Treaty of Stettin (1653)

During the war, Sweden

This however was hindered by the Swedish presence.[3] The 1648 Peace of Westphalia ended the war, and Pomerania was to be partitioned between Brandenburg and Sweden. The 1650 Treaty of Nuremberg roughly defined the areas that should be under control of Sweden and Brandenburg, respectively.

The treaty

The precise border was drawn in the 1653 Treaty of Stettin, partitioning the

The border was determined to run north from the Brandenburg-Pomeranian border, leaving Komturei Greifenhagen and Komturei Wildenbruch with Sweden, to run towards Woltiner See between Wierow and Schönfeld, from there run north between Damerow and Greifenhagen, Klebow and Brünken, Hökendorf and Buchholz, then meet the Plöne river, from there run through the Friedrichswalde forest, cross the Ihna, circumvent Gollnow and Hohenbrück (with Sweden), meet the Martinscher See, circumvent Kammin, Tribsow and Fritzow (with Sweden) and meet the Baltic Sea between Raddack and Lüchentin.[1]

On 19 July 1653, the first Landtag in Brandenburgian Pomerania assembled in Stargard.^[5] In 1654, the Swedish withdrawal from Farther Pomerania was complete.^[4]

Notability in European context

The treaty consolidated Sweden's control of the Oder estituary, adding to Sweden's gain of control at the lower Weser and Elbe rivers from the Peace of Westphalia. Thus, the treaty consolidated Sweden's control over the mouths of all major German rivers, except for the Rhine. Swedish Pomerania became the largest territorial foothold of Sweden in Germany.

Border revisions of 1679 and 1720

The border as agreed on in the treaty was slightly shifted westwards after the

• Treaty of Stettin (1570)
• Treaty of Stettin (1630)
• Treaty of Stettin (1715)

Sources

References

Bibliography

• Annotated edition of the treaty at IEG Mainz