WI: Eastern Prussia was ceded to Poland

Well this probably butterflies the partition.

On a more easier to predict note, Prussia never becomes a great power.

A country called Brandenburg might still become a great power, but it could very well be Saxony instead or even Austria that come to dominate Germany.

EDIT: Oh dear, I guess I did not understand the OP. I thought the scenario here was that Poland got East Prussia along with West Prussia, not Poland just got East Prussia.
 
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Why, and which borders?

I mean, the Peace of Thorn was not at random. The biggest part of Royal Prussia was Pomerellia, which the OT conquered only in 1309, against the resistance of Gdansk/Danzig among others and by ignoring the royal Polish suzerainty. And that area with the mouth of the Vistula is of course much more valuable for Poland in economic terms.

So, even apart from linguistic reason, you would need a really good reason for this implausible switch.
 
I'm not sure it is plausible. Poland was much more interested in Western Prussia, for several reasons.
- it used to belong to Poland (well, most of it)
- most of the main towns of the Prussian Confederation were in Western Prussia (Prussian Confederation was an alliance of Prussian burgers and knights who rebelled against the Teutonic Order and wanted to join Poland; they actually initiated the Thirteen Years War).
- Danzig was a very attractive seaport with it being at the mouth of Vistula as a bonus - Vistula river was an important route for Polish commerce.
- Western Prussia was richer, I think, with such towns like Danzig (Gdańsk), Thorn (Toruń), Kulm (Chełmno) and Elbing (Elbląg).
- I think there were more Poles or Kashubians in Western Prussia, although I doubt the ethnic reasaons were particularly valid at the time.
 
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