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West Prussia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_PrussiaWebThe Province of West Prussia (German: Provinz Westpreußen; Kashubian: Zôpadné Prësë; Polish: Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1920. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1773, formed from Royal Prussia of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth annexed in the First …
East Prussia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_PrussiaWebEast Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.Its capital city was Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad).East Prussia was the main part of the region …
Kingdom of Prussia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_PrussiaWebThe Kingdom of Prussia (German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˌkøːnɪkʁaɪ̯ç ˈpʁɔɪ̯sn̩] ()) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1871 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. Although it took its name from the region …
West Pomeranian Voivodeship - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pomeranian_VoivodeshipWebThe West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland.Its capital and largest city is Szczecin.. It was established on 1 January 1999, out of the former Szczecin and Koszalin Voivodeships and parts of Gorzów, Piła and Słupsk Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government …
Duchy of Prussia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_PrussiaWebThe Duchy of Prussia (German: Herzogtum Preußen, Polish: Księstwo Pruskie, Lithuanian: Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (German: Herzogliches Preußen; Polish: Prusy Książęce) was a duchy in the region of Prussia established as a result of secularization of the Monastic Prussia, the territory that remained under the control of the State of the …
Brandenburg-Prussia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg-PrussiaWebThe Margraviate of Brandenburg had been the seat of the main branch of the Hohenzollerns, who were prince-electors in the Holy Roman Empire, since 1415. In 1525, by the Treaty of Krakow, the Duchy of Prussia was created through partial secularization of the State of the Teutonic Order. It was a vassal of the Kingdom of Poland and was governed by Duke …
Province of Brandenburg - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_BrandenburgWebThe Province of Brandenburg (German: Provinz Brandenburg) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945. Brandenburg was established in 1815 from the Kingdom of Prussia's core territory, comprised the bulk of the historic Margraviate of Brandenburg (excluding Altmark) and the Lower Lusatia region, and became part of the German Empire in 1871. …
Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsgau_Danzig-West_PrussiaWebThe Prussian province West Prussia created from Polish territory annexed by Prussia in Partitions of Poland was dissolved in 1920, following the Treaty of Versailles.The bulk of it inhabited by Polish majority became part of the newly established Second Republic of Poland and was administered as Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish Corridor).The eastern …
Rhine Province - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_ProvinceWebThe Rhine Province (German: Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia (Rheinpreußen) or synonymous with the Rhineland (Rheinland), was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822 to 1946.It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich …
History of Silesia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_SilesiaWebThe first signs of humans in Silesia date to between 230,000 and 100,000 years ago. The Silesian region between the upper Vistula and upper Oder was the northern extreme of the human penetration at the time of the last glaciation.The anatomically-modern human is estimated to have arrived in Silesia about 35,000 years ago. Subsequently, Silesia was …