Editing Westphalia (section)

===Prussia===
{{see also|Province of Westphalia}}
[[File:Westphalia x3.svg|thumb|left|upright|Prussian Westphalia edged in red, the Kingdom of Westphalia edged in green with the territorial overlap of former [[Minden-Ravensberg]], pasted over today's borders with North Rhine-Westphalia in dark grey.]]<!-- [[File:Provinz Westfalen 1905.png|thumb|250px|The Prussian [[Province of Westphalia]] in 1905]] -->
[[File:German Empire - Prussia - Westphalia (1871).svg|thumb|right|upright|Westphalia (red), within the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], within the [[German Empire]]]]
After the defeat of the [[Prussian Army]] by the French at the [[Battle of Jena–Auerstedt]], the [[Treaties of Tilsit|Treaty of Tilsit]] in 1807 made the easternmost portion of today's Westphalia part of the [[First French Empire|French]] [[client state|client]] [[Kingdom of Westphalia]] until 1813, when the kingdom was dissolved by the Russians. While this state shared its name with the historical region, it only contained a relatively small part of Westphalia, rather consisting of mostly [[Hesse|Hessian]] and [[Eastphalia]]n regions.<ref name="1770-1815">[http://www.lwl.org/westfaelische-geschichte/portal/Internet/input_felder/langDatensatz_ebene4.php?urlID=34&url_tabelle=tab_websegmente LWL: Vom feudalen zum modernen Westfalen 1770-1815]</ref>

Following to the [[Congress of Vienna]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] received a large amount of territories in the Westphalian region and created the [[Province of Westphalia]] in 1815. After in 1816, the former [[Duchy of Westphalia]] and the counties of [[Wittgenstein Land|Wittgenstein]] and in 1851 the [[Condominium (international law)|condominium]] of [[Lippstadt]] had joined the province, Westphalia had received its modern territorial shape.<ref name="1770-1815" /><ref name="Prussian Province" />

In 1816, the [[Regierungsbezirk|governmental districts]] of Arnsberg, Minden and Münster were created.<ref name="1770-1815" /><ref name="Prussian Province" />