Province of West Prussia

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former administrative division province of Prussia

The Province of West Prussia was a historical administrative region of the Kingdom of Prussia, located along the Baltic coast in areas that are now largely part of Poland and known for its mixed German-Polish population and strategic position around the Vistula River.

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division →
province of Prussia →
abolished 1829 →
administrativeCenter Gdańsk →
surface form: Danzig

Marienwerder →
borderedBy Baltic Sea →
East Prussia →
surface form: Province of East Prussia

Province of Posen →
capital Gdańsk →
surface form: Danzig

Marienwerder →
country Prussia →
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
createdBy Partitions of Poland →
surface form: First Partition of Poland
dateDissolved 1920 →
dateEstablished 1773 →
dateReestablished 1878 →
dissolved 1920 →
ethnicComposition mixed German and Polish population →
formedFrom Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth territories →
Royal Prussia →
governedBy Prussian provincial government →
hasMajorCity Gdańsk →
surface form: Danzig

Elbing →
Graudenz →
Marienwerder →
Thorn →
historicalRegion Prussia →
languageSpoken German →
Polish →
locatedIn Central Europe →
locatedOn Baltic Sea coast →
mergedInto Province of Prussia →
nowLargelyIn Poland →
nowPartlyIn Russia →
partOf German Empire →
Prussia →
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
reestablished 1878 →
religion Protestantism →
Roman Catholicism →
strategicImportance access to Baltic Sea →
control of lower Vistula River →
succeededBy Free City of Danzig →
East Prussia →
surface form: Province of East Prussia

Province of Posen-West Prussia →
Second Polish Republic →
timePeriod 19th century →
early 20th century →
late 18th century →
traversedBy Vistula River →
usedCurrency German mark →
Prussian thaler →

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Posen → borderedBy → Province of West Prussia →
Free City of Danzig → predecessor → Province of West Prussia →