What is Districts of Prussia?
[[File:Prussia (political map before 1905).jpg|thumb|320px|Prussian provinces about 1900]] '''Prussian districts''' were [[Administrative division|administrative units]] in the former [[Kingdom of Prussia]]. They were part of the [[German Empire]] from 1871 to 1918, and its successor state, the [[Free State of Prussia (1918–1933) |Free State of Prussia]]. They were similar to a [[county]] or a [[shire]]. They were made from 1815 to 1818 to be between the higher [[Provinces of Prussia|provinces]] and the lower [[Municipalities of Germany|municipal]] governments. They served as a model for the present-day [[districts of Germany]] {{hist-stub}} [[Category:Districts of Germany]] [[Category:Prussia]]