South Prussia

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South Prussia

South Prussia (; ) was a province

Provinces of Prussia

The Provinces of Prussia constituted the main administrative divisions of Prussia. Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the various princely states in Germany gained their nominal sovereignty, but the reunification process that culminated in the creation of the German Empire in 1871, pr...
of the Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
from 1793 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the Second Partition

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth....
of Poland

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
and included the regions of Greater Poland

Greater Poland

Greater Poland or Great Poland, Polish Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznan. Administratively, most of the region now forms Greater Poland Voivodeship , although some parts lie in Lubusz Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and L?dz Voivodeship Voivodeships of Poland....
and Masovia

Masovia

Masovia or Mazovia is a geographic and Historical regions of Central Europe situated in eastern Poland's Masovian Plain. Its historic capitals include Plock and Warsaw....
. The capital of the province was Poznan

Poznan

Poznan is a city in west-central Poland with over 567,882 inhabitants . Located on the Warta River, it is one of the oldest cities in Poland, making it an important historical centre and a vibrant centre of trade, industry, and education....
(1793-1795) at first, after Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
(1795-1806), which was added in 1795 after the Third Partition, but it was administered by the General Directory (General-Direktorium) in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
. In 1806 it had 1,503,508 inhabitants.

South Prussia encompassed territory between Prussian Silesia

Province of Silesia

The Province of Silesia was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919; the territory had been conquered from Habsburg Monarchy during the 18th century Silesian Wars....
, the Netze District

Netze District

The Netze District or District of the Netze was a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1793. It included the urban centers of Bydgoszcz , Inowroclaw , and Pila and was given its name for the Notec River that traversed it....
, and the rivers Vistula

Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
and Pilica

Pilica

Pilica is a river in central Poland, a longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 319 kilometres and the basin area of 9,273 sq....
.

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South Prussia (; ) was a province

Provinces of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

Partitions of Poland

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Greater Poland

Masovia

Poznan

Warsaw

Berlin

Province of Silesia

Netze District

Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
and Pilica

Pilica

Pilica is a river in central Poland, a longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 319 kilometres and the basin area of 9,273 sq....
. It was subdivided into the Kammerdepartements Posen (Poznan

Poznan

Kalisz

Kalisz is a city in central Poland with 109,800 inhabitants . Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostr?w Wielkopolski and Skalmierzyce....
), and Warschau (Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
).

German colonists invited to settle on the province's noble estates were known as Hauländer, while those who settled on royal crown lands were known as Kolonisten.

Following Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
's victory in the War of the Fourth Coalition

War of the Fourth Coalition

The Fourth Coalition against Napoleon I of France First French Empire was defeated in a war spanning 1806–1807. Coalition partners included Kingdom of Prussia, Imperial Russia, Kingdom of Saxony, First War against Napoleon, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
and a Polish uprising, the territory of South Prussia became part of the Duchy of Warsaw

Duchy of Warsaw

The Duchy of Warsaw was a Poland state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit....
, a French

First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
client state, according to the 1807 Treaties of Tilsit

Treaties of Tilsit

The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by Napoleon I of France in the town of Tilsit in July, 1807 in the aftermath of his Battle of Friedland....
. After the Congress of Vienna

Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815....
in 1815, it was divided between the Prussian Grand Duchy of Posen and Congress Poland

Congress Poland

Congress Poland [], officially and formally Kingdom of Poland and informally known as Russian Poland was a constitutional personal union of the Russian Empire created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, replaced by the Central Powers in 1915 with the Kingdom of Poland ....
, a part of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
.

The General Directory records dealing with the history and genealogy of the Prussian part of Poland were taken from the Prussian archives by Napoleon Bonaparte soon after 1806 and transferred to Warsaw.

Districts

In 1806, South Prussia consisted of three departments (Kriegs- und Domänen-Kammern) divided into the following districts or counties (Kreis
Kreis

Kreis is the German word for circle, and also refers to a type of Circle .*In Germany, a Kreis is a Districts of Germany or county*In Prussia, a Kreis was a Kreis in Prussia or county...
e):

Kalisch	Posen Posen Posen may refer to:Places in Europe:* Poznan, Poland * Grand Duchy of Posen, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848* Province of Posen, Prussian province, 1848–1918...	Warschau
Kalisch Adelnau Konin Konin Konin is a city in central Poland.Konin may also refer to:Emperor Konin , emperor of Japan who reigned 770–781Konin , a Japanese era name for the years 810–824... Ostreschow Wielun Wielun Wielun [] is a town in central Poland with 24,347 inhabitants . Situated in the L?dz Voivodeship , it was previously in Sieradz Voivodeship .... Lumtomiersk Warta Schadek Sieradz Sieradz Sieradz is a town on the Warta river in central Poland with 44,326 inhabitants .It is situated in the L?dz Voivodship , but was previously the eponymous capital of the Sieradz Voivodship , and historically one of the minor duchies in Greater Poland.... Petrikau Radomsk Czenstochau	Posen Posen Posen may refer to:Places in Europe:* Poznan, Poland * Grand Duchy of Posen, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848* Province of Posen, Prussian province, 1848–1918... Oborniki Oborniki Oborniki [] is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 30 km north of Poznan. It is the capital of Oborniki County and of Gmina Oborniki. Population is 18,176 .... Meseritz Miedzyrzecz Miedzyrzecz [] is a town in western Poland with 18,584 inhabitants . The capital of Miedzyrzecz County, it was part of the Gorz?w Wielkopolski Voivodeship from 1975-1998.... Bomst Fraustadt Krebe Schrimm Kosten Kosten Kosten may refer to:Koscian, in PolandKosten, Bulgaria, a village in Sungurlare municipality, Burgas ProvinceKosteno, Greece... Krotoschin Peisern Schroda Gnesen Wangrowitz Powitz Brzesk Radziejów Radziejów Radziej?w* [] is a town in Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 45 km south of Torun. It is the capital of Radziej?w County. Its population is 5,804 .... Kowal Kowal Kowal [] is a town in Wloclawek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,478 inhabitants .The town is the birthplace of Casimir III of Poland, King of Poland ....	Warschau Blonin Tschersk Rawa Rawa Mazowiecka Rawa Mazowiecka [] is a town in central Poland, with 17,765 inhabitants . It lies in the L?dz Voivodeship and is the capital of Rawa County.From 1562 hosted Rawa Treasury for Polish-Lithuanian army.... Sochaczew Sochaczew Sochaczew [] is a town in central Poland, with 38,300 inhabitants .Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Skierniewice Voivodeship .... Gostin Orlow Orlów Orl?w may refer to the following places:Orl?w, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Orl?w, L?dz Voivodeship Orl?w, Subcarpathian Voivodeship Orl?w, Sochaczew County in Masovian Voivodeship ... Lenczyca Zgierz Zgierz Zgierz is a town in central Poland, located just to the north of L?dz and part of the metropolitan area centered on that city. As of 2007, it had a population of 58,164.... Brzezin

South Prussia

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