Prussia

Prussia may refer to several related areas:

• A land on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
• The Kingdom of Prussia, ruled from 1701 by the German Hohenzollern dynasty, at first including Prussia and Brandenburg, a principality with Berlin as its capital. Initially a part of the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia gradually expanded in size, eventually becoming the dominant part of the German Empire, with the Prussian King also being the German Emperor.
• A division of the Weimar Republic.

External links

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica: Prussia
• Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 Edition: Prussia, Germany (State)
• Encyclopedia.com: Prussia