Polish westerly
Royal Prussia was annexed by the easterly
Kingdom of Prussia during the late 18th century
Partitions of Poland, with the city of Danzig becoming part of the Prussian Kingdom in 1793. The territory was administered in the new province of West Prussia (1772-1829, 1878-1920) and the new
Province of Prussia (1829-1878). In 1815, after the
Napoleonic Wars, West Prussia was divided into the
Regions of Marienwerder and Danzig. While the governor and provincial authorities were based in Danzig, the was in the town of
Marienwerder in West Prussia (Kwidzyn). West Prussia was reorganised into
districts (Kreise) within each government region from 1815–18. The Danzig Region included the
urban districts (
Stadtkreise) of Danzig and
Elbing (Elbląg) (since 1874), as well as the rural districts of , , ,
Karthaus,
Marienburg, , and . In 1887 a number of districts changed in the Danzig Region. The rural district of Danzig was divided into the rural districts of
Danziger Höhe (Danzig Heights) and ; the seats of each district were in the city of Danzig. Two more new districts were formed, the southern parts of the former Danzig District became part of the new
Dirschau District. The northern areas of the Neustadt District were partitioned off to form the new . As a result of
World War I, the
Treaty of Versailles allocated most of West Prussia to the
Second Polish Republic, and the Danzig Region was dissolved in 1920. The city of Danzig and its environs became the
Free City of Danzig. A few eastern areas of the Danzig Region remained in the
Free State of Prussia in
Weimar Germany, however. In 1920 the rural districts of Elbing and Marienburg in West Prussia as well as the city of Elbing were added to the truncated Marienwerder Region, which in 1922 was renamed as
West Prussia Region for reason of tradition when it was transferred from the defunct Province of West Prussia to the
Province of East Prussia. ==Districts==