East Prussia
province of 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 | 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) | |||||
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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.
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- ↑ "Sarmatian Review XV.1: Davies". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ↑ "East Prussia". Britannica. Retrieved 15 February 2019.