Province of Posen

Province of Posen Provinz Posen (German) Prowincja Poznańska (Polish)
Province of Prussia
1848–1920
Flag Coat of arms
Posen (red) within Prussia (white) and the German Empire (white, beige and red)
Capital	Poznań
Area
• Coordinates	52°24′N 16°55′E / 52.400°N 16.917°E / 52.400; 16.917
• 1910	28,970 km2 (11,190 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	2,099,831
History
• Established	1848
• Disestablished	1920
Political subdivisions	Posen Bromberg
Preceded by Succeeded by Grand Duchy of Posen Posen–West Prussia Poznań Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Today part of	Poland

The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen; Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920, occupying most of the historical Greater Poland. The province was established following the Poznań Uprising of 1848 as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, which in turn was annexed by Prussia in 1815 from Duchy of Warsaw. It became part of the German Empire in 1871. After World War I, Posen was briefly part of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, but was dissolved in 1920 when most of its territory was ceded to the Second Polish Republic as a result of the Greater Poland Uprising. The remaining German territory was re-organized into Posen-West Prussia in 1922.

Posen (present-day Poznań, Poland) was the provincial capital.