Prussia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
historic German state in central Europe, 1525–1947
About Prussia
Prussia, or more accurately Brandenburg-Prussia, emerged from the union of two formerly unrelated territories: the Margraviate of Brandenburg (roughly equivalent to today's German states ofBrandenburgandBerlin) and Prussia proper that was more than500km (310mi)further northeast on the Baltic Sea (later known as East Prussia, today the RussianKaliningrad Oblastandnortheastern Poland). They were united in 1618 under the crown of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The Margraviate of Brandenburg, centered around the cathedral cityBrandenburg an der Havelwas created in the 10th century when the area was conquered from pagan Slavs and successively colonised by Christian, German-speaking settlers. The House of Hohenzollern whose ancestral seat was actually hundreds of miles further southwest in theSwabian
Prussia Travel Guide Sections
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