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Baltic Sea · Ostsee · Morze Bałtyckie
Germany · Poland · Baltic Coast
In terris Gryphi
A wide-ranging Pomerania project
On the ground
Routes through Pomerania
Explore curated routes across the historical Pomeranian landscape — with stops, stories and links into the digital libraries.
Collections
Digital libraries
Direct access to the digitised cultural treasures of Pomerania — on both sides of the Oder.
Digital Library MV
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s digital cultural treasures — the German side of the shared collection.
Digitisation of the month
Gruss aus Fiddichow (Oder)
A treasured greeting card from the Oder-side village — newly digitised this month.
Książnica Pomorska
The West Pomeranian Digital Library — ZBC Szczecin, holding the Polish side of the collection.
Our Blog
From the project blog
Here, all project partners regularly share updates on their activities, ideas and plans. All blog posts are translated (German, Polish, English).
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Grand Opening of the Digitalization Lab
Szczecin – On July 21, the Książnica Pomorska’s digitization lab in Szczecin was officially opened. A diverse crowd was in attendance, the press was present, and Anna Bańkowska, Deputy Marshal of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, delivered a welcoming address. We…
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Regional History Festival
Greifswald – “History you can touch!” was the theme of this year’s Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania History Festival on 4 July 2026. We were there in person – and yes, we’d brought along a bit of history for people to touch (and…
PRESENTATION
The Project
Pomerania’s rich cultural and historical heritage can still be experienced in the region in a variety of ways today. There are clearly visible traces – monuments, historic buildings, avenues or milestones – but also those that first need to be brought to light again, such as historic maps, often lovingly designed, or postcards and photographs, historic travel guides and literary works currently kept in libraries and archives.
The project in terris Gryphi will make these available online in the long term and also present them directly on site, including through exhibitions throughout the region.
In future, this page will allow you to access digitised cultural treasures in the MV Digital Library easily, quickly and exactly where you want them – whether you’re on site, out and about, or reading up from home. However, this section is still under construction…
Our mission
OBJECTIVES
One of the aims of our project is to bring to light these ‘less visible traces’ – the valuable cultural heritage of Pomerania, which is usually only accessible through archives, libraries or museums. We will digitise maps, files, newspapers, yearbooks, letters, photographs and many other collections, and make them freely available to everyone via the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Digital Library on the German side and, on the Polish side, the West Pomeranian Digital Library. Historical traces are to be made visible again, and traditions worth knowing are to be brought back into the spotlight through maps, timelines and suggested tours, offering both locals and tourists new insights into the cultural landscape of Pomerania.
Visions
Cooperations
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Libraries
German and Polish libraries and archives are collaborating across borders.
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Museums
Institutes, museums and associations are pooling their knowledge with state-of-the-art technology.
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Digital
Digital cultural treasures — multilingual, free and accessible to all.
Project partners
The University Library of Greifswald coordinates the project and implements it together with the Książnica Pomorska (Pomeranian Public Library) in Szczecin and the State Office for Road Construction and Transport Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Tourism Association, the State Archives in Schwerin and the Brandenburg State Road Authority are supporting the project as associated partners.
