en.unionpedia.org

Prussian estates, the Glossary

The Prussian estates (Preußischer Landtag, Stany pruskie) were representative bodies of Prussia, first created by the Monastic state of Teutonic Prussia in the 14th century (around the 1370s)Daniel Stone, A History of Central Europe, University of Washington Press, 2001,, but later becoming a devolved legislature for Royal Prussia within the Kingdom of Poland.^[1]

93 relations: Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, Absolute monarchy, Allodial title, Braniewo, Bullion, Canon (title), Carl von Clausewitz, Chełmno, Christian Ludwig von Kalckstein, Church Order (Lutheran), Commerce, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Debasement, Demesne, Devolution, Die Gartenlaube, Duchy of Prussia, Dutch East Indies, East Prussia, Elbląg, Festschrift, Fief, First Partition of Poland, Foreign policy, Frederick the Great, Frederick William III of Prussia, Free State of Prussia, Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten, Gdańsk, German Bundesrat, Golden Liberty, Gresham's law, Groat (English coin), Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Henry Dunning Macleod, History of Silesia, House of Hohenzollern, Huguenots, Inflation, Justus Ludwik Decjusz, Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, Knight, Konrad Adenauer, Kulm law, Landtag of Prussia, Legislature, Leipziger Straße, List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg, List of Polish monarchs, ... Expand index (43 more) »
Historical legislatures in Germany
Politics of Prussia

Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin

The of Berlin (House of Deputies) is the state parliament (Landtag) of Berlin, Germany according to the city-state's constitution.

See Prussian estates and Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin

Absolute monarchy

Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign is the sole source of political power, unconstrained by constitutions, legislatures or other checks on their authority.

See Prussian estates and Absolute monarchy

Allodial title

Allodial title constitutes ownership of real property (land, buildings, and fixtures) that is independent of any superior landlord.

See Prussian estates and Allodial title

Braniewo

Braniewo (Braunsberg in Ostpreußen, Brunsberga, Old Prussian: Brus), is a town in northern Poland, in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 16,907 as of June 2021.

See Prussian estates and Braniewo

Bullion

Bullion is non-ferrous metal that has been refined to a high standard of elemental purity.

See Prussian estates and Bullion

Canon (title)

Canon (translit) is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule.

See Prussian estates and Canon (title)

Carl von Clausewitz

Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz (1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political aspects of waging war.

See Prussian estates and Carl von Clausewitz

Chełmno

Chełmno (older Culm; Kulm, formerly also Culm) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021.

See Prussian estates and Chełmno

Christian Ludwig von Kalckstein

Christian Ludwig von Kalckstein (1630 – 8 November 1672) was a Prussian count, colonel, and politician who was executed for treason.

See Prussian estates and Christian Ludwig von Kalckstein

Church Order (Lutheran)

The Church Order or Church Ordinance (Kirchenordnung) means the general ecclesiastical constitution of a State Church.

See Prussian estates and Church Order (Lutheran)

Commerce

Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered distribution and transfer of goods and services on a substantial scale and at the right time, place, quantity, quality and price through various channels from the original producers to the final consumers within local, regional, national or international economies.

See Prussian estates and Commerce

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.

See Prussian estates and Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

Debasement

A debasement of coinage is the practice of lowering the intrinsic value of coins, especially when used in connection with commodity money, such as gold or silver coins, while continuing to circulate it at face value.

See Prussian estates and Debasement

Demesne

A demesne or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support.

See Prussian estates and Demesne

Devolution

Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level.

See Prussian estates and Devolution

Die Gartenlaube

() was the first successful mass-circulation German newspaper and a forerunner of all modern magazines.

See Prussian estates and Die Gartenlaube

Duchy of Prussia

The Duchy of Prussia (Herzogtum Preußen, Księstwo Pruskie, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (Herzogliches Preußen; Prusy Książęce) was a duchy in the region of Prussia established as a result of secularization of the Monastic Prussia, the territory that remained under the control of the State of the Teutonic Order until the Protestant Reformation in 1525.

See Prussian estates and Duchy of Prussia

Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlands(ch)-Indië) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

See Prussian estates and Dutch East Indies

East Prussia

East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.

See Prussian estates and East Prussia

Elbląg

Elbląg (Elbing; script) is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 127,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021.

