South Prussia
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
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| Historical administrative divisions Duchy of Greater Poland (12th-13th centuries) Poznań Voivodship and Kalisz Voivodship (until 1793) South Prussia (until 1806) Poznan Department, Kalisz Department and Bydgoszcz Department (until 1815) Grand Duchy of Poznań (until 1846) Province of Posen (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)
Categories: Greater Poland