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{{Cleanup rewrite|date=July 2023|it is hard to read, lacking citations, and has sections that should be reorganized}}{{Short description|Monarchy in Central Europe (1198â1918), predecessor of modern Czechia}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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- State of the Holy Roman Empire {{nowrap|(1198â1806){edih}
- Crown land of the Bohemian Crown {{nowrap|(1348â1918)}}
- Imperial elector {{nowrap|(1356â1806)}}
- Crown land of the Habsburg monarchy {{nowrap|(1526â1804)}}, of the Austrian Empire {{nowrap|(1804â1867)}}, and of the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary {{nowrap|(1867â1918)}}}}| year_start = 1198| year_end = 1918| event_start = Kingdom established| date_start = | event1 = Hereditary royal title confirmed| date_event1 = 26 September 1212
- {{nowrap|Latin Catholicism {{small|(official){edih}BOOK, Religion and Law in the Czech Republic, Záboj, Horák, 2017, 978-9041187789, 277, Kluwer Law International B.V., }}
- Hussitism, later {{nowrap|Bohemian Reformed}} {{small|(Utraquism, Brethren)}}
- Lutheranism
- Judaism (Jews)
- Calvinism
- Waldensianism
- Neo-Adamitism}}
History
13th century (growth)
Although some former rulers of Bohemia had enjoyed a non-hereditary royal title during the 11th and 12th centuries (Vratislaus II, Vladislaus II), the kingdom was formally established in 1198 by PÅemysl Ottokar I, who had his status acknowledged by Philip of Swabia, elected King of the Romans, in return for his support against the rival Emperor Otto IV. In 1204 Ottokar's royal status was accepted by Otto IV as well as by Pope Innocent III. It was officially recognized in 1212 by the Golden Bull of Sicily issued by Emperor Frederick II, elevating the Duchy of Bohemia to Kingdom status and proclaiming its independence which was also later bolstered by future king of Bohemia and emperor Charles IV, with his golden bull in 1356.Under these terms, the Czech king was to be exempt from all future obligations to the Holy Roman Empire except for participation in the imperial councils. The imperial prerogative to ratify each Bohemian ruler and to appoint the bishop of Prague was revoked. The king's successor was his son Wenceslaus I, from his second marriage.File:Karte Böhmen unter Ottokar II.png|thumb|left|upright|Territories ruled by Ottokar II of BohemiaOttokar II of BohemiaFile:NejstarÅ¡Ã dochované barevné vyobrazenà znaku Äech, hrad Gozzoburg v Kremži.jpeg|thumb|upright=0.5|left|The oldest depiction of coat of arms of Bohemia, castle Gozzoburg in Krems (13th century)]]Wenceslaus I's sister Agnes, later canonized, refused to marry the Holy Roman Emperor and instead devoted her life to spiritual works. Corresponding with the Pope, she established the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star in 1233, the first military order in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Four other military orders were present in Bohemia: the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from {{circa|1160}}; the Order of Saint Lazarus from the late 12th century; the Teutonic Order from c. 1200â1421; and the Knights Templar from 1232 to 1312.WEB,weblink RytÃÅské Åády a Äechy, 29 November 2006, 5 March 2013, 11 August 2021,weblink live, File:Codex Manesse Wenzel II. von Böhmen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|Wenceslaus II as depicted in the Codex ManesseCodex ManesseThe 13th century was the most dynamic period of the PÅemyslid reign over Bohemia. German Emperor Frederick II's preoccupation with Mediterranean affairs and the dynastic struggles known as the Great Interregnum (1254â73) weakened imperial authority in Central Europe, thus providing opportunities for PÅemyslid assertiveness. At the same time, the Mongol invasions (1220â42) absorbed the attention of Bohemia's eastern neighbors, Hungary and Poland.PÅemysl Ottokar II (1253â78) married a German princess, Margaret of Babenberg, and became duke of Austria. He thereby acquired Upper Austria, Lower Austria, and part of Styria. He conquered the rest of Styria, most of Carinthia, and parts of Carniola. He was called "the king of iron and gold" (iron because of his conquests, gold because of his wealth). He campaigned as far as Prussia, where he defeated the pagan natives and in 1256, founded a city he named Královec in Czech, which later became Königsberg (now Kaliningrad).In 1260, Ottokar defeated Béla IV, king of Hungary in the Battle of Kressenbrunn near the Morava river, where more than 200,000 men clashed. He ruled an area from Austria to the Adriatic Sea. From 1273, however, Habsburg king Rudolf began to reassert imperial authority, checking Ottokar's power. He also had problems with rebellious nobility in Bohemia. All of Ottokar's German possessions were lost in 