East Prussia

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former province historical region

East Prussia was a former northeastern province of Germany on the Baltic Sea, historically significant as a militarized borderland and cultural heartland of Prussian and German power until its dissolution after World War II.

Aliases (6)

Province of East Prussia ×4
East Prussia (early war) ×1
East Prussia (initially) ×1
East Prussia (various locations) ×1
Gumbinnen, East Prussia, German Empire ×1
former East Prussia ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former province → historical region →
borderedBy	Baltic Sea → Lithuania → Poland → Pomerania → Russia → West Prussia →
capital	Königsberg →
country	Free State of Prussia → German Empire → Kingdom of Prussia → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
dividedBetween	Poland → Soviet Union →
ethnicGroup	Germans → Jews → Lithuanians → Old Prussians → Poles →
governedBy	Prussian provincial government →
historicalLanguage	Lithuanian → Old Prussian → Polish →
historicalRegion	Prussia →
historicalStatus	cultural heartland of Prussia → militarized borderland →
language	German →
locatedIn	northeastern Europe →
locatedOn	Baltic Sea →
majorCity	Allenstein → Insterburg → Königsberg → Tilsit →
partOf	Germany → Prussia →
populationDisplacement	expulsion of Germans after World War II →
religion	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
separatedFromMainlandBy	Polish Corridor →
successorTerritory	Kaliningrad Oblast → Podlaskie Voivodeship → Pomeranian Voivodeship → Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship →
timePeriod	18th century → 19th century → early 20th century →
wasAnnexedBy	Poland → Soviet Union →
wasCenterOf	German nationalism → Prussian militarism →
wasDissolvedAfter	World War II →
wasExclaveOf	Germany → Prussia →
wasSceneOf	Battle of Tannenberg (1914) → World War I Eastern Front operations → World War II Eastern Front operations →
wasSubjectTo	Allied occupation after World War II →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Königsberg → Mohrungen → Mohrungen ("Province of East Prussia") → University of Königsberg →	locatedIn
Battle of Friedland → Battle of Tannenberg → East Pomeranian Offensive → East Prussian Offensive →	location
Erich Mendelsohn → Gerhard Barkhorn → Johannes Blaskowitz → Leah Rabin →	placeOfBirth
1st Belorussian Front → 3rd Belorussian Front →	areaOfOperations
Gotthard Heinrici ("Gumbinnen, East Prussia, German Empire") → Johann Gottfried Herder →	birthPlace
Province of West Prussia ("Province of East Prussia") → West Prussia →	borderedBy
Army Group Centre ("East Prussia (various locations)") → Army Group North ("East Prussia (initially)") →	headquartersLocation
Soviet Red Army advance from the east →	countryAdvancedInto
Amber Room →	countryWartimeLocation
Paul von Hindenburg →	deathPlace
16th Army ("East Prussia (early war)") →	garrisonOrHeadquarters
18th Army (Wehrmacht) →	garrisonOrHQ
Battle of Tannenberg ("former East Prussia") →	geographicalRegion
Bay of Gdańsk →	historicalRegion
Kaliningrad Oblast →	locatedInFormerRegion
2nd Belorussian Front →	operatedIn
GermanArmyGroupNorth →	operationArea
Mohrungen →	regionBefore1945
Treaty of Tilsit →	signedIn
Province of West Prussia ("Province of East Prussia") →	succeededBy
West Prussia ("Province of East Prussia") →	successor
Prussia →	territoryIncludes
Königsberg →	wasCapitalOf