Province of West Prussia
West Prussia was a province (1772–1824 and 1878–1918) of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Created from lands lost by the Kingdom of Poland during its First Partition (1772), it included the former Polish province of Royal Prussia, except for Warmia, which was included in East Prussia; and also small portion from Ducal Prussia with Marienwerder (Kwidzyn).
In 1793, during the Second Partition of Poland, the city of Gdańsk was incorporated into West Prussia. In 1806 southern parts of the province were moved to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. In 1817 the Chełmno Land was added from the Grand Duchy of Poznan. West and East Prussia were combined as a single province in 1824–1878. Most of West Prussia returned to Poland in 1919, and both the eastern remainder (which in the meanwhile was joined to the Prussian province of East Prussia), and the western remainder (which in the meanwhile formed Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia) in 1945.
Population of West Prussia in 1890/1900
Population of Prussia and its Provinces in 1890
| | Inhabitants | non-German citizens
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| West Prussia | 1,433,681 | 1,976
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From 1885 to 1890 West Prussia's population decreased by 1%.
Divisions
Note: Prussian provinces were subdivided into units called "Kreise" (singular "Kreis", abbreviated "Kr.", English circle), which were similar to large counties in US terms. Cities would have their own "Stadtkreis" (English: municipal county) and the surrounding rural area would be named for the city, but referred to as a "Landkreis" (English: rural county).
| Kreis ("County")
| Polish spelling
| 1905 Pop
| Poles
| Germans
| Jewish
| Origin
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| Danzig district (northern)
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| Danzig Stadtkreis
| Gdańsk
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| Elbing Stadtkreis
| Elbląg
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| Berent
| Koscierzyna
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| 49.4 %
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| Danziger-Höhe
| Gdańsk-Wyżyny
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| 9.7 %
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| Danziger-Niederung
| Gdańsk-Niziny
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| Dirschau
| Tczew
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| 39.9 %
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| Elbing
| Elbląg
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| Karthaus
| Kartuzy
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| 68.7 %
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| Marienburg
| Malborg
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| Neustadt
| Wejherowo
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| 52.2 %
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| Preußisch Stargard
| Starogard Gdański
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| 72.6 %
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| Putzig
| Puck
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| 68.6 %
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| Marienwerder district (southern)
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| Graudenz Stadtkreis
| Grudziądz
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| 10.9 %
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| Thorn, Stadtkreis
| Toruń
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| 22.7 %
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| Briesen
| Wąbrzeźno
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| 57.4 %
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| Culm (Kulm)
| Chełmno
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| 53.0 %
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| Deutsch Krone
| Wałcz
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| Flatow
| Złotów
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| 25.4 %
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| Graudenz, Landkreis
| Grudziądz
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| 40.5 %
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| Konitz
| Chojnice
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| 53.7 %
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| Löbau
| Lubawa
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| 80.1 %
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| Marienwerder
| Kwidzyn
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| 35.7 %
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| Rosenberg
| Susz
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| 6.9 %
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| Schlochau
| Człuchów
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| 11.2 %
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| Schwetz
| Świecie
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| 53.6 %
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| Strasburg
| Brodnica
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| 65.2 %
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| Stuhm
| Sztum
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| 36.4 %
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| Thorn, Landkreis
| Toruń
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| 51.6 %
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| Tuchel
| Tuchola
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| 63.8 %
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Office Holders
See also
