South Prussia ( German Südpreußen , Polish. Prusy Południowe ) - a province of the Kingdom of Prussia , which existed in 1793-1807. It was formed on the territory of Greater Poland after the Second Polish partition . In 1807, the entire territory of the province passed into the newly created Warsaw Duchy .
| Historical province of Prussia | |||||
| South Prussia | |||||
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| him. Südpreußen | |||||
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| A country | Prussia | ||||
| Adm. Centre | Posen | ||||
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| Date of formation | 1793 year | ||||
| Date of Abolition | 1807 year | ||||
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History
In 1793, the province included the territories of the former Polish voivodships:
- Gniezno Voivodeship ,
- Kalisz Voivodeship ,
- Чęczyk Voivodeship ,
- Poznan Voivodeship
- Płock Voivodeship ,
- Sieradz Voivodeship ,
- Ravian Voivodeship [1] .
In 1795, after the Third Polish Partition, Warsaw with its western environs also entered the province of South Prussia [1] . At the same time, territories located northeast of the Vistula around Plock were transferred to the new province of New East Prussia .
The small province of New Silesia was also ruled from South Prussia.
In 1807, according to the conditions of the Tilsit Peace , which ended the Russian-Prussian-French war , in the province of South Prussia (in whole), together with part of the province of New East Prussia , the Duchy of Warsaw was proclaimed, transferred to the Saxon crown. However, already in 1815, during the Vienna Congress , which completed the Napoleonic Wars , the western part of the former South Prussia again went to the Prussian state and formed the core of the new Prussian province of Posen , the rest came under Russian control.
Administrative Division
Administratively since 1796, the province of South Prussia consisted of three departments ( German Kammerdepartment ) and 39 districts:
- Kalisz department, adm. center - Kalisz
- Posen Department, adm. center - Posen
- Warsaw Department, adm. center - Warsaw
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Südpreußen // Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . - 4. Auflage. - Band 15. - Leipzig / Wien, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1885-1892. - S. 423
Links
- South Prussia // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Territoriale Veränderungen in Deutschland: Preußische Provinz Südpreußen (German)
- Südpreußen // wissen.de (German)