See Prussian estates and Elbląg

Festschrift

In academia, a Festschrift (plural, Festschriften) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime.

See Prussian estates and Festschrift

Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

See Prussian estates and Fief

First Partition of Poland

The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.

See Prussian estates and First Partition of Poland

Foreign policy

Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities.

See Prussian estates and Foreign policy

Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.

See Prussian estates and Frederick the Great

Frederick William III of Prussia

Frederick William III (Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840.

See Prussian estates and Frederick William III of Prussia

Free State of Prussia

The Free State of Prussia (Freistaat Preußen) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1947.

See Prussian estates and Free State of Prussia

Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten

Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (29 March 1771 – 31 March 1831) was a Prussian politician.

See Prussian estates and Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten

Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

See Prussian estates and Gdańsk

German Bundesrat

The German Bundesrat is a legislative body that represents the sixteen Länder (federated states) of Germany at the federal level (German: Bundesebene).

See Prussian estates and German Bundesrat

Golden Liberty

Golden Liberty (Aurea Libertas; Złota Wolność, Auksinė laisvė), sometimes referred to as Golden Freedoms, Nobles' Democracy or Nobles' Commonwealth (Szlachecka or Złota wolność szlachecka) was a political system in the Kingdom of Poland and, after the Union of Lublin (1569), in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

See Prussian estates and Golden Liberty

Gresham's law

In economics, Gresham's law is a monetary principle stating that "bad money drives out good".

See Prussian estates and Gresham's law

Groat (English coin)

The groat is the traditional name of a defunct English and Irish silver coin worth four pence, and also a Scottish coin which was originally worth fourpence, with later issues being valued at eightpence and one shilling.

See Prussian estates and Groat (English coin)

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany.

See Prussian estates and Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein

Henry Dunning Macleod

Henry Dunning Macleod (31 March 1821 – 16 July 1902) was a Scottish economist and lawyer.

See Prussian estates and Henry Dunning Macleod

History of Silesia

In the second half of the 2nd millennium B.C. (late Bronze Age), Silesia belonged to the Lusatian culture.

See Prussian estates and History of Silesia

House of Hohenzollern

The House of Hohenzollern (Haus Hohenzollern,; Casa de Hohenzollern) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.

See Prussian estates and House of Hohenzollern

Huguenots

The Huguenots were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism.

See Prussian estates and Huguenots

Inflation

In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.

See Prussian estates and Inflation

Justus Ludwik Decjusz

Justus Ludwik Decjusz (Jost Ludwig Dietz, Iodocus Ludovicus Decius; 1485–1545) was a notable Polish burgher and diplomat of German origin in 16th-century Kraków.

See Prussian estates and Justus Ludwik Decjusz

Königsberg

Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.

See Prussian estates and Königsberg

Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

See Prussian estates and Kingdom of Prussia

Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

See Prussian estates and Knight

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963.

See Prussian estates and Konrad Adenauer

Kulm law

Kulm law, Culm law or Chełmno Law (Kulmer Recht; Jus Culmense vetus; Prawo chełmińskie) was a legal constitution for a municipal form of government used in several Central European cities in the Middle Ages and early modern period.

See Prussian estates and Kulm law

Landtag of Prussia

The Landtag of Prussia (Preußischer Landtag) was the representative assembly of the Kingdom of Prussia implemented in 1849, a bicameral legislature consisting of the upper House of Lords (Herrenhaus) and the lower House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus). Prussian estates and Landtag of Prussia are historical legislatures in Germany and politics of Prussia.

See Prussian estates and Landtag of Prussia

Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.

See Prussian estates and Legislature

Leipziger Straße

Leipziger Straße is a major thoroughfare in the central Mitte district of Berlin, capital of Germany.

See Prussian estates and Leipziger Straße

List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg

This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire.

See Prussian estates and List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg

List of Polish monarchs

Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries).

See Prussian estates and List of Polish monarchs

List of presidents of the State Council of Prussia

This is a list of presidents of the Prussian State Council from 1817 to 1933 in the Landtag of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia.

See Prussian estates and List of presidents of the State Council of Prussia

Lizard Union (medieval)

The Lizard Union or Lizard League (Eidechsenbund; Związek Jaszczurczy) was an organization of Prussian nobles and knights established in Culmerland (Chełmno Land) in 1397.