1276, and in 1278 he was abandoned by part of the Czech nobility and died in the Battle on the Marchfeld against Rudolf.Ottokar was succeeded by his son King Wenceslaus II, who was crowned King of Poland in 1300. Wenceslaus II's son Wenceslaus III was crowned King of Hungary a year later. At this time, the Kings of Bohemia ruled from Hungary to the Baltic Sea.The 13th century was also a period of large-scale German immigration, during the , often encouraged by the PÅemyslid kings. The Germans populated towns and mining districts on the Bohemian periphery and in some cases formed German colonies in the interior of the Czech lands. StÅÃbro, Kutná Hora, NÄmecký Brod (present-day HavlÃÄkův Brod), and Jihlava were important German settlements. The Germans brought their own code of law â the â which formed the basis of the later commercial law of Bohemia and Moravia. Marriages between Czech nobles and Germans soon became commonplace.14th century ("Golden Age")
File:Map of bohemia 1301.png|thumb|Territories under the control of the PÅemyslid dynastyPÅemyslid dynasty{{multiple image|direction=vertical|header=Prague groschen issued between 1300 and 1547
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}}The 14th century â particularly the reign of Charles IV (1342â78) â is considered the Golden Age of Czech history. In 1306, the PÅemyslid line died out and, after a series of dynastic wars, John, Count of Luxembourg, was elected Bohemian king. He married Elisabeth, the daughter of Wenceslaus II. He was succeeded as king in 1346 by his son, Charles IV, the second king from the House of Luxembourg. Charles was raised at the French court and was cosmopolitan in attitude.Charles IV strengthened the power and prestige of the Bohemian kingdom. In 1344 he elevated the bishopric of Prague, making it an archbishopric and freeing it from the jurisdiction of Mainz, and the archbishop was given the right to crown Bohemian kings. Charles curbed the Bohemian, Moravian, and Silesian nobility, and rationalized the provincial administration of Bohemia and Moravia. He created the Crown of Bohemia, incorporating Moravia, Silesia and Lusatia.File:Night view of the Castle and Charles Bridge, Prague - 8034.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Prague CastlePrague CastleIn 1355 Charles was crowned Holy Roman Emperor. The next year he issued the Golden Bull of 1356, defining and codifying the process of election to the Imperial throne, with the Bohemian king among the seven electors. Issuance of the Golden Bull together with the ensuing acquisition of the Brandenburg Electorate gave the Luxemburgs two votes in the electoral college. Charles also made Prague into an Imperial capital.Extensive building projects undertaken by the king included the founding of the New Town southeast of the old city. The royal castle, HradÄany, was rebuilt. Of particular significance was the founding of Charles University in Prague in 1348. Charles intended to make Prague into an international center of learning, and the university was divided into Czech, Polish, Saxon, and Bavarian "nations", each with one controlling vote. Charles University, however, would become the nucleus of intense Czech particularism.Charles died in 1378, and the Bohemian crown went to his son, Wenceslas IV. He had also been elected King of the Romans in 1376, in the first election since his father's Golden Bull. He was deposed from the Imperial throne in 1400, however, having never been crowned Emperor. His half-brother, Sigismund, was eventually crowned Emperor in Rome in 1433, ruling until 1437, and he was the last male member of the House of Luxemburg.| image1 = Grossi pragenses revers.jpg
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15th century (Hussite movement)
The Hussite movement (1402â85) was primarily a religious, as well as national, manifestation. As a religious reform movement (the so-called Bohemian Reformation), it represented a challenge to papal authority and an assertion of national autonomy in ecclesiastical affairs. The Hussites defeated four crusades from the Holy Roman Empire, and the movement is viewed by many as a part of the (worldwide) Protestant Reformation. Because many of warriors of the crusades were Germans, although many were also Hungarians and Catholic Czechs, the Hussite movement is seen as a Czech national movement. In modern times it acquired anti-imperial and anti-German associations and has sometimes been identified as a manifestation of a long-term ethnic CzechâGerman conflict.Hussitism began during the long reign of Wenceslaus IV (1378â1419), a period of papal schism and concomitant anarchy in the Holy Roman Empire. It was precipitated by a controversy at Charles University in Prague. In 1403 Jan Hus became rector of the university. A reformist preacher, Hus espoused the anti-papal