Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Jülich-Kleve-Berg Jülich-Cleves-Berg Province of Prussia ↓ 1815 – 1822 → The province of the Jülich-Cleves-Berg (red}, within the Kingdom of Prussia, within the German Confederation (member states in tan). Capital Cologne 50°57′N, 6°58′E History  - Established 1815  - Disestablished 1822 Population  - 1816 est.    - 1821 est.   Political Subdivisions Cologne Düsseldorf Kleve Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Jülich Duchy of Cleves Duchy of Berg County of Mark Electorate of Cologne Free City of Cologne Duchy of Gelre County of Moers Rhine Province

The Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (German: Provinz Jülich-Kleve-Berg) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815-1822. The land held by the defunct united duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg formed the majority of the land in this new province. Its capital was Cologne.

The province was created after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, where Prussia was given the Rhineland. Before the Napoleonic Wars, Prussia had already held the Duchy of Cleves, the County of Mark, and parts of the Duchy of Gelre and the County of Moers. To form the Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Prussia added to these territories the Duchies of Jülich and Berg, the former Electorate of Cologne, and the previously Free Imperial City of Cologne.

On 22 June 1822, by order of the Prussian cabinet, this province was merged with the neighboring Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine province to form the Rhine Province.

Territories and Provinces of Prussia (1525 – 1947)
Before 1701	Duchy of Prussia · Margraviate of Brandenburg Farther Pomerania · Magdeburg · Halberstadt · Cleves · Mark · Ravensberg · Minden Colonies of Brandenburg-Prussia: Groß Friedrichsburg · Arguin · Crab Island · Tertholen
After 1701	Neuchâtel · Hither Pomerania · East Frisia · Silesia (1740) · Glatz (1763) · Polish Prussia, Netze District (1772) · South Prussia (1793) · New East Prussia, New Silesia (1795)
Reorder after 1814–5	East Prussia & West Prussia (1824–78 joined to Province of Prussia) · Brandenburg · Pomerania · Posen · Saxony · Silesia · Westphalia · Rhine Province (1822, Lower Rhine & Jülich-Cleves-Berg) · Hohenzollern (1850) · Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, Hesse-Nassau (1866–8)
Territorial reforms after 1918	Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia (1919) · Greater Berlin, West Prussia (district) (1920) · Posen-West Prussia (1922) Halle-Merseburg, Magdeburg, Electoral Hesse, Nassau (1944)

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