See Prussian estates and Lizard Union (medieval)

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (born von Yorck; 26 September 1759 – 4 October 1830) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall instrumental in the Kingdom of Prussia ending an alliance with France to one with Russia during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

See Prussian estates and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

See Prussian estates and Lutheranism

Minting rights

From the Middle Ages to the Early modern period (or even later), to have minting rights was to have "the power to mint coins and to control currency within one's own dominion.".

See Prussian estates and Minting rights

Monetae cudendae ratio

"Monetae cudendae ratio" (also spelled "Monetæ cudendæ ratio"; English: "On the Minting of Coin" or "On the Striking of Coin"; sometimes, "Treatise on Money") is a paper on coinage by Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik).

See Prussian estates and Monetae cudendae ratio

Napoleonic era

The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and Europe.

See Prussian estates and Napoleonic era

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.

See Prussian estates and Nicolaus Copernicus

Niederkirchnerstraße

Niederkirchnerstraße is a street in Berlin, Germany and was named after Käthe Niederkirchner.

See Prussian estates and Niederkirchnerstraße

Nobility

Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.

See Prussian estates and Nobility

Pfandbrief

The Pfandbrief (plural: Pfandbriefe), a mostly triple-A rated German bank debenture, has become the blueprint of many covered bond models in Europe and beyond.

See Prussian estates and Pfandbrief

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

See Prussian estates and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish–Teutonic Wars

Polish–Teutonic Wars refer to a series of conflicts that took place between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order, a medieval German military order with roots in the Baltic region.

See Prussian estates and Polish–Teutonic Wars

Prince-Bishopric of Warmia

The Prince-Bishopric of Warmia (Biskupie Księstwo Warmińskie; Fürstbistum Ermland) was a semi-independent ecclesiastical state, ruled by the incumbent ordinary of the Warmia see and comprising one third of the then diocesan area.

See Prussian estates and Prince-Bishopric of Warmia

Provinces of Prussia

The Provinces of Prussia (Provinzen Preußens) were the main administrative divisions of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.

See Prussian estates and Provinces of Prussia

Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

See Prussian estates and Prussia

Prussia (region)

Prussia (Prusy; Prūsija; Пруссия; Old Prussian: Prūsa; Preußen; /label/label) is a historical region in Central Europe on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, that ranges from the Vistula delta in the west to the end of the Curonian Spit in the east and extends inland as far as Masuria, divided between Poland, Russia and Lithuania.

See Prussian estates and Prussia (region)

Prussian Confederation

The Prussian Confederation (Preußischer Bund, Związek Pruski) was an organization formed on 21 February 1440 at Kwidzyn (then officially Marienwerder) by a group of 53 nobles and clergy and 19 cities in Prussia, to oppose the arbitrariness of the Teutonic Knights. Prussian estates and Prussian Confederation are politics of Prussia.

See Prussian estates and Prussian Confederation

Prussian Homage

The Prussian Homage or Prussian Tribute (Preußische Huldigung; hołd pruski) was the formal investiture of Albert of Prussia with the Duchy of Prussia as a fief of the Kingdom of Poland that took place on 10 April 1525 in Kraków, Poland.

See Prussian estates and Prussian Homage

Prussian House of Lords

The Prussian House of Lords (Preußisches Herrenhaus) in Berlin was the upper house of the Landtag of Prussia (Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Prussian estates and Prussian House of Lords are politics of Prussia.

See Prussian estates and Prussian House of Lords

Prussian Reform Movement

The Prussian Reform Movement was a series of constitutional, administrative, social, and economic reforms early in 19th-century Prussia. Prussian estates and Prussian Reform Movement are politics of Prussia.

See Prussian estates and Prussian Reform Movement

Prussian State Council

The Prussian State Council (German: Preußischer Staatsrat) was the second chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Free State of Prussia between 1921 and 1933; the first chamber was the Prussian Landtag.

See Prussian estates and Prussian State Council

Prussian thaler

The Prussian Thaler (sometimes Prussian Reichsthaler) was the currency of Prussia until 1857.

See Prussian estates and Prussian thaler

Purchasing power

Purchasing power refers to the amount of products and services available for purchase with a certain currency unit.

See Prussian estates and Purchasing power

Revolutions of 1848

The revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the springtime of the peoples or the springtime of nations, were a series of revolutions throughout Europe over the course of more than one year, from 1848 to 1849.