and anti-hierarchical teachings of John Wycliffe of England, often referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation". Hus' teaching was distinguished by its rejection of what he saw as the wealth, corruption, and hierarchical tendencies of the Catholic Church. He advocated the Wycliffe doctrine of clerical purity and poverty, and insisted on the laity receiving communion under both kinds, bread and wine. (The Catholic Church in practice reserved the cup, or wine, for the clergy.) The more moderate followers of Hus, the Utraquists, took their name from the Latin , meaning "under each kind". The Taborites, a more radical sect, soon formed, taking their name from the town of Tábor, their stronghold in southern Bohemia. They rejected church doctrine and upheld the Bible as the sole authority in all matters of belief.File:Silver mine, Kutna Hora.jpg|thumb|180px|Kutná HoraKutná HoraSoon after Hus assumed office, German professors of theology demanded the condemnation of Wycliffe's writings. Hus protested, receiving the support of the Czech element at the university. Having only one vote in policy decisions against three for the Germans, the Czechs were outvoted,{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} and the orthodox position was maintained. In subsequent years, the Czechs demanded a revision of the university charter, granting more adequate representation to the native Czech faculty. The university controversy was intensified by the vacillating position of the Bohemian king Wenceslas. His favoring of Germans in appointments to councillor and other administrative positions had aroused the nationalist sentiments of the Czech nobility and rallied them to Hus' defense. The German faculties had the support of ZbynÄk ZajÃc, Archbishop of Prague, and the German clergy. For political reasons, Wenceslas switched his support from the Germans to Hus and allied with the reformers. On 18 January 1409, Wenceslas issued the Decree of Kutná Hora: (as was the case at other major universities in Europe) the Czechs would have three votes; the others, a single vote. In consequence, German faculty and students left Charles University en masse in the thousands, and many ended up founding the University of Leipzig.Hus' victory was short-lived. He preached against the sale of indulgences, which lost him the support of the king, who had received a percentage of such sales. In 1412 Hus and his followers were suspended from the university and expelled from Prague. For two years the reformers served as itinerant preachers throughout Bohemia. In 1414 Hus was summoned to the Council of Constance to defend his views. Imprisoned when he arrived, he was never given a chance to defend his ideas. The council condemned him as a heretic and burned him at the stake in 1415.(File:Jan Zizka Vitkov Prague CZ 007.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Jan Žižka, the leader of the Hussites)Hus's death sparked the Hussite Wars, decades of religious warfare. Sigismund, the pro-papal king of Hungary and successor to the Bohemian throne after the death of Wenceslas in 1419, failed repeatedly to gain control of the kingdom despite aid by Hungarian and German armies. Riots broke out in Prague. Led by a Czech yeoman, Jan Žižka, the Taborites streamed into the capital. Religious strife pervaded the entire kingdom and was particularly intense in the German-dominated towns. Hussite Czechs and Catholic Germans turned on each other; many were massacred, and many German survivors fled or were exiled to the rest of the Holy Roman Empire. Emperor Sigismund led or instigated various crusades against Bohemia with the support of Hungarians and Bohemian Catholics.The Hussite Wars followed a pattern. When a crusade was launched against Bohemia, moderate and radical Hussites would unite and defeat it. Once the threat was over, the Hussite armies would focus on raiding the land of Catholic sympathizers. Many historians have painted the Hussites as religious fanatics; they fought in part for a nationalist purpose: to protect their land from a King and a Pope who did not recognize the right of the Hussites to exist. Žižka led armies to storm castles, monasteries, churches, and villages, expelling the Catholic clergy, expropriating ecclesiastical lands, or accepting conversions.During the struggle against Sigismund, Taborite armies penetrated into areas of modern-day Slovakia as well. Czech refugees from the religious wars in Bohemia settled there, and from 1438 to 1453 a Czech noble, John Jiskra of Brandýs, controlled most of southern Slovakia from the centers of Zólyom (today Zvolen) and Kassa (today KoÅ¡ice). Thus Hussite doctrines and the Czech Bible were disseminated among the Slovaks, providing the basis for a future link between the Czechs and their Slovak neighbors.File:344Wagenburg der