East Prussia
East Prussia (German: Ostpreußen; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Lithuanian: Rytų Prūsija; Latin: Borussia orientalis; Russian: Восточная Пруссия, Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province in the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829. From 1878 to 1918, it was part of the German Empire. From 1918 until 1945, it was a part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia. It's capital was Königsberg.
| East Prussia Ostpreußen | ||||||
| Province of the Kingdom of Prussia (until 1918) and the Free State of Prussia | ||||||
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| East Prussia in the German Empire. | ||||||
| Capital city | Königsberg | |||||
| History | ||||||
| - | Created | 31 January 1773 | ||||
| - | Province of Prussia | 3 December 1829 | ||||
| - | Province restored | 1 April 1878 | ||||
| - | Soviet capture | 1945 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | 1905 | 36,993 km2 (14,283 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 1905 | 2,025,741 | ||||
| Density | 54.8 /km2 (141.8 /sq mi) | |||||
| Today part of | 22x20px Lithuania 22x20px Poland  Russia
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After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the area was divided into to the Soviet Union (Russian SFSR, and Lithuanian SSR) and Poland (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship).[1][2] Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The German population either evacuated or was expelled.
East Prussia Media
- East Prussia Physical Map.png
Physical map of East Prussia in the year 1905
Ethnic settlement in East Prussia by the 14th century
- Statue Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg
Statue of Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach (last Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, first Duke of Prussia) in Malbork Castle
- 1799 Cary Map of Prussia and Lithuania - Geographicus - Prussia-cary-1799.jpg
New Map of the Kingdom of Prussia, John Cary 1799, split into the eastern regions of Lithuania Minor (green), Natangia (yellow), Sambia and Warmia (pink), the western Oberland territories with Marienwerder (blue), West Prussian Marienburg (yellow) and Danzig (green)
- Antoine-Jean Gros - Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau - Google Art Project.jpg
Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau in February 1807
- Krönungszug Königsberg (1861).JPG
Coronation of William I as King of Prussia at Königsberg Castle in 1861
Map of the province of East Prussia in 1890
- East Prussia 1923-1939.svg
Inter-war East Prussia (from 1923 to 1939)
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0513-501, Königsberg, Adolf Hitler.jpg
Adolf Hitler and Erich Koch in Königsberg, 1936
- EastPrussiaMap1944.png
Map of East Prussian Districts in 1945
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Sarmatian Review XV.1: Davies". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ↑ "East Prussia". Britannica. Retrieved 15 February 2019.