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Prussia ( / ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen, German: [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree ...
- Free State of Prussia
The Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen,...
- Junkers
Junker is derived from Middle High German Juncherre, meaning...
- Old Prussians
Christianisation. History. References. External links. Old...
- Frederick I
Frederick I (German: Friedrich I.; 11 July 1657 – 25...
- Coat of Arms of Prussia
The state of Prussia developed from the State of the...
- Duchy of Prussia
The Duchy of Prussia (German: Herzogtum Preußen, Polish:...
- Brandenburg-Prussia
Brandenburg-Prussia (German: Brandenburg-Preußen; Low...
- Frederick II
Frederick was immensely popular among the Prussian people...
- Teutonic Knights
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution...
- Albert I
Albert of Prussia (German: Albrecht von Preussen; 17 May...
- Free State of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] ( German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
Prussia, in European history, any of three historical areas of eastern and central Europe. It is most often associated with the kingdom ruled by the German Hohenzollern dynasty, which claimed much of northern Germany and western Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries and united Germany under its leadership in 1871.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Prussia (Polish: Prusy ⓘ; Lithuanian: Prūsija; Russian: Пруссия ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa; German: Preußen ⓘ; Latin: Pruthenia/ Prussia / Borussia) is a historical region in Central Europe on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, that ranges from the Vistula delta in the west to the end of the Curonian Spit in the east and extends inland as far as Masuria, divided between ...
Today, the name is only for historical, geographical, or cultural use. The name Prussia comes from the Borussi or Prussi people who lived in the Baltic region and spoke the Old Prussian language. Ducal Prussia was a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland until 1660, and Royal Prussia was part of Poland until 1772.
Prussia was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and de jure by an ...
