Prussian Partition - Administrative Division

Administrative Division

The Kingdom of Prussia divided the former territories of the Commonwealth it obtained into:

• Netze District - from 1772 to 1793
• New Silesia - from 1795 to 1807
• New East Prussia - from 1795 to 1807
• South Prussia - from 1793 to 1806
• East Prussia - from 1773 to 1829
• West Prussia - from 1773 to 1824

In the first partition, Prussia received 36,000 km² and about 600,000 people. In the second partition, Prussia received 58,000 km² and about 1 million people. In the third, similar to the second, Prussia gained 55,000 km² and 1 million people. Overall, Prussia gained about 20 percent of the former Commonwealth territory 149 000km²) and about 23 percent of the population (2.6 million people). From the geographical perspective, most of the territories annexed by Prussia formed the province of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska).

Over time the administrative divisions changed. Important Prussian administrative divisions of Polish lands included:

• Grand Duchy of Posen from 1815–1848
• Province of Posen from 1848–1919