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Rhenish Prussia

Rhenish Prussia was a place a long time ago where people lived. It was part of a bigger country called Prussia, but it was in the western part of the country near the Rhine River.

People who lived in Rhenish Prussia had their own way of doing things, like speaking their own language called Rhenish. They also had their own culture and traditions.

Rhenish Prussia was important because it had a lot of natural resources like coal, which people used to make things like electricity. It also had a lot of factories where people worked to make goods that could be sold to other countries.

Eventually, Rhenish Prussia became part of Germany, which is a bigger country that is still around today. But people still remember the special place that Rhenish Prussia once was, with its own unique culture and way of life.