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Prussia

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Also known as Prussia (Germany)

Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ) was a German state centred on the North European Plain. It originated from the 1525 secularization act of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. Prussia formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian gover

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Prussia was a historical entity that originated in 1525. It ceased to exist in 1933 and was formally dissolved on February 25, 1947. At its recorded extent, the territory covered an area of 297,007 square units and supported a population of 41,915,040 people.

The subject is documented in a Commons gallery and category under the name "Prussia." It is referenced by 12,365 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, the term appears in PubMed with a count of 4,919 entries associated with the query "Prussia."

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Key facts

Former country.footnote_a
The heads of state listed here are the first and last to hold each title over time. For more information, see individual Prussian state articles (links in above History section).
Former country.footnote_b
The position of '''' was introduced in 1792 when Prussia was a Kingdom; the Minister-Presidents shown here are the heads of the Prussian republic.
Former country.government_type
Feudal monarchy (1525–1701)Absolute monarchy (1701–1848)Federal parliamentarysemi-constitutional monarchy (1848–1918)Federal semi-presidentialconstitutional republic (1918–1932)Presidential republic under authoritarian rule by decree (1932–1933)Unitary fascist state under totalitarian dictatorship (1933–1945)Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1947)
Former country.year_start
1525
Former country.year_end
1947
Former country.event_start
Duchy of Prussia
Former country.date_start
10 April
Former country.event1
Union with Brandenburg
Former country.date_event1
27 August 1618
Former country.event2
Kingdom of Prussia
Former country.date_event2
18 January 1701
Former country.event3
Free State of Prussia
Former country.date_event3
9 November 1918
Former country.event4
Abolition (de facto, loss of independence)
Former country.date_event4
30 January 1934
Former country.event_end
Abolition ()
Former country.date_end
25 February
Former country.image_flag
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg

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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

34 sections
Contents
  • Symbols
  • Territory
  • History
  • Teutonic Order
  • Duchy of Prussia
  • Brandenburg-Prussia
  • Kingdom of Prussia
  • Napoleonic Wars
  • Wars of liberation
  • Wars of unification
  • Schleswig Wars
  • Austro-Prussian War
  • Franco-Prussian War
  • German Empire
  • Railways
  • The Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic
  • Prussia and Nazi Germany
  • The end of Prussia
  • Administrative and constitutional frameworks
  • Prussia inside Weimar Republic
  • Social history
  • Population
  • Ethnicity
  • Religion
  • Non-German population
  • Education
  • Continuation of Prussian traditions
  • Federal government
  • Within Germany
  • In churches
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ) was a German state centred on the North European Plain. It originated from the 1525 secularization act of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. Prussia formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and de jure by an Allied decree in 1947.

The name Prussia derives from the Old Prussians who were conquered by the Teutonic Knightsan organized Catholic medieval military order of German crusaders in the 13th century. In 1308, the Teutonic Knights conquered the region of Pomerelia with Danzig. Their monastic state was mostly Germanised through immigration from central and western Germany, and, in the south, it was Polonised by settlers from Masovia. The imposed Second Peace of Thorn (1466) split Prussia into the western Royal Prussia, a province of Poland, and the eastern Duchy of Prussia, a feudal fief of the Crown of Poland until 1657. After 1525, the Teutonic Order relocated their headquarters to Mergentheim, but managed to keep land in Livonia until 1561. The union of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701.

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