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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
See also
- Poznań (city)
- History of Poznań (city)
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