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| Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine Großherzogtum Niederrhein | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Province ofKingdom of Prussia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1815–1822 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The Lower Rhine Province (red), within theKingdom of Prussia (blue), within theGerman Confederation (member states in tan) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Koblenz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 50°22′N7°36′E / 50.367°N 7.600°E /50.367; 7.600 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1816 | 951,998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1822 | 1,042,724 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1815 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1822 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Aachen Koblenz Trier | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Hesse Saarland Eupen-Malmedy | ||||||||||||||||||||
TheGrand Duchy of the Lower Rhine (German:Großherzogtum Niederrhein), or simply known as theLower Rhine Province (Provinz Niederrhein), was a province of theKingdom of Prussia and existed from 1815 to 1822.
The province was created after theCongress of Vienna in 1815, whereFrederick William III was given theRhineland and with it the title of Grand Duke of the Lower Rhine. This allowed Prussia to consolidate its Rhenish territories held since 1803, such as theElectorate of Trier,County of Manderscheid,Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, the previouslyFree Imperial City of Aachen, parts ofLuxembourg andLimburg, as well as a few other small territories. On 22 April 1816, these territories were combined to form the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, with the provincial capital situated inKoblenz.
On 22 June 1822, by order of the Prussian cabinet, this province was fused with the neighbouring (lower)Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg to form theRhine Province, of which the former duchy was theupper part.
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