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South Prussia - Definition and Overview

South Prussia (1793-1806) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, created in Greater Poland after the second partition of Poland (1793). The main city was Poznań. After Napoleon conquered most of Europe and the Poles rebelled in 1806, it became part of the Duchy of Warsaw.

Description

In 1806, the province of South Prussia (Südpreussen) had 1,503,508 inhabitants, in 3 districts (departments):

Posen ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Posen") included the counties ("Kreise") of:

  • Posen
  • Oborniki
  • Meseritz
  • Bomst
  • Fraustadt
  • Krebe
  • Schrim
  • Kosten
  • Krotoschin
  • Peisern
  • Schroda
  • Gnesen
  • Wangrowitz
  • Powitz
  • Brzesk
  • Radziejow
  • Kowal

Kalisch ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Kalisch") included the counties ("Kreise") of:

  • Kalisch
  • Adelnau
  • Konin
  • Ostreschow
  • Wielun
  • Lumtomiersk
  • Warta
  • Schadek
  • Sieradz
  • Petrikau
  • Radomsk
  • Czenstochau

Warschau ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Warschau") included the counties ("Kreise") of:

  • Warschau
  • Blonin
  • Tschersk
  • Rawa
  • Sochaczew
  • Gostin
  • Orlow
  • Lenczyca
  • Zgierz
  • Brzezin


 
Greater Poland
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Coat of Arms of Greater Poland

Historical administrative divisions
Duchy of Greater Poland (12th-13th centuries) • Poznań Voivodship and Kalisz Voivodship (until 1793) • South Prussia (until 1806) • Duchy of Warsaw (until 1815) • Grand Duchy of Poznań (until 1918) • Poznań Voivodship (until 1939) • Reichsgau Posen (1939) • Reichsgau Wartheland (until 1945) • Poznań Voivodship (until 1975) • Poznań Voivodship, Kalisz Voivodship, Leszno Voivodship, Konin Voivodship and Piła Voivodship (until 1998) • Greater Poland Voivodship
Greater Poland Uprisings
1794 • 1806 • 1846 • 1848 • 1918

See also

  • Poznań (city)
  • History of Poznań (city)

Example Usage of Prussia
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MUZAIRecords: Received our first international order today! From King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
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