Gott mit uns (German) ("God with us") | ||||||||
Capital | Potsdam | |||||||
Largest City | Königsberg | |||||||
Language Official |
German | |||||||
Others | Polish | |||||||
Religion | Lutheranism | |||||||
Ethnic Group | Germans | |||||||
Minister President of Prussia | Dietmar Woidke (SPD) | |||||||
Area | 230,259.82 km² (1st) | |||||||
Population | 39,013,321 (1st) | |||||||
Established | 14 October 1990 | |||||||
Admission | 18 January 1871 (kingdom) | |||||||
Time Zone | (UTC+1) | |||||||
Summer | (UTC+2) | |||||||
Abbreviations | PR |
Prussia (German: Preußen), officially the Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen), is one of the seventeen federal-states of Germany. The capital is Potsdam. It is a major state of Germany, comprising almost 5⁄8 (62.5%) of its territory and population. Prussia surrounds but does not include the national capital and city-state Berlin.