Province of Brandenburg
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The Province of Brandenburg was a historic Prussian province in northeastern Germany that included the area around Berlin and served as a political and cultural heartland of the region.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative division
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province of Prussia ⓘ |
| abolished | 1946 ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Allied Control Council ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Potsdam ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ
surface form:
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Polish lands ⓘ
surface form:
Poland (various periods)
Province of Hanover ⓘ Province of Pomerania ⓘ Province of Saxony ⓘ Province of Silesia ⓘ |
| capital | Potsdam ⓘ |
| contains | Berlin (until 1881 as a city within the province) ⓘ |
| country |
Free State of Prussia
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| established | 1815 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Congress of Vienna territorial reorganization ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Oberpräsident (chief president)
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Prussian Landtag ⓘ
surface form:
Provincial Diet of Brandenburg
|
| historicalRegion | Brandenburg ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
cultural heartland of Brandenburg region
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political heartland of Prussia ⓘ |
| includedCity |
City of Berlin
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surface form:
Berlin (as provincial capital of the March of Brandenburg historically)
|
| includedRegion |
Havelland
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Lower Lusatia (partly) ⓘ Prignitz ⓘ Uckermark district ⓘ
surface form:
Uckermark
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| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North German Plain
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northeastern Germany ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Havel
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Oder River ⓘ
surface form:
Oder
Spree ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Margraviate of Brandenburg ⓘ |
| partOf |
German Empire
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Nazi Germany ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| politicalSystem |
monarchical province within Kingdom of Prussia (1815–1918)
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province within Free State of Prussia (1918–1946) ⓘ |
| predecessor | Margraviate of Brandenburg ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Prussian administrative reforms of 1815
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territorial reorganization under Nazi Germany in 1930s ⓘ |
| successor |
East Germany administrative districts (Bezirke) after 1952
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State of Brandenburg (1945–1947) ⓘ State of Brandenburg (since 1990) ⓘ |
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Province of Brandenburg (partly)
this entity surface form:
former Province of Brandenburg
this entity surface form:
Province of Brandenburg (historically, before incorporation into Berlin)
this entity surface form:
Province of Brandenburg (Kingdom of Prussia)
Prussian Ministry of Finance
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Province of Brandenburg
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