Hussiten.jpg|thumb|160px|The Hussite wagon fortwagon fortWhen Sigismund died in 1437, the Bohemian estates elected Albert of Austria as his successor. Albert died and his son, Ladislaus the Posthumous â so called because he was born after his father's death â was acknowledged as king. During Ladislaus' minority, Bohemia was ruled by a regency composed of moderate reform nobles who were Utraquists. Internal dissension among the Czechs provided the primary challenge to the regency. A part of the Czech nobility remained Catholic and loyal to the pope. A Utraquist delegation to the Council of Basel in 1433 had negotiated a seeming reconciliation with the Catholic Church. The Compacts of Basel accepted the basic tenets of Hussitism expressed in the Four Articles of Prague: communion under both kinds; free preaching of the Gospels; expropriation of church land; and exposure and punishment of public sinners. The pope, however, rejected the compact, thus preventing the reconciliation of Czech Catholics with the Utraquists.George of PodÄbrady, later to become the "national" king of Bohemia, emerged as leader of the Utraquist regency. George installed another Utraquist, John of Rokycany, as archbishop of Prague and succeeded in uniting the more radical Taborites with the Czech Reformed Church. The Catholic party was driven out of Prague. After Ladislaus died of leukemia in 1457, the following year the Bohemian estates elected George of PodÄbrady as king. Although George was noble-born, he was not a successor of royal dynasty; his election to the monarchy was not recognised by the Pope, or any other European monarchs.George sought to establish a "Charter of a Universal Peace Union." He believed that all monarchs should work for a sustainable peace on the principle of national sovereignty of states, principles of non-interference, and solving problems and disputes before an International Tribunal. Also, Europe should unite to fight the Turks. States would have one vote each, with a leading role for France. George did not see a specific role for Papal authority.{{citation needed |date=August 2011}}Czech Catholic nobles joined in the League of Zelená Hora in 1465, challenging the authority of George of PodÄbrady; the next year, Pope Paul II excommunicated George. The Bohemian War (1468-1478) pitted Bohemia against Matthias Corvinus and Frederick III of Habsburg, and the Hungarian forces occupied most of Moravia. George of PodÄbrady died in 1471.After 1471: Jagiellonian and Habsburg rule
{{Further|Czech lands: 1526â1648|Czech lands: 1648â1867|Czech lands: 1867â1918}}(File:CeskySnem.jpeg|thumb|upright=0.7|The Bohemian Diet in 1564)File:Wappen Königreich Böhmen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|left|Coat of arms of the Austrian province of Bohemia by Hugo Gerard StröhlHugo Gerard StröhlUpon the death of the Hussite king, the Bohemian estates elected the Polish prince Ladislaus Jagiellon as king, who negotiated the Peace of Olomouc in 1479. In 1490, after the death of Matthias Corvinus, he was also elected by the strongest Hungarian baron league as king of Hungary, and the Polish Jagellonian line ruled both Bohemia and Hungary [but separate line was in Poland after Casimir]. The Jagellonians governed Bohemia as absentee monarchs because the Hungarian nobility insisted on them putting their capital into Hungary; their influence in the kingdom was minimal, and effective government fell to the regional nobility. Czech Catholics accepted the Compact of Basel in 1485 and were reconciled with the Utraquists. The Bohemian estrangement from the Empire continued after Vladislav [as II] had succeeded Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in 1490 and both the Bohemian and the Hungarian kingdom were held in personal union. Not considered an Imperial State, the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were not part of the Imperial Circles established by the 1500 Imperial Reform.In 1526 Vladislav's son, King Louis, was decisively defeated by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Mohács and subsequently died. As a result, the Turks conquered part of the Kingdom of Hungary, and the rest (mainly present-day Slovakia territory) came under Habsburg rule under the terms of King Louis' marriage contract. The Bohemian estates elected Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, younger brother of Emperor Charles V, to succeed Louis as king of Bohemia. Thus began almost four centuries of Habsburg rule for both Bohemia and Hungary.The incorporation of Bohemia into the Habsburg monarchy against the resistance of the local Protestant nobility sparked the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, the brief reign of the Winter King, and the Thirty Years' War. Their defeat at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 put an end to the Bohemian autonomy movement.Defeat and dissolution
