By which geographic names has East Prussia been known and what are its LDS Library reference place names?

The German name for East Prussia is Ostpreußen. In 1815 Prussia was divided into West and East Prussia. After WW I the northernmost region became part of Lithuania and the southernmost portion of East Prussia became part of Poland.

In 1945 East Prussia was divided between Poland and Russia. The reference place names are Germany, Ostpreußen (East Prussia) and Germany, Preußen, Ostpreußen. More.

In the first "Partition of Poland" in 1772, all of Royal Prussia was annexed by Prussia and named West Prussia. After WW I much of West Prussia reverted to Poland except for two western districts that formed the new Province of Grenzmark Posen-West Preußen and the area east of the Vistula River that joined East Prussia. After WW II all of West Prussia reverted to Poland and all German residents were replaced by Polish refugees from other states.

The reference place names are Germany, West Prussia and Germany, Preußen, Westpreußen. More.

See Palatinate above. The German spelling for Rhineland is Rheinland. After WW II it was in West Germany and Belgium and was established as Rhineland-Palatinate by merging Rhenish-Palatinate with parts of the Prussian Rhine province and parts of the former Hesse.

It is one of the sixteen states in the Federal Republic of Germany. The reference place names are Germany, Palatinate; Germany, Rhineland; Germany, Preußen, Rheinland; Germany, Rheinland, Pfalz and Germany, Bayern, Pfalz. More.

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