Lower Prussia
Lower Prussia is a historical region divided between Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located within the historic region of Prussia (region), Prussia. In the north it borders the Sambia Peninsula via the Pregolya river, on the east, the Łyna (river), Łyna river, forming boundary with Lithuania Minor. In the south it borders Warmia and Masuria.Piotr Skórzyński: ''Warmia i polskie Dolne Prusy'', 2012. Citations Notes References

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Historical Region
Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of latterday borders. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing social development of period-specific cultures without any reference to contemporary political, economic or social organisations. The fundamental principle underlying this view is that older political and mental structures exist which exercise greater influence on the spatial-social identity of individuals than is understood by the contemporary world, bound to and often blinded by its own worldview - e.g. the focus on the nation-state. Definitions of regions vary,xiii, Tägil and regions can include macroregions such as Europe, territories of traditional states or smaller microregional areas. A geographic proximity is the often required precondition for emergence of a regional identity. In Europe, the regional identities are often deri ...
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