i have ancestors from there like in the 1600s
2007-09-15 06:51:19 · 18 answers · asked by KEL 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
That would be Germany. I have ancestors from there, too - maybe we're cousins??? ;-)
2007-09-15 06:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's now part of modern Germany, Poland and Russia. On the map it was most everything within a 100 mile radius of Berlin though parts of it ran up the eastern Baltic coast to Karliningrad just short of Lithuania. During the 18th and 19th century Prussia was the main military power of the German confederation and under Bismark united all the smaller German states and princapities into the Second Reich (1871-1919) after the Franco-Prussian war.
2007-09-15 14:12:56 · answer #2 · answered by brianjames04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the dictionary, Prussia is a historical region and former kingdom of north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and Poland. Its ancient inhabitants, of Baltic stock, were conquered by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. West Prussia was ceded to Poland in 1466, and East Prussia became a Polish fief that passed to Brandenburg in 1618. The kingdom of Prussia was proclaimed in 1701 and was greatly expanded and fortified by Emperor Frederick II (reigned 1740-1786). Prussia was instrumental in the unification of Germany, and in 1871 its king was declared Emperor William I of Germany. The state became a republic in 1918 and was formally abolished after World War II. Hope I helped! =]
2007-09-15 13:56:03 · answer #3 · answered by maryness 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Northern Germany
2007-09-15 13:54:56 · answer #4 · answered by siaosi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prussia was a kingdom which included Germany, Russia, Lithuania and Poland.
2007-09-15 14:04:41 · answer #5 · answered by staisil 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Prussia was what is now a part of eastern Germany and a good deal of Poland. Gdansk was, for instance, the Prussian city of Danzig.
2007-09-15 14:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prussia is not a country it was t he Kingdom of Prussia (German: Königreich PreuÃen) was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire. It took its name from the territory of Prussia, although its power base was Brandenburg.
2007-09-15 14:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by Josephine 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Germany.
2007-09-15 13:58:27 · answer #8 · answered by Speedy Jet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Northern Germany and Poland.
2007-09-15 13:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe a part of Poland was a part of Prussia once.
2007-09-15 13:55:42 · answer #10 · answered by Terrapin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