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Encyclopedia Britannica



PRUSSIA

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 528 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR
PRUSSIA , in the
original
  and narrower sense of the word, a territory of Germany, in the kingdom of Prussia, stretching along the Baltic
coast
  for about 220 m., and occupying an area of 24,083 sq. m. The eastern
part
  of this territory formed the duchy of Prussia, which was conquered and colonized by the Teutonic Order and was acquired by the elector of Brandenburg in 1618, furnishing his successor with his regal title in 1701. The western
part
 , which had been severed from the eastern half and assigned to Poland in 1466, was not annexed to Prussia until the
partition
  of Poland in 1772, while the towns of Danzig and
Thorn
  remained Polish down to 1793. The two districts were united in 1824 to form a single province. But, as might have been expected, the
union
  did not
work
  well, and it was dissolved in 1878, its place being taken by the modern provinces of
East
  and West Prussia. (See
EAST
  PRUSSIA and WEST PRUSSIA.)


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