Province of Prussia
{{Short description|Historical Province}}
{{for|the administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Prussia|Provinces of Prussia}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
| native_name = {{native name|de|Preußen}}
| common_name = Province of Prussia
| conventional_long_name = Prussia
| subdivision = Province
| nation = Prussia
| year_start = 1824
| year_end = 1878
| p1 = East Prussia
| flag_p1 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Ostpreußen.svg
| p2 = West Prussia
| flag_p2 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Westpreußen.svg
| s1 = East Prussia
| flag_s1 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Ostpreußen.svg
| s2 = West Prussia
| flag_s2 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Westpreußen.svg
| today = Lithuania
Poland
Russia
| image_flag = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Ostpreußen.svg
| image_coat = Arms of East Prussia.svg
| symbol_type =
| symbol_type_article =
| image_map = Map-Prussia-ProvPrussia.svg
| image_map_caption = Province of Prussia (red), within the Kingdom of Prussia, within the German Empire
| image_map2 = Karte der Provinz Preußen.png
| image_map2_caption = Map after the division into West and East Prussia (from 1890)
| capital = Königsberg
| coordinates = {{Coord|54|44|N|20|29|E|display=inline,title}}
| stat_area1 = 62528
| stat_pop1 = 3,137,545
| stat_year1 = 1871
| political_subdiv = {{plainlist|
| demonym = Prussian
}}
The Province of Prussia ({{Langx|de|Provinz Preußen}}; {{Langx|lt|Prūsijos provincija}}; {{langx|pl|Prowincja Prusy}}; {{langx|csb|Prowincjô Prësë}}) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1824 to 1878. The province was established in 1824 from the provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia, and was dissolved in 1878 when the merger was reversed.{{cite web |title=Preußen, Königreich und Provinz Ostpreußen (1701-1945) |url=https://gsta.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/recherche/thematischer-wegweiser/preussen-koenigreich-und-provinz-ostpreussen-1701-1945.html |language=de |website=Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz |access-date=2 February 2025}}
Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad, Russia) was the provincial capital.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
History
Ducal Prussia became part of Brandenburg-Prussia in 1618, and became the Kingdom of Prussia upon Frederick I of Prussia's coronation as king in 1701. After the coronation, the term "Province of Prussia" was used to designate East Prussia to differentiate the former duchy's territory within the larger kingdom. Royal Prussia (consisting of the Malbork Land and Warmia which were parts of historical Prussia, but also of historically Polish Pomerelia) was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland, placing them under Prussian rule under the name West Prussia, with the exception of Warmia integrated into East Prussia.{{Additional citation needed|date=February 2025}}
The Province of Prussia was created on 13 April 1824 as the easternmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia. The province was formed in a merger with the pre-existing provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia joined together in a personal union and, from 3 December 1829, in a real union. Its territory included the entire historical region of Prussia, from which the province and the kingdom derived their names, as well as Pomerelia and (following the Congress of Vienna) parts of Greater Poland. On 1 April 1878 the Province of Prussia was divided back into the provinces of West Prussia and East Prussia.{{Additional citation needed|date=February 2025}}
References
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{{Territories and provinces of Prussia}}
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Category:1829 establishments in Prussia
Category:1878 disestablishments in Prussia
Category:States and territories established in 1829
Category:States and territories disestablished in 1878
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