East Elbia

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German Empire, 1871-1918

East Elbia (German: Ostelbien) was an informal denotation for those parts of the German Reich until World War II that laid east of the river Elbe.

The region comprised the Prussian provinces of Brandenburg, the eastern parts of Saxony (Jerichower Land) and the Kingdom of Saxony (Upper Lusatia), Pomerania, Silesia, East Prussia, West Prussia and Posen (from 1922 Posen-West Prussia) as well as the states of Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. It was noted for its historic manorialism and serfdom and for political conservatism—also prevalent in Eastern Europe in contrast to the autonomous farmer and Yeoman class in Western Europe—combined with the predominantly Protestant confession of the local population.

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References

McNeill Eddie, Scott (2008) Landownership in Eastern Germany before the Great War : a quantitative analysis. Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 0198201664

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