West Prussia

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former administrative division historical province

West Prussia was a historical province of the Kingdom of Prussia located along the Baltic Sea, encompassing parts of what is now northern Poland and serving as a key corridor between Brandenburg and East Prussia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Pomerania 1
Flatow, West Prussia, German Empire 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
historical province ⓘ
abolished 1824 ⓘ
administrativeStatus Prussian province in the German Empire ⓘ
province of Prussia ⓘ
borderedBy Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Prussia ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
Royal Prussia ⓘ
capital Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig

Marienwerder ⓘ
containedCity Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig

Elbing ⓘ
Graudenz ⓘ
Marienwerder ⓘ
Thorn ⓘ
country Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
createdBy First Partition of Poland ⓘ
dateDissolved 1920 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1772 ⓘ
1773 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germans ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Kashubians ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
formedFrom Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
surface form: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth territories

Royal Prussia ⓘ
historicalCapital Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig

Marienwerder ⓘ
historicalRegion Pomerania ⓘ
surface form: Pomerelia

Prussia ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Kashubian language ⓘ
surface form: Kashubian

Polish ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
along the Baltic Sea ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Poland ⓘ
northern Poland ⓘ
partOf German Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
reestablished 1878 ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignStateAtDissolution Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Free State of Prussia

Weimar Republic ⓘ
strategicRole access route to the Baltic Sea ⓘ
land corridor between Brandenburg and East Prussia ⓘ
successor Free City of Danzig ⓘ
East Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Province of East Prussia

Province of Posen-West Prussia ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
timeInGermanEmpire 1871–1918 ⓘ
timeInKingdomOfPrussia 1772–1918 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Walter Krueger → birthPlace → West Prussia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flatow, West Prussia, German Empire
East Prussia → borderedBy → West Prussia ⓘ
Pomerania → hasPart → West Prussia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Pomerania
Alfred Eisenstaedt → placeOfBirth → West Prussia ⓘ
Heinz Guderian → placeOfBirth → West Prussia ⓘ
Walther Nernst → placeOfBirth → West Prussia ⓘ
Prussia → territoryIncludes → West Prussia ⓘ