File:Wappen Königreich Böhmen.png|thumb|upright=0.6|Ströhl's unofficial artwork of the Coat of arms of the kingdom (with the Crown of Saint Wenceslas, Bohemian Crown JewelsBohemian Crown JewelsIn 1740 the Prussian Army conquered Bohemian Silesia in the Silesian Wars and forced Maria Theresa in 1742 to cede the majority of Silesia, except the southernmost area with the duchies of Cieszyn, Krnov and Opava, to Prussia. In 1756 Prussian King Frederick II faced an enemy coalition led by Austria, when Maria Theresa was preparing for war with Prussia to reclaim Silesia. The Prussian army conquered Saxony and in 1757 invaded Bohemia. In the Battle of Prague (1757) they defeated the Habsburgs and subsequently occupied{{source?|date=August 2023}} Prague. More than one quarter of Prague was destroyed and the St. Vitus Cathedral suffered heavy damage. In the Battle of KolÃn, however, Frederick lost and had to vacate Prague and retreat from Bohemia.With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Bohemian kingdom was incorporated into the now two years old Austrian Empire and the royal title retained alongside the title of Austrian Emperor. In the course of the 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise the provinces of Bohemia, Moravia and Austrian Silesia became k. k. crown lands of Cisleithania. The Bohemian Kingdom officially ceased to exist in 1918 by transformation into the Czechoslovak Republic.The current Czech Republic consisting of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia still uses most of the symbols of the Kingdom of Bohemia: a two-tailed lion in its coat-of-arms, red-white stripes in the state flag and the royal castle as the president's office.Economy
(File:Bohemia rail map 1883 Rivnac.jpg|thumb|Railway network of Bohemia in 1883)Bohemia was among the first countries in Europe to become industrialized. Mining of tin and silver began in Ore mountains in early 12th century. The German hospes had a major role in the industrial development of the Czech Kingdom. In the late 12th and in the 13th century the PÅemyslid rulers promoted the colonisation of certain areas of their lands by German settlers from the adjacent lands of Bavaria, Franconia, Upper Saxony and Austria during the migration. The new settlers not only brought their customs and language with them, but also new technical skills and equipment that were adapted within a few decades, especially in agriculture and crafts.In Silesia it had doubled (16% of the total area) by the beginning of the 11th century, 30% in the 16th century and the highest increase rates in the 14th century, the total area of arable land increased seven â to twentyfold in many Silesian regions during the . They settled mostly the hills and mountains and started the mine works and high qualities industry such as metal works, weapon industry and beer making. Forest glass production was a common industry for German Bohemians.Weinhold, Karl (1887). Die Verbreitung und die Herkunft der Deutschen in Schlesien. Stuttgart: J. EngelhornCharles Higounet.(1986) Die deutsche Ostsiedlung im Mittelalter [Aus dem Französischen von Manfred Vasold]. Berlin : Siedler, 405 p. , cartes, plans, illustrations.BOOK, Prinz, Friedrich, Böhmen und Mähren, Siedler, Berlin, 2002, 3-88680-773-8, 66743141, de,Lands of the Bohemian Crown
(File:Locator Lands of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire (1618).svg|thumb|upright=0.9|Bohemia and Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1618){{Further|Lands of the Bohemian Crown}}Bohemia proper () with the County of Kladsko () was the main area of the Kingdom of Bohemia. The Egerland () was ultimately obtained by King Wenceslaus II between 1291 and 1305; given in pawn to Bohemia by King Louis IV of Germany in 1322 and subsequently joined in personal union with Bohemia proper. In 1348 Charles IV created the Crown of Bohemia (), together with the incorporated provinces:- the Margraviate of Moravia (), acquired by PÅemyslid and SlavnÃk Bohemian rulers after the 955 Battle of Lechfeld, lost in 999 to Poland and reconquered by Duke Bretislaus I in 1019/1029 (uncertain dating);
- Upper Lusatia (), incorporated by Charles' father King John of Bohemia in 1319 (Bautzen Land) and 1329 (Görlitz), and Lower Lusatia (, former March of Lusatia), acquired by Charles IV from the Wittelsbach duke Otto V of Bavaria in 1367. The Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II ceded the Lusatias to the Electorate of Saxony by the 1635 Peace of Prague;
- the Duchies of Silesia (), acquired by the 1335 Treaty of Trentschin between King John of Bohemia and King Casimir III of Poland. Queen Maria Theresa lost Silesia in 1742 to the Prussian king Frederick the Great by the Treaty of Breslau, with the exception of Austrian Silesia.
