Province of Prussia
| Prussia Preußen (German) | |||||||||||||
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| Province of Prussia | |||||||||||||
| 1824–1878 | |||||||||||||
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Province of Prussia (red), within the Kingdom of Prussia, within the German Empire | |||||||||||||
Map with highlighted the border between West Prussia and East Prussia | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Königsberg | ||||||||||||
| Demonym | Prussian | ||||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 54°44′N 20°29′E / 54.733°N 20.483°E | ||||||||||||
• 1871 | 62,528 km2 (24,142 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1871 | 3,137,545 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1824 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1878 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Lithuania Poland Russia | ||||||||||||
The Province of Prussia (German: Provinz Preußen; Lithuanian: Prūsijos provincija; Polish: Prowincja Prusy; Kashubian: Prowincjô Prësë) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1824 to 1878. The province was established in 1824 from the provinces of West Prussia and East Prussia, and was dissolved in 1878 when the merger was reversed.
Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad, Russia) was the provincial capital.