Prussia
Berlin's former realm
Prussia was a German kingdom and later a state that dominated Central European politics from the 18th century until its dissolution after World War II.
Prussian became synonymous with military discipline, rigid efficiency, and authoritarian governance: Prussian discipline, Prussian militarism.
The adjective still evokes strict, no-nonsense order: He ran the office with Prussian efficiency.
Northeastern German federal state
- Frederick the GreatEnlightened Prussian king
- KönigsbergHistoric Baltic port city
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
- German ConfederationPost-Napoleonic European league
Holy Roman Empire · Seven Years' War · Pomerania · Potsdam · Berlin · absolutism · unification
Baltic seaport's German name
- GdanskNorthern Polish seaport
- KönigsbergHistoric Baltic port city
- KaliningradRussian Baltic exclave
- PomeraniaBaltic Sea coastal territory
amber · Hanseatic · maritime · shipbuilding · coastline · Teutonic Knights · Vistula · Baltic Sea
Trained self-control or specialty
- drillHole-boring device
- armyOrganized land-based military
- infantryGround combat troops
- cavalryMounted military force
artillery · grenadier · hussar · officer · general · tactics · maneuver · strategy
Medieval German military order
- crusadersPassionate advocates for change
- monasticOf religious community life
- LivoniaHistoric Baltic region
- conversionAct of changing states
knighthood · medieval · Christianization · grand master · conquest · pagans
Rule by hereditary elite
- landed gentryLandowning class living on rents
- estateProperty and grounds
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- officer corpsMilitary's leadership class
conservatism · agrarian · landlord · serfdom · manorial · elite · privilege · duty
Brandenburg
Northeastern German federal state
- Frederick the GreatEnlightened Prussian king
- KönigsbergHistoric Baltic port city
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
German Confederation · Holy Roman Empire · Seven Years' War · Pomerania · Potsdam · Berlin · absolutism · unification
Danzig
Baltic seaport's German name
- GdanskNorthern Polish seaport
- KönigsbergHistoric Baltic port city
- KaliningradRussian Baltic exclave
Pomerania · amber · Hanseatic · maritime · shipbuilding · coastline · Teutonic Knights · Vistula · Baltic Sea · port
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
cavalry · artillery · grenadier · hussar · officer · general · tactics · maneuver · strategy · fortress
Teutonic Knights
Medieval German military order
- crusadersPassionate advocates for change
- monasticOf religious community life
- LivoniaHistoric Baltic region
conversion · knighthood · medieval · Christianization · grand master · conquest · pagans
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- landed gentryLandowning class living on rents
- estateProperty and grounds
- nobilityTitled ruling class
officer corps · conservatism · agrarian · landlord · serfdom · manorial · elite · privilege · duty · austerity
- DuchiesAnjou, Aquitaine, Austria, Baden, Bavaria
- Historical PlacesUSSR, Persia, Siam, Burma, Rhodesia
- historical regionsBohemia, Moravia, Saxony, Bavaria, Persia
- Napoleonic StatesFrance, French Empire, Austria, Austrian Empire, Russia
- Prussian GermanyBismarck, Wilhelm II, German unification, Reich, German Empire
- Prussian HistoryBismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Hohenzollern dynasty, Frederick the Great, Brandenburg
PrussiaSwitzerland
Alpine republic, perpetually neutral
Denmark · Luxembourg · Belgium · Costa Rica · liberal democracy
- Prussian blueDeep synthetic blue pigment
- Franco-Prussian War1870-71 European conflict
- East PrussiaFormer German province, Baltic coast