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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.
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