It
were
years
of
fierce
civil
war,
heated
up
by
opposing
religious
movements.
Finally,
in
1772
,
Prussia,
Austria
and
Russia
unified
in
order
to
end
the
civil
war.
The
result
was
the
first
separation
of
Poland,
means
the
whole
territory
of
the
Polish
Kingdom
was
devided
between
Prussia,
Austria
and
Russia.
Prussia
claimed
for
itself
the
western
regions,
Western
Prussia (‚Westpreußen‘), the ‚Netze District‘ and the ‚Ermland‘.
In
1793
,
as
a
result
of
continious
uprise
in
the
remaining
Polish
territory,
a
second
separation
of
Poland
by
Prussia
and
Russia
took
place,
as
part
of
which
also
the
southern
half
of
the
Province
of
Posen
became
part
of
Prussia, Southern Prussia (‚Südpreußen‘).
Finally,
in
1795
,
Prussia,
Austria
and
Russia
executed
the
third
separation
of
the
remaining
Polish
territory,
where
Prussia
received
the
rest
of
Greater
Poland
with
its
capital
Warschau
(today
Warsaw)
as
well
as
additional territories in the east, which became New Eastern Prussia (‚Neuostpreußen‘).