Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1525 – 1933

Prussia

A state of 1525 – 1933 — 408 years in Europe. It was replaced by Germany and Nazi Germany. The atlas records 32 things within it — wars and battles 5 · unrest and atrocity 1 · people 26. Its line of rulers holds 26 people, 11 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
408 years
1525 – 1933
Rulers
26
the Minister President of Prussia
Within it
32
recorded rows
Symbols
7
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Germany: 1990 – 2026Nazi Germany: 1933 – 1945Prussia: 1525 – 1933

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

After it

Rulers

The line of Minister President of Prussia.

Frederick William III · 1797 – 1840 · died in office, manner not recordedGottfried Ludolf Camphausen · 1848 – 1848 · left office aliveOtto von Bismarck · 1862 – 1890 · left office aliveLeo von Caprivi · 1890 – 1892 · left office aliveBotho zu Eulenburg · 1892 – 1894 · left office alivePaul Hirsch · 1918 – 1920 · left office aliveOtto Braun · 1921 – 1925 · left office aliveWilhelm Marx · 1925 – 1925 · left office aliveOtto Braun · 1925 – 1932 · left office aliveFranz von Papen · 1932 – 1932 · left office aliveKurt von Schleicher · 1932 – 1933 · killedHermann Göring · 1933 – 1945 · left office alive1600170018001900
killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular road
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Frederick William III1797 – 184043 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen1848 – 1848under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Otto von Bismarck1862 – 189028 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Leo von Caprivi1890 – 18922 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Botho zu Eulenburg1892 – 18942 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Paul Hirsch1918 – 19202 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Otto Braun1921 – 19254 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Wilhelm Marx1925 – 1925under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Otto Braun1925 – 19327 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Franz von Papen1932 – 1932under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Kurt von Schleicher1932 – 19331 yearkilledWikidata's manner of death
Hermann Göring1933 – 194512 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone

26 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 1797 – 1945. Median reign 2 years. 2 of 11 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia 1873-1918
    coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia 1873-1918 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glasshouse , using elements by Sodacan, Katepanomegas and Regicollis
  • Civil flag of Prussia 1701-1935
    flag, undatedCivil flag of Prussia 1701-1935 · Public domain
  • Civil flag of Prussia 1701-1935
    flag, 1701 – 1935Civil flag of Prussia 1701-1935 · Public domain
  • Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892)
    flag, 1803 – 1892Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892) · Attribution · Drawing created by David Liuzzo
  • Flag of Prussia (1892-1918)
    flag, 1892 – 1918Flag of Prussia (1892-1918) · Attribution · Drawing created by David Liuzzo
  • Flag of Prussia (1918–1933)
    flag, 1921 – 1921Flag of Prussia (1918–1933) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · TRAJAN 117 This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape .
  • Dienstflagge Preußen 1933-35
    flag, 1933 – 1935Dienstflagge Preußen 1933-35 · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1500 – 1599: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15001600 – 1699: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16001700 – 1799: 9 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17001800 – 1899: 16 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other18001900 – 1999: 4 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1900

1600 – 16993 rows

1700 – 17999 rows · 2 wars and battles

and 1 more in the atlas.

1800 – 189916 rows · 1 wars and battles

and 8 more in the atlas.

1900 – 19994 rows · 2 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood408 years

    stood longer than 81% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per century0.2

    had more wars on record per century than 90% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median2 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 5% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record26

    has more rulers on record than 94% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Prussia · 1525 – 1933PrussiaNazi Germany · Linked · 1933 – 1945Nazi GermanyGermany · Linked · 1990 – 2026Germany16001700180019002000
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q38872 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.