East Prussia

East Prussia (German: Ostpreußen; Lithuanian: Ryt? Pr?sija; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: ????????? ??????? — Vostochnaya Prussiya; Dutch: Oost-Pruisen; Spanish: Prusia Oriental;) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and of the German Empire, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. Today the northern part of East Prussia, with the exception of the "Memelland" which is now part of Lithuania, corresponds to Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast (Königsberg); the southern parts form Poland's Warminsko-Mazurskie Voivodship. East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancient ancestral lands of the Baltic Prussians.

German Empire

Along with the rest of Prussia, East Prussia became part of the German Empire at its creation in 1871. In 1875 the ethnic make-up of East Prussia was 73.48% German, 18.39% Polish, and 8.11% Lithuanian (according to "Slownik geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego"). The population of the province in 1900 was 1,996,626 people, with a religious make up of 1,698,465 Protestants, 269,196 Roman Catholics, and 13,877 Jews.

Related Topics:
Prussia - German Empire - 1871 - Lithuanian - Protestants - Roman Catholics - Jews

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Population of East Prussia in 1890

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Inhabitantsnon-German inhabitants*

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East Prussia1,958,6632,189

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The number for "non-German inhabitants" represents only people who were not German citizens, but excludes German citizens of non-German descent, since German law differentiates between inhabitants (Einwohner), i.e. all the people living in the territory, and citizens (Bürger), i.e. that portion of the population who have German citizenship.

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From 1885 to 1890 Berlin's population grew by 20%, Brandenburg and the Rhineland gained 8.5%, Westphalia 10%, while East Prussia lost 0.07% and West Prussia 0.86%.

Related Topics:
Berlin - Brandenburg - Rhineland - Westphalia

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The following counties in the province had a large number of Mazurs and Warmiaks, accordingly Protestant and Catholic Polish ethnic groups, speaking a dialect akin to Polish from Masovia. Percentage according to a German census of 1900:

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Mazurs - Warmiaks - Masovia

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Johannisburg 70,2 %

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Ortelsburg 74,5 %

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Lyck 53,2 %

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Neidenburg 69,3 %

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Sensburg 50,5 %

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Lötzen 38,1 %

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Oletzko County Oletzko 33,5 %

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Oletzko County - Oletzko

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Osterode 43,9 %

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Allenstein 47,1 % (34,5 % votes for Polish lists in elections 1912)

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Rössel 14,0 %

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