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East Prussia was a province of Prussia located in northeastern Europe that served as an important center of Prussian power and culture. Its territory and population became subjects of significant geopolitical change in the 20th century, particularly following World War II.
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- Instance of
- provinces of Prussia
- Official name
- Ostpreußen
- Country
- Prussia
- Located in
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Königsberg
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 1996626
- Area
- 36993.89
- Headquarters
- Kaliningrad
- Licence plate code
- I C
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- Commons category
- East Prussia
- topic's main category
- Category:East Prussia
- inception
- 1773-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in East Prussia
- Commons gallery
- Ostpreußen
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in East Prussia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from East Prussia
- native label
- Ostpreußen
- replaces
- Duchy of Prussia
- replaced by
- Memelland
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Today part of Poland Lithuania Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
East Prussia (German: Ostpreußen [ˈɔstˌpʁɔɪ̯sn̩] ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945. Its capital city was Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad). East Prussia was the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast.
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