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Westpreussen (glider)
The Province of West Prussia (german: Provinz Westpreußen; csb, Zôpadné Prësë; pl, Prusy Zachodnie) was a Provinces of Prussia, province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1920. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1773, formed from Royal Prussia of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth annexed in the First Partition of Poland. West Prussia was dissolved in 1829 and merged with East Prussia to form the Province of Prussia, but was re-established in 1878 when the merger was reversed and became part of the German Empire. From 1918, West Prussia was a province of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, losing most of its territory to the Second Polish Republic and the Free City of Danzig in the Treaty of Versailles. West Prussia was dissolved in 1920, and its remaining western territory was merged with Province of Posen, Posen to form Posen-West Prussia, and its eastern territory merged with East Prussia as the Marienwerder (re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Regions Of Central Europe
There are many historical regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this list, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of the Baltic Sea, the Elbe River, the Alps, the Danube River, the Black Sea and the Dnepr River. These historical regions were current in different time periods – from medieval to modern era – and may often overlap. National borders have been redrawn across those regions many times over the centuries, so usually a historical region cannot be assigned to any specific nation. The list below indicates which present-day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions. Former Austro-Hungarian empire *Cisleithania *Transleithania *''For Bosnia and Herzegonvina, please refer to these two articles:'' **Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina **Regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina The kingdoms and lands represented in the Austrian Imperial Council (Cisleithania) Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