- the northern part of the Upper Palatinate ("Bohemian Palatinate") at Sulzbach, incorporated into the Bohemian crown by Charles IV in 1355. Charles exchanged parts of this territory for Brandenburg in 1373, while his son Wenceslaus lost the rest in 1400 to the Electorate of the Palatinate under King Rupert of Germany;
- the Brandenburg Electorate, acquired in 1373 by Charles IV from the Wittelsbach duke Otto V of Bavaria. Charles' son Emperor Sigismund granted Brandenburg to Frederick I of Hohenzollern in 1415.BOOK, Agnew, Hugh, The Czechs and the lands of the Bohemian crown, Hoover Institution Press, 0817944931, 2004, 33,weblink 2 October 2020, 5 October 2022,weblink live,
- the Duchy of Austria in 1251, the Duchy of Styria in 1261, the Egerland in 1266, the Duchy of Carinthia with the March of Carniola and the Windic March in 1269, and the March of Friuli in 1272, all acquired by the PÅemyslid king Ottokar II of Bohemia but lost to Rudolph of Habsburg in the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld;
Administrative division
Kraje/Kreise of Bohemia (pre-1833)
(File:Mapa Äech 1712.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Administrative divisions of Bohemia in 1712)Prior to 1833, Bohemia was divided into seven to sixteen district units, known in Czech as ({{singular}} ) and in German as ({{singular}} ). These included the following in different time periods:{{div col|colwidth=30em}}- {{ill|BechyÅský kraj|cs}} at BechynÄ ()
- {{ill|Boleslavský kraj|cs||de|Bunzlauer Kreis}} at Mladá Boleslav ()
- {{ill|Äáslavský kraj|cs}} at Äáslav ()
- {{ill|Chrudimský kraj|cs||de|Chrudimer Kreis}} at Chrudim
- {{ill|Hradecký kraj|cs||de|Königgrätzer Kreis}} at Hradec Králové ()
- the County of Kladsko at Kladsko (); lost to Prussia following the First Silesian War (1740â42)
- {{ill|KouÅimský kraj|cs}} at Prague (, ); named for KouÅim ()
- {{ill|LitomÄÅický kraj|cs||de|Leitmeritzer Kreis}} at LitomÄÅice ()
- {{ill|Loketský kraj|cs||de|Elbogener Kreis}} at Loket ()
- {{ill|PlzeÅský kraj (until 1862)|lt=PlzeÅský kraj|cs|PlzeÅský kraj (do 1862)}} at PlzeÅ ()
- {{ill|Podbrdsko|cs|Podbrdský kraj}} or {{ill|Berounský kraj|cs||de|Berauner Kreis}} at Beroun ()
- PrácheÅsko or PrácheÅský kraj at PÃsek (; named after {{ill|PrácheÅ castle|de|Burg PrácheÅ|cs|PrácheÅ (hrad)}})
- {{ill|Rakovnický kraj|cs}} at RakovnÃk ()
- {{ill|Slánský kraj|cs}} at Slaný ()
- {{ill|Vltavský kraj|cs}} at Vltava ()
- {{ill|Žatecký kraj|cs||de|Saazer Kreis}} at Žatec ()
Kraje/Kreise 1833â1849
(File:Mapa královstvà Äeského 1847.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Administrative divisions of Bohemia in 1847)According to Johann Gottfried Sommer Bohemia was divided into 16 district units between 1833 and 1849:{{div col|colwidth=30em}}- Berounský kraj (German: )
- Bydžovský kraj at Nový Bydžov (German: )
- BudÄjovický kraj at Äeské BudÄjovice (German: )
- Boleslavský kraj (German: )
- Äáslavský kraj (German: )
- Chrudimský kraj (German: )
- Loketský kraj (German: )
- KouÅimský kraj (German: )
- {{ill|Klatovský kraj|cs}} at Klatovy (German: )
- Hradecký kraj (German: )
- LitomÄÅický kraj (German: )
- PlzeÅský kraj (German: )
- PrácheÅský kraj at PÃsek (German: ); named after PrácheÅ castle)
- Rakovnický kraj (German: )
- {{ill|Táborský kraj|cs}} (German: )
- Žatecký kraj (German: )
Okresy/Bezirke 1849â1954
In 1849 the number of / was reduced to seven. They were then subdivided into political districts (German: or ('district captaincy'), {{plural form}} ; Czech: ), which took over most of the political functions of the /. Prague became a statutory city, administered directly by the kingdom. A total of 79 districts existed during this period.Gesetz vom 9. August 1849, RGBl. 352/1849: WEB,weblink Erlaà der Ministeriums des Innern vom 9. August 1849, womit die in Folge Allerhöchster Entschliesung vom 4. August 1849 genehmigte Organisirung der politischen Verwaltungsbehörden für das Kronland Böhmen kundgemacht wird, und sie MaÃregeln zu deren Durchführung festgesetzt werden., de, 1849-08-09, 2023-11-04, Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Ãsterreich, ÃNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online, {hide}bulleted list|City of PragueKraje/Kreise 1854â1868
