Lower Prussia[a] is a historical region divided between Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.

Lower Prussia
Prusy Dolne
Prusy Dolne on the map of the region of Prussia
Prusy Dolne on the map of the region of Prussia
Country Poland
 Russia
1920 map of the Lower Prussia

It is located within the historic region of Prussia. In the north it borders the Sambia Peninsula via the Pregolya river, on the east, the Łyna river, forming boundary with Lithuania Minor. In the south it borders Warmia and Masuria.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Polish: Prusy Dolne; German: Niederland

References

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  1. ^ Marian Biskup: Wojna pruska, Oświecim, 2014, p. 29.
  2. ^ Marian Biskup, Gerard Labuda: Dzieje zakonu krzyżackiego w Prusach, Gdańsk, 1986.
  3. ^ Piotr Skórzyński: Warmia i polskie Dolne Prusy, 2012.