Province of Posen

Province of Posen
Provinz Posen (German)
Prowincja Poznańska (Polish)
Province of Prussia
1848–1920
Coat of arms of Province of Posen
Coat of arms

Posen (red) within Prussia (white) and the German Empire (white, beige and red)
CapitalPoznań
Area
 • Coordinates52°24′N 16°55′E / 52.400°N 16.917°E / 52.400; 16.917
 
• 1910
28,970 km2 (11,190 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
2,099,831
History 
• Established
1848
• Disestablished
1920
Political subdivisionsPosen
Bromberg
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Grand Duchy of Posen
Posen–West Prussia
Poznań Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Today part ofPoland

The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen; Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920. Posen was established in 1848 following the Greater Poland Uprising as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, which in turn was annexed by Prussia in 1815 from Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It became part of the German Empire in 1871. After World War I, Posen was briefly part of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, but was dissolved in 1920 when most of its territory was ceded to the Second Polish Republic by the Treaty of Versailles, and the remaining German territory was later re-organized into Posen-West Prussia in 1922.

Posen (present-day Poznań, Poland) was the provincial capital.