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The border province of Posen-West Prussia (German: Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen) was a province of the Free State of Prussia. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The Provinces of Prussia constituted the main administrative divisions of Prussia. The capital was Schneidemühl (Piła). Piła (Schneidemühl is a town in northwestern Poland. It had 77000 inhabitants as of 2001 The province had an area of 7,695 km², and was located within present-day Poland. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
Posen-West Prussia was created in 1922 out of those parts of the provinces of Posen and the western parts of West Prussia that remained with the Weimar Republic after the end of World War I; the largest parts of these provinces had become parts of the Polish Republic according to the Treaty of Versailles. The Province of Posen (Provinz Posen Prowincja Poznańska was a province of Prussia from 1848-1918 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 the whole West Prussia ( Prusy Zachodnie was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773&ndash1824 and 1878&ndash1918 which was created out of the earlier Polish The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Second Polish Republic or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II. The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
Posen-West Prussia was dissolved in 1938, when its territory was divided between the provinces of Silesia, Pomerania, and Brandenburg. The Province of Silesia (Provinz Schlesien Prowincja Śląsk was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919 the territory had been conquered from For the present-day Polish provinces see Pomeranian Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship. } The Province of Brandenburg (Provinz Brandenburg was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946
Despite the name, the city of Posen (Poznań) was not part of this province. Poznań Lublin Voivodeship This article is about the city in Poland