See Prussian estates and Revolutions of 1848

Royal elections in Poland

Royal elections in Poland (Polish: wolna elekcja, lit. free election) were the elections of individual kings, rather than dynasties, to the Polish throne.

See Prussian estates and Royal elections in Poland

Royal Prussia

Royal Prussia (Prusy Królewskie; Königlich-Preußen or Preußen Königlichen Anteils, Królewsczé Prësë) or Polish PrussiaAnton Friedrich Büsching, Patrick Murdoch.

See Prussian estates and Royal Prussia

Second Peace of Thorn (1466)

The Peace of Thorn or Toruń of 1466, also known as the Second Peace of Thorn or Toruń (drugi pokój toruński; Zweiter Friede von Thorn), was a peace treaty signed in the Hanseatic city of Thorn (Toruń) on 19 October 1466 between the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic Knights, which ended the Thirteen Years' War, the longest of the Polish–Teutonic Wars.

See Prussian estates and Second Peace of Thorn (1466)

Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The General Sejm (sejm walny, comitia generalia) was the bicameral legislature of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

See Prussian estates and Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Sejmik

A sejmik (diminutive of sejm, occasionally translated as a dietine; seimelis) was one of various local parliaments in the history of Poland and history of Lithuania.

See Prussian estates and Sejmik

Senate of Poland

The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm.

See Prussian estates and Senate of Poland

Serfdom

Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems.

See Prussian estates and Serfdom

Silesian Wars

The Silesian Wars (Schlesische Kriege) were three wars fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Habsburg Austria (under Empress Maria Theresa) for control of the Central European region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland).

See Prussian estates and Silesian Wars

Socage

Socage was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the English feudal system.

See Prussian estates and Socage

State of the Teutonic Order

The State of the Teutonic Order (Civitas Ordinis Theutonici) was a theocratic state located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Europe. It was formed by the knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13th century Northern Crusades in the region of Prussia. In 1237, the Livonian Brothers of the Sword merged with the Teutonic Order of Prussia and became known as its branch — the Livonian Order (while their state, Terra Mariana, covering present-day Estonia and Latvia, became part of the State of the Teutonic Order).

See Prussian estates and State of the Teutonic Order

Teutonic Order

The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.

See Prussian estates and Teutonic Order

Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)

This is the 1454-1466 Polish-Teutonic War.

See Prussian estates and Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)

Toruń

Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

See Prussian estates and Toruń

Treaty of Bromberg

The Treaty of Bromberg (Latin: Pacta Bydgostensia) or Treaty of Bydgoszcz was a treaty between John II Casimir of Poland and Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia that was ratified at Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) on 6 November 1657.

See Prussian estates and Treaty of Bromberg

Union of Lublin

The Union of Lublin (Unia lubelska; Liublino unija) was signed on 1 July 1569 in Lublin, Poland, and created a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest countries in Europe at the time.

See Prussian estates and Union of Lublin

Vistula

The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.

See Prussian estates and Vistula

War of the Sixth Coalition

In the War of the Sixth Coalition (Guerre de la Sixième Coalition) (March 1813 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation (Befreiungskriege), a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba.

See Prussian estates and War of the Sixth Coalition

West Prussia

The Province of West Prussia (Provinz Westpreußen; Zôpadné Prësë; Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1919.

See Prussian estates and West Prussia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_estates

Also known as Estates of Prussia.

, List of presidents of the State Council of Prussia, Lizard Union (medieval), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Lutheranism, Minting rights, Monetae cudendae ratio, Napoleonic era, Nicolaus Copernicus, Niederkirchnerstraße, Nobility, Pfandbrief, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish–Teutonic Wars, Prince-Bishopric of Warmia, Provinces of Prussia, Prussia, Prussia (region), Prussian Confederation, Prussian Homage, Prussian House of Lords, Prussian Reform Movement, Prussian State Council, Prussian thaler, Purchasing power, Revolutions of 1848, Royal elections in Poland, Royal Prussia, Second Peace of Thorn (1466), Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sejmik, Senate of Poland, Serfdom, Silesian Wars, Socage, State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic Order, Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), Toruń, Treaty of Bromberg, Union of Lublin, Vistula, War of the Sixth Coalition, West Prussia.

Prussian estates, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Historical legislatures in Germany

Politics of Prussia

References