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Old Prussia may refer to different entities, which were also territorially defined.

In political and territorial respect it refers to:

• Old Prussia
• The Provinces of Prussia officially formed in 1815 or partially later, whose territories belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia before 1815 or before 1866, especially:
  • in a narrow sense the expression means the entirety of the:
    • Province of Brandenburg
    • Province of East Prussia
    • Province of Pomerania
    • Province of Prussia, combining East and West Prussia between 1829 and 1878
    • Province of Silesia
    • Province of West Prussia
  • in the broad sense of the expression the following provinces are also included:
    • Province of Hohenzollern
    • Rhine Province
    • Province of Westphalia

In religious and territorial respect it refers to:

• Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces, renamed into Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (1922–1953).

Source: Der Große Brockhaus: Handbuch des Wissens in zwanzig Bänden: 21 vols., 15th totally revised ed., Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1928–1935, vol. 1: A–Ast, article: 'Altpreußen', p. 356. No ISBN.

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