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Prussia, in European history, any of three historical areas of eastern and central Europe. It is most often associated with the kingdom ruled by the German Hohenzollern dynasty, which claimed much of northern Germany and western Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries and united Germany under its leadership in 1871.
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Prussia ( / ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen, German: [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871.
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] ( German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
Historical region. From top, left to right: Königsberg Cathedral. Olsztyn Old Town. Malbork Castle. Port of Klaipėda. Curonian Spit dunes. Map of the indigenous Baltic tribes that inhabited the region of Prussia prior to the Prussian Crusade, around 1200 AD. Country. Poland Russia Lithuania.
Prussia, German Preussen, In European history, any of three areas of eastern and central Europe. The first was the land of the Prussians on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea, which came under Polish and German rule in the Middle Ages.
At its peak, the Kingdom of Prussia stretched along the coasts of the Baltic and North seas, from the Russian Empire in the east to the borders of France and the Low Countries in the west. To the south, it was bordered by Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland.
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 was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
