Province of Prussia Provinz Preußen | |||||||||||||
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Province of Prussia | |||||||||||||
1829–1878 | |||||||||||||
Province of Prussia (red), within the Kingdom of Prussia, within the German Empire | |||||||||||||
Capital | Königsberg | ||||||||||||
Demonym | Prussian | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Coordinates | 54°44′N 20°29′E / 54.733°N 20.483°E | ||||||||||||
• 1871 | 62,528 km2 (24,142 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1871 | 3,137,545 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1829 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1878 | ||||||||||||
Political subdivisions | |||||||||||||
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Today part of | Lithuania Poland Russia |
The Province of Prussia (German: Provinz Preußen; Lithuanian: Prūsijos Provincija; Polish: Prowincja Prusy; Kashubian: Prowincjô Prësë) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1829 to 1878. The province was established in 1829 from the provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia, and was dissolved in 1878 when the merger was reversed.
Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad, Russia) was the provincial capital.
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