The following historical places of Prussia are now located in Germany (1945-1952)
Place:Brandenburg, Preußen + 742 contained places, some Poland
Place:Pommern, Preußen + 705 contained places, some Poland
Place:Schlesien, Preußen + 1737 contained places, most to Poland
Place:West Prussia, Prussia + 834 contained places, some Poland
Place:Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen + 385 contained places, some Denmark
Place:Hannover, Preußen + all contained places
Place:Hessen-Nassau, Preußen + all contained places
Place:Hohenzollern, Preußen + all contained places
Place:Rheinland, Preußen + all contained places
Place:Sachsen, Preußen + all contained places
Place:Westfalen, Preußen + all contained places
Place:Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany + all contained places
(1990)
Place:Deutsche Demokratische Republik, Germany + all contained places
Other historical places with contained places
(1952) Place:Baden: all 1262 contained places to Place:Baden-Württemberg
(1952) Place:Württemberg, Baden-Württemberg: all 1735 contained places to Place:Baden-Württemberg
(2004) Regierungsbezirke removed from hierarchy of Place:Saxony-Anhalt, leaving 21 districts as the primary divisions of the state:
district moves complete, Place:Halle (region), Saxony-Anhalt complete
still to do: contained places in Place:Dessau (region), Saxony-Anhalt & Place:Magdeburg (region), Saxony-Anhalt.
(2007) 21 counties of Place:Saxony-Anhalt reorganized to only 11 counties and 3 independent cities: re-assignments complete. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreisreform_Sachsen-Anhalt_2007
(2004) Regierungsbezirke removed from hierarchy of Place:Lower Saxony, leaving districts as the primary divisions of the state:
Place:Braunschweig (region), Lower Saxony, Place:Hanover, Lower Saxony, Place:Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Place:Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony - contained places still to be moved.
--Bgwiehle 14:28, 17 November 2007 (EST)
