The Province of Westpreussen and Kingdom of Wuerttemberg

This is a map of Westpreuessen (West Prussia), Wuerttemberg and the surrounding areas of Europe in 1820.

The province of West Pruissa was located in Northeast Germany, and it extended south from the Baltic Sea, between the province of Pomerania on the west and East Prussia on the east. West Prussia was also used as the "general name" for the region from the 13th century until 1945. This area was inhabited by Old Prussians and Pomeranians during the Middle Ages. However, after centuries of immigrations by Germans, Poles, Slovincians, Kashubians, Huguenots, Mennonites, Scots and others, the population became mixed.

The Kingdom of Wuertemberg was located in Southwest Germany, and extended north from Lake Constance (which is just north of Switzerland), between the state of Baden on the west and the Freistaat (Free State) of Bayern (Bavaria) on the east. Wuertemberg served as the name of a castle near the Stuttgart city district of Rotenberg, and as the lords of this district increased their holdings, the area of Wuertemberg increased to reach its present land mass. This area was first inhabited by the Celts, then the Suebi (meaning "one's own" people). The descendants of the Germanic people (also known as the Teutonics) became the: Germans, Norwegians, Swedish, Finland - Swedes, Danish, Faroese, English, Icelanders, Austrians, Dutch and Flemish.