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THORN (Polish Torun), a fortress town of Germany, in the Prussian province of West Prussia, situated on the right bank of the Vistula, near the point where the river enters Prussian territory, 85 m. by rail N.E. of Posen, 92 m. S. of Danzig and 12 M. from the Russian frontier at Alexandrovo. Pop. (1895), 3 0 ,3 1 4; (1906), 43,435.
The western remainder formed Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia in 1922, while the eastern remainder became part of Regierungsbezirk West Prussia within East Prussia. The 1920 East Prussian plebiscite was also held in the eastern part of West Prussia, which was known as the Marienwerder Plebiscite Area, and included partially or fully, the districts of Marienwerder , Stuhm , Rosenberg and Marienburg .
What is West Prussia? Die Provinz Westpreussen 1878-1920. “West Prussia” is generally identified as the region of the lower course of the Vistula River, extending from Thorn in the South through to Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea. With some interruptions, West Prussia was a Prussian province from 1772 until 1920. The region’s early history ...
Now part of Poland. THORN, a strongly fortified town in the province of West Prussia, on the right bank of the Vistula (here spanned by a viaduct 1,100 yards long), 31 miles E. S. E. of Bromberg. Founded by the Teutonic order in 1231, and a member of the Hanseatic League, Thorn contains a town hall and a number of other buildings remarkable for ...
Aug 23, 2021 · Thorn, West Prussia. Is anyone else out there researching the Thorn, West Prussian area? I am trying to locate information on my Great X2 Grandfather Andrew Kelmer, b. 1864, his wife Ottilia "Tews", b 1873, and their son Emil, b 1891, all born in the region. Andrew immigrated to the US via Hamburg in 1891 and Ottilia & Emil in 1892, and settled ...
Gurske (today: Górsk) is a village in the former district of Thorn (today: Torun), in the province of West Prussia. It is located about 10 km west of Thorn at the Vistula lowland. Here is the OpenStreetMap link. The history of Gurske was described in detail as early as 1899 by Hans Maerker in his book "Geschichte der ländlichen Ortschaften ...
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The West Prussia Region (German: Regierungsbezirk Westpreußen) was a government region (Regierungsbezirk) of Prussia from 1920 until 1939. The regional capital was Marienwerder in West Prussia (now Kwidzyn). It was the eastern part of Marienwerder Region which voted to be incorporated within the Weimar Republic and joined the Province of East ...
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