The Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1918) was a significant German kingdom, central to the unification of Germany in 1871 and the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution. Based in Brandenburg with Berlin as its capital, it is the legal predecessor of today’s Federal Republic of Germany. Following World War I, the Free State of Prussia emerged as a democratic force until the 1932 nationalist coup. Abolished by the Allied Control Council in 1947 due to its militaristic past, Prussia leaves a lasting cultural legacy, highlighted by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
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