Culture (Kultur)

• Bildarchiv zur Kunst und Architektur in Deutschland. Picture archive of art and architecture in Germany.  For Pomeranian related pictures, enter "Pommern" as a search term. (In German)
   
• Christmas and New Years Gifts. In Mecklenburg, Pomerania, and other parts of Germany the so-called Julklapp is a gift wrapped up in innumerable coverings. (In English)
   
• Deutsche Landeswappen - German Civic Heraldry-Pommern
  German Civic Heraldry. Pommern (Pommerania). Former ... Origin/Meaning. The arms are the arms used by the former Dukes of Pommern.
   
• German Christmas. The Ash-man in Pomerania, the Shaggy Goat of West Prussia, and the East Prussian Bag of Bones are based in pagan lore.  (In English)
   
• German Names.  German surnames and their meaning. (In English)
   
• Granmother's Cookery Book / Groszmutters Kochbuch.  Pommern recipes. (In German)
   
• Historic Buildings In Pomerania, Prussia. Buildings built by and for Pomeranians. (In English)
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• Ein kleines pommersches Lexikon. A small Pomeranian lexicon by Gunthard Stübs . (In German)
   
• Das Leben eines Landarbeiters (The Life of a Farmworker) written by Franz Rehbein, 1911. ISBN: 3-7672-0892-X.
   
• Das Lied der Pommern. The Song of Pomerania written by Adolf Pompe in 1850.  (In German) 
   
• Die Literatur über Pommern. Literature about Pomerania by Gunthard Stübs. (In German)
   
• Old German Professions, Occupations, Illnesses and Notions. Translated from German into English.
   
• Pomeranian Agriculture. From Hauke Fehlberg's Genealogy in Historical Eastern Germany. (In English)
   
• A Pomeranian Christmas.  Christmas traditions from Edna Pieper Cherney (In English)
   
• Pomerania's Agricultural Pattern. From Hauke Fehlberg's Genealogy in Historical Eastern Germany. (In English)
   
• Pommern Almond Cookies. From Robbie's Recipe Collection; recipe by K. Curtis. (In English)
   
• Pommern Christmas Recipes. Christmas recipes from Edna Pieper Cherney (In English)
   
• Pommern Customs & Events.  The Pommern wedding, harvest festival, Easter, baptismal customs, and death and the funeral - Edna Pieper Cherney (In English)
   
• Pommersche Literaturgesellschaft (Society for Pomeranian Literature) (In German)
   
• Pommersche Persönlichkeiten. Berühmte, außergewöhnliche und bemerkenswerte Personenvom Mittelalter bis zur Mitte dieses Jahrhunderts. Noted Pomeranians from the 18th and 19th centuries. (In German)
   
• Prolegomena to a History of Story-Telling Around the Baltic Sea, c. 1550-1800. German- and Dutch-speaking folklorists have conducted a substantial amount of research in recent years on the background of nineteenth-century collections of folk narratives. This is a fascinating account of how folklore is derived and passed on. (In English)
   
• Myths, Legends and Superstitions. Interesting look at the beliefs of the Pomeranian ancestors. Edited by Carol Gohsman Bowen. (In English)
   
• Nu is de Welt Platt!:   Low Saxon / Low German Language and Culture  Listing of periodicals. (In high and low German and English)
   
• Old German Professions, Occupations and Illnesses. Courtesy of Oliver Weiss. Translated from German into English.
   
• Sheepshead.org.  The Sheepshead Association. A free Association for all Sheepshead players. Sheepshead or Schafskopf is a card game played by many Pommern immigrants in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.
   
• 10,000 Volkslieder. German folk songs with phonetic pronunciation of the German and English translations.
   
• Wer-war-wer in Pommern (Bekannte und weniger Bekannte, Who was who in Pommern (both well-known and not so well- known). Klaus-Dieter Kreplin (In German)

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