New East Prussia

'''New East Prussia''' ({{lang-de|Neuostpreußen}}; {{lang-pl|Prusy Nowowschodnie}}) was a [[Provinces of Prussia|province]] of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] from 1795 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the [[Partitions of Poland|Third Partition]] of [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland]] and included parts of [[Masovia]] and [[Podlaskie]]. In 1806 it had 914,610 inhabitants with a territorial area of less than 55,000 km². ==Geography== New East Prussia encompassed territory between [[East Prussia]] and the [[Vistula]], [[Bug River]], and [[Neman river]]s. ==1807 Treaties of Tilsit== Following [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s victory in the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]] and the [[Greater Poland Uprising (1806)|Greater Poland Uprising of 1806]] the Province of New East Prussia was ceded according to the 1807 [[Treaties of Tilsit]]: *The [[Płock|Plozk Department]] became part of the [[Duchy of Warsaw]], a [[First French Empire|French]] client state *The [[Białystok Department]] which was ceded to the [[Russian Empire]] ==Administrative divisions== [[Image:Preussen-1806.jpg|thumb|350px|right|New East Prussia (Neuostpreußen) and the Departments of Plozk and Bialystok, 1801-1807.]] New East Prussia was divided into the Kammerdepartements [[Białystok Department|Bialystok]] and [[Płock|Plozk]] which were divided into the following counties (''[[Districts of Prussia|Kreise]]''): *[[Białystok Department|Bialystok Department]] **[[Białystok|Bialystok]] **[[Bielsk Podlaski|Bielsk]] **[[Bobrz]] **[[Dąbrowa Białostocka|Dombrowa]] **[[Drohiczyn]] **[[Kalvarija|Kalwary]] **[[Łomża|Lomza]] **[[Marijampolė|Mariampol]] **[[Supraśl|Surasz]] **[[Wigry (Podlaskien Voivodeship)|Wygry]] *[[Płock|Plozk Department]] **[[Lipno]] **[[Mława|Mlawa]] **[[Ostrołęka|Ostrolenka]] **[[Płock|Plozk]] **[[Przasnysz|Przasnik]] **[[Pułtusk|Pultusk]] **[[Wyszogród|Wyszogrod]] ==External links== *[http://users.foxvalley.net/~goertz/faqpos.html FAQ for Posen, South Prussia, and New East Prussia] {{Territories and provinces of Prussia}} {{Historical divisions of Greater Poland}} {{coord missing|Germany}} {{DEFAULTSORT:New East Prussia}}