| 释义 |
Old Prussia may refer to different entities, which were also territorially defined. In political and territorial respect it refers to: - Old Prussia
- The Provinces of Prussia officially formed in 1815 or partially later, whose territories belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia before 1815 or before 1866, especially:
- in a narrow sense the expression means the entirety of the:
- Province of Brandenburg
- Province of East Prussia
- Province of Pomerania
- Province of Prussia, combining East and West Prussia between 1829-1878
- Province of Silesia
- Province of West Prussia
- in the broad sense of the expression the following provinces are also included:
- Province of Hohenzollern
- Rhine Province
- Province of Westphalia
In religious and territorial respect it refers to: - Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces, renamed into Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (1922-1953).
Source: Der Große Brockhaus: Handbuch des Wissens in zwanzig Bänden: 21 vols., 15th totally revised ed., Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1928-1935, vol. 1: A–Ast, article: 'Altpreußen', p. 356. No ISBN. {{disambig}} |