Lower Prussia

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Lower Prussia
Prusy Dolne
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Prusy Dolne on the map of the region of Prussia
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1920 map of the Lower Prussia Prusy Dolne 1920.jpg
1920 map of the Lower Prussia

Lower Prussia [lower-alpha 1] is a historical region divided between Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.

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It is located within the historic region of Prussia. In the north it borders the Sambia Peninsula via the Pregolya river, on the east, the Łyna river, forming boundary with Lithuania Minor. In the south it borders Warmia and Masuria. [1] [2] [3]

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  1. Polish: Prusy Dolne; German: Niederland

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References

  1. Marian Biskup: Wojna pruska, Oświecim, 2014, p. 29.
  2. Marian Biskup, Gerard Labuda: Dzieje zakonu krzyżackiego w Prusach, Gdańsk, 1986.
  3. Piotr Skórzyński: Warmia i polskie Dolne Prusy, 2012.