
West Prussia was a Prussian province on both sides of the lower Vistula with the capital Danzig. It was formed in 1772/1793 at the time of the First and Second Partitions of Poland-Lithuania from annexed territories of the Prussian Royal Share, supplemented by part of the Prussian Uplands around Riesenburg and Marienwerder, which became the seat of government. The province comprised the Kulmerland, Pomesania, Pomerelia and parts of Greater Poland: from 1775 to 1807 the entire Netzedistrict, then only its northern parts around Flatow and Deutsch Krone. The Prussian King Frederick II had decreed in 1772 that the province was to be given the name West Prussia, while the former Kingdom of Prussia, united with Warmia, was henceforth to be known as East Prussia.
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