(File:Karte des Königreiches Böhmen nach der Eintheilung vom Jahre 1854 01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Administrative divisions of Bohemia in 1858)In 1854 the political districts were abolished and the previous more centralised administrative structure largely restored. However, 13 new / were established in place of the old ones. These / were subdivided into between twelve and 20 (207 in total, plus the capital city of Prague); these acted merely as administrative units of the / rather than taking on powers of their own. Prague remained a statutory city, as well acting as the administrative centre of the /. The city of Reichenberg was a (city district) subordinate to the , as well as the seat of ; the two were counted together as a single .Gesetz vom 9. October 1854, RGBl. 274/1854: WEB,weblink Verordnung der Ministerien des Innern, der Justiz und der Finanzen vom 9. October 1854, betreffend die politische und gerichtliche Organisirung des Königreiches Böhmen, de, 1854-10-09, 2023-11-04, Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Ãsterreich, ÃNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online, {| class="wikitable"!Name (German) !! Name (Czech) !! Area {{small|(square Austrian miles)}} !! Population !! Districts {{small|(, )}}Okresy/Bezirke 1868â1954
{{Expand German|Liste der Bezirke in Böhmen|Liste der Gerichtsbezirke in Böhmen|date=May 2015}}(File:Verwaltungsgliederung des Königreichs Böhmen 1893.svg|thumb|upright=1.1|Districts of Bohemia in 1893)In 1868 the / system was abolished and the political districts re-established.Gesetz vom 19. Mai 1868, RGBl. 44/1868: WEB,weblink Gesetz vom 19. Mai 1868, über die Einrichtung der politischen Verwaltungsbehörden in den Königreichen Böhmen, Dalmatien, Galizien und Lodomerien mit den Herzogthümern Auschwitz und Zator und dem GroÃherzogthume Krakau, den Erzherzogthümern Oesterreich unter und ob der Enns, den Herzogthümern Salzburg, Steiermark, Kärnthen, Krain, Bukowina, der Markgrafschaft Mähren, den Herzogthümern Ober- und Nieder-Schlesien, der gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol und dem Lande Vorarlberg, der Markgrafschaft Istrien, der gefürsteten Grafschaft Görz und Gradiska und der Stadt Triest mit ihrem Gebiete., 1868-05-19, 2023-11-04, Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Ãsterreich, ÃNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online, In 1868 Bohemia was divided into 89 political districts, each of which was constituted from between one and four of the 1854 administrative districts.Gesetz vom 10. Juli 1868, RGBl. 101/1868: WEB,weblink Verordnung des Ministers des Innern vom 10. Juli 1868, die Durchführung des Gesetzes vom 19. Mai 1868 (Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt Nr. 44) in Böhmen, Dalmatien, Oesterreich unter und ob der Enns, Steiermark, Kärnthen, Bukowina, Mähren, Schlesien, Tirol und Vorarlberg, Istrien, Görz und Gradiska betreffend., de, 1868-07-10, 2023-11-04, Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Ãsterreich, ÃNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online, This would grow to 104 districts by 1913.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}1868 districts:{{div col|colwidth=25em}}- {{ill|Bezirk Asch|de|lt=Asch}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk AuÃig|de|lt=AuÃig}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Beneschau|de|lt=Beneschau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Bischofteinitz|de|lt=Bischofteinitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Blatna|de|lt=Blatna}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Böhmisch Brod|de|lt=Böhmisch Brod}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Böhmisch Leipa (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Böhmisch Leipa}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Braunau (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Braunau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Brüx (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Brüx}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Budweis|de|lt=Budweis}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Äaslau|de|lt=Äaslau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk ChotÄboÅ|de|lt=ChotÄboÅ}}
- {{ill|Bezirk Chrudim|de|lt=Chrudim}}
- {{ill|Bezirk Dauba|de|lt=Dauba}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Deutsch Gabel|de|lt=Deutsch Gabel}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Deutschbrod|de|lt=Deutschbrod}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Eger (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Eger}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Falkenau (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Falkenau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Friedland|de|lt=Friedland}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Gablonz an der NeiÃe|de|lt=Gablonz an der NeiÃe}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Graslitz|de|lt=Graslitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Hohenelbe|de|lt=Hohenelbe}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Hohenmauth|de|lt=Hohenmauth}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk HoÅowitz|de|lt=HoÅowitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk