where is modern day prussia
Prussia, with its capital in KÃ¶nigsberg and from 1701 in Berlin, shaped the history of Germany. In 1871, German states united to create the German Empire under Prussian leadership. In November 1918, the monarchies were abolished and the nobility lost its political power during the German Revolution of 1918â19. The Kingdom of Prussia was thus abolished in favour of a republicâthe Free State of Prussia, a state of Germany from 1918 until 1933.