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South Prussia

South Prussia (1793-1806) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia created in Great Poland after the second partition of Poland in 1793. The main city was Poznan and later Warsaw. After Napoleon conquered most of Europe and the Poles rebelled in 1806, it became part of the Duchy of Warsaw. In 1806, the province of South Prussia (Südpreussen) had 1,503,508 inhabitants, in 3 districts (departments):\n \nPosen ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Posen") included the counties ("Kreise") of:\n*Posen\n*Oborniki\n*Meseritz\n*Bomst\n*Fraustadt\n*Krebe\n*Schrim\n*Kosten\n*Krotoschin\n*Peisern\n*Schroda\n*Gnesen\n*Wangrowitz\n*Powitz\n*Brzesk\n*Radziejow\n*Kowal\n \nKalisch ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Kalisch") included the counties ("Kreise") of:\n*Kalisch\n*Adelnau\n*Konin\n*Ostreschow\n*Wielun\n*Lumtomiersk\n*Warta\n*Schadek\n*Sieradz\n*Petrikau\n*Radomsk\n*Czenstochau Warschau ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Warschau") included the counties ("Kreise") of:\n*Warschau\n*Blonin\n*Tschersk\n*Rawa\n*Sochaczew\n*Gostin\n*Orlow\n*Lenczyca\n*Zgierz\n*Brzezin \n

See also

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Greater Poland (geo-political division of Poland)\n*Duchy of Warsaw (1806-1815)\n*Grand Duchy of Poznan (1815-1848)\n*Province of Posen (1849-1918)\n*Reichsgau Wartheland (1939-1945)\n*Poland (all other times)

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