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The Provinces of Prussia (German: Provinzen Preußens) were the main administrative divisions of Prussia from 1815 to 1946. Prussia's province system was introduced in the Stein-Hardenberg Reforms in 1815, and were mostly organized from duchies and historical regions .
List of cities and towns in East Prussia, as used before 1945: Landkreis Marienburg (Westpr.) This article is a translation of the German Wikipedia's Liste der Städte in Ostpreußen article.
(Excellent historical maps of German lands showing changes over time. A good source for a general overview, but not specific enough to go to the village level.)
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
An online, searchable version of the Meyers Gazetteer of the German Empire with integrated historical maps. The full title of the Gazetteer is Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs
Highly detailed map of East Prussia as of 1914 with division into 3 districts. At 37.000 km2 it was close to the size of Switzerland. Thanks for uploading this map which has all the original names. Not the new Polish ones, and not the Nazi names invented in the 30s either.
8 Φεβ 2024 · Place-names and county, province, and state jurisdictions have also changed, often more than once. Because of these changes, you may not be able to find the name of your German ancestor's town on a modern map. You may also have trouble determining the jurisdiction where their records were kept.
