Prussia (disambiguation)

Prussia (German: Preußen) was a German state that formed the German Empire in 1871.

Prussia or Prussian may also refer to:

• Prussia (region), a historical region on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea that lent its name to the later German state

Countries

• State of the Teutonic Order (1230–1525), founded in the Prussian region by the Teutonic Order
• Prussian Confederation (1440–1466), an alliance of German Hanseatic cities in Prussia who rebelled against the Teutonic Knights
• Duchy of Prussia (1525–1618), a duchy established in the eastern part of Prussia
• Brandenburg-Prussia (1618–1701), a state created by the personal union of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg
• Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), a kingdom established in Brandenburg-Prussia; state in the German Empire after the unification of Germany

Subdivisions

• Royal Prussia (1466–1772), a province of the Polish Crown, created by the separation of Prussia into two parts
• Province of Prussia (1829–1878), a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, created by a union of the Provinces of East and West Prussia
  • West Prussia (1773–1829; 1878–1919), a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, annexed from Poland in 1772 (former Royal Prussia)
  • East Prussia (1772–1829; 1878–1945), a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, created from former Ducal Prussia and Warmia in 1773; an exclave of Germany after World War I
• South Prussia (1793–1807), a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, annexed from Poland in 1793 and 1795 in the second and third partitions of Poland, respectively
• New East Prussia (1795–1807), a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, annexed from Poland in 1795 in the third partitions of Poland
• Free State of Prussia (1918–1947), a state of Germany after the abolition of the Kingdom of Prussia
  • Posen-West Prussia (1922–1938), a province of the Free State of Prussia (including the western parts of former West Prussia that were retained by Germany)
  • Regierungsbezirk West Prussia (1920–1938), administrative region of the Province of East Prussia (the eastern parts of former West Prussia that were retained by Germany)

People and languages

• Prussians, an ethnic subgroup of Germans
  • Citizens of the state of Prussia
• Old Prussians, Baltic tribes formerly inhabiting the region of Prussia
• Old Prussian language, language of the Old Prussians, now extinct
• High Prussian, German dialect in East Prussia
• Low Prussian, German dialect in East Prussia

Institutions

• Prussian Army, army of the Kingdom of Prussia
• Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, a foundation (est. 1957) holding museums and libraries left behind by the former Free State of Prussia
• Evangelical State Church in Prussia, a former Protestant church body under changing names (1817–2004)
• Prussian Navy, navy of the Kingdom of Prussia
• Prussian Military Academy
• Prussian Trust, German expellee company

Cities

• Prussia in Saskatchewan, Canada, was renamed Leader in 1917.
• Prusia, near Pozuzo, Oxapampa, in the central jungle of Peru
• Prussia, Iowa, in the United States.
• King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Ships

• Prussia, a Hamburg America Line cargo steamship built in 1912

See also

• Preußen (disambiguation)
• Preußisch (disambiguation)
• Borussia (disambiguation)
• Prussian blue (disambiguation)
• Russia (disambiguation)