Posen-West Prussia

{{Unreferenced|auto=yes|date=December 2009}} The border province of historical period '''Posen-West Prussia''' ({{Lang-de|Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen}}) was a [[Provinces of Prussia|province]] of the [[Free State of Prussia]]. The capital was [[Piła|Schneidemühl (Piła)]]. The province had an area of 7,695 km², and was located within present-day [[Poland]]. Posen-West Prussia was created in 1922 out of those parts of the provinces of [[Province of Posen|Posen]] and the western parts of [[West Prussia]] that remained with the [[Weimar Republic]] after the end of [[World War I]] after the Greater Poland Uprising; the largest parts of these provinces had become parts of the [[Second Polish Republic|Polish Republic]] according to the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. Posen-West Prussia was dissolved in 1938, when its territory was divided between the provinces of [[Province of Silesia|Silesia]], [[Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)|Pomerania]], and [[Province of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Despite the name, the city of Posen ([[Poznań]]) was not part of this province. ==Population== *1919: 326,900 *1925: 332,400 *1933: 470,600 {{Territories and provinces of Prussia}} {{Pomeranian history}} {{coord missing|Greater Poland Voivodeship}}