Prussia (disambiguation)

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Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen) can mean:

Prussia up to 18th century:

• Prussia (region), a historical region along the Baltic Sea, that gave name to the later Kingdom of Prussia
  • Old Prussians, extinct Baltic tribes, having lived in that region
  • Old Prussian language, extinct language of the Old Prussians
• Teutonic State, founded in that region by the Teutonic order
• Prussian Confederation, an alliance of German Hanseatic cities in Prussia who rebelled against the Teutonic Knights
• Royal Prussia, a province of the Polish Crown, created by separating Prussia into two parts in 1466
• Duchy of Prussia, a duchy established in the eastern part of Prussia in 1525
• Brandenburg-Prussia, a state created by the personal union of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg

Prussia since 18th century

• Prussia, a former German state (1701–1945) originating in Brandenburg-Prussia
  • Kingdom of Prussia, a kingdom established in Brandenburg-Prussia (1701-1918)
  • Free State of Prussia, a state in Germany (1918-1945) after the abolition of the Kingdom of Prussia
  • Prussian Army, army of the Kingdom of Prussia
  • Prussian Navy, navy of the Kingdom of Prussia
  • Prussian Military Academy

Administrative divisions named Prussia of kingdom and free state of Prussia:

• East Prussia, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, created by uniting former Ducal Prussia and Warmia in 1773
  • High Prussian, German dialect in East Prussia
  • Low Prussian, German dialect in East Prussia
• West Prussia, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, annexed from Poland in 1772 (former Royal Prussia)
• Province of Prussia, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, created by uniting East and West Prussia (1824/29-1878)
• Posen-West Prussia, a province of the Free State of Prussia (1922-1938) (part of former West Prussia which stayed with Germany)
• West Prussia (region), administrative region of the province of East Prussia (1920-1938) (the other rest of former West Prussia)

An aftermath of Prussia:

• Prussian Trust, German expellee company

[edit] Derived names and terms

• Preussen (ship), the largest sailing vessel ever built
• Prussian blue (disambiguation)
• Preußisch (disambiguation)
• Borussia (disambiguation)