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[[Image:prussiamap.gif|thumb|155px|right|Prussia (green) in the German Empire 1871-1918]]
[[Image:Deutsches Reich 1925 b.png|thumb|155px|right|[[Weimar Republic|Weimar Germany]] in 1925]]
In [[1871]] those [[province]]s or [[region]]s east of the present Oder–Neisse line as part of the [[Prussia|Prussian]] [[state]] were naturally incorporated into the [[German Empire]] created by [[Otto von Bismarck]] alike. But unlike the regions in what is today [[Germany]], thoughalthough there hadwere beenstill large settled [[ethnic German|German]] communities in the territories east of the Oder–Neisse line - since the beginning of the 13th century ([[East Colonisation]]), Germans did not make up all of the population, and in a few regions they did not even make up a majority. In some areas, such as the [[Province of Posen|Posen]] or the southern part of [[Upper Silesia]], the majority was actually Polish.
 
The territories in question were [[East Brandenburg]], [[Silesia]], [[East Prussia]], [[West Prussia]], [[Pomerania]] and [[Province of Posen|Posen]].