JiÄin|de|lt=JiÄin}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Joachimsthal|de|lt=Joachimsthal}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Jungbunzlau|de|lt=Jungbunzlau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kaaden|de|lt=Kaaden}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kaplitz|de|lt=Kaplitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Karlsbad|de|lt=Karlsbad}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Karolinenthal|de|lt=Karolinenthal}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Klattau|de|lt=Klattau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kolin|de|lt=Kolin}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Komotau (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Komotau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Königgrätz|de|lt=Königgrätz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Königinhof an der Elbe|de|lt=Königinhof an der Elbe}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kralowitz|de|lt=Kralowitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Krumau|de|lt=Krumau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kuttenberg|de|lt=Kuttenberg}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Landskron|de|lt=Landskron}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Laun (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Laun}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk LedeÄ|de|lt=LedeÄ}}
- {{ill|Bezirk Leitmeritz (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Leitmeritz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Leitomischl|de|lt=Leitomischl}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Luditz|de|lt=Luditz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Melnik|de|lt=Melnik}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Mies|de|lt=Mies}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Moldauthein|de|lt=Moldauthein}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Mühlhausen|de|lt=Mühlhausen}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Münchengrätz|de|lt=Münchengrätz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Neubydžow|de|lt=Neubydžow}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Neuhaus|de|lt=Neuhaus}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Neustadt an der Mettau|de|lt=Neustadt an der Mettau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Pardubitz|de|lt=Pardubitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Pilgram|de|lt=Pilgram}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Pilsen|de|lt=Pilsen}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Pisek|de|lt=Pisek}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Plan|de|lt=Plan}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk PodÄbrad|de|lt=PodÄbrad}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Podersam|de|lt=Podersam}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk PoliÄka|de|lt=PoliÄka}}
- {{ill|Bezirk Polna|de|lt=Polna}} (dissolved in 1884; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Prachatitz|de|lt=Prachatitz}} (Czech: )
- Prague (statutory city; German: '; Czech: ')
- {{ill|Bezirk PÅestitz|de|lt=PÅestitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk PÅÃbram|de|lt=PÅÃbram}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Rakonitz|de|lt=Rakonitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Raudnitz|de|lt=Raudnitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Reichenau an der KnÄžna|de|lt=Reichenau an der KnÄžna}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Reichenberg (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Reichenberg}} (statutory city and seat of the {{ill|Bezirkshauptmannschaft|de}}; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Rumburg|de|lt=Rumburg}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Saaz|de|lt=Saaz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Schlan|de|lt=Schlan}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Schluckenau|de|lt=Schluckenau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Schüttenhofen|de|lt=Schüttenhofen}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk SelÄan|de|lt=SelÄan}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Semil (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Semil}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Senftenberg|de|lt=Senftenberg}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Smichow|de|lt=Smichow}} (Czech: ; district seat: Prague)
- {{ill|Bezirk Starkenbach|de|lt=Starkenbach}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Strakonitz|de|lt=Strakonitz}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Tabor|de|lt=Tabor}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Tachau|de|lt=Tachau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Taus|de|lt=Taus}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Tepl|de|lt=Tepl}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Teplitz-Schönau|de|lt=Teplitz-