984-1, p.376
• Jan Mòrdawsczi: Geografia Kaszub/Geògrafia Kaszëb. dolmaczënk: Ida Czajinô, Róman Drzé?d?ón, Marian Jeli?sczi, Karól Rhode, Gda?sk Wydawn. Zrzeszenia Kaszubsko-Pomorskiego, Gdu?sk 2008, ISBN 978-83-87258-13-9.
• R. Ostrowska, I. Trojanowska: Bedeker kaszubski. Gda?sk 1978.
• G. Stone: Slav outposts in Central European history : the Wends, Sorbs and Kashubs, London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016
• Donald Tusk. "Kashubia" in: Kaszuby, Kashubia, Kaschuby - Bili?scy A.,W.; Wydanie I, "Parol" Kraków 1998, ISBN 83-85331-12-3.

External links

• kaszubia.com
• kaszebsko.com
• Ducatus Pomeraniae Tabula Generalis in Qua sunt Ducatus Pomeraniae, Stettinensis, Cassubiae,... 1680
• Kaszëbskô Mowa: Freeing the Kashubian Language

Coordinates: 54°7?N 17°59?E / 54.117°N 17.983°E / 54.117; 17.983