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Prussia

Northern German state 1618–1945 on the Baltic coast. It was an independent kingdom until 1867, when it became, under Otto von Bismarck, the military power of the North German Confederation and part of the German Empire in 1871 under the Prussian king Wilhelm I. West Prussia became part of Poland under the Treaty of Versailles, and East Prussia was largely incorporated into the USSR after 1945.
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In 1817 the Prussian king Friederich Wilhelm III approved state funding for the museum and in 1996, the house, its surrounding courtyard and neighbouring 19th-century Luther Armenschule (a school for the poor), were finally designated a World Heritage Site.
071 Martin Luther Museum by Slessor, Catherine / The Architectural Review
She recalled how in 1967 authorities demolished the ruins of Koenigsberg Castle -- the residence of Prussian kings and the grandmasters of the Teutonic Order -- which had been damaged during the British war time raids.
Russian city hunts for purged German roots by AFP / AFP Global Edition
In his memoirs Collini writes that the short tale Scarmentado (1756), a text recognized as a forerunner of Candide, contained, in its 1753 version now lost, an unflattering allusion to the Prussian King.
Voltaire's satire on Frederick the Great: Candide, his Pothumous ... by Langille, E.M. / Romance Notes
 
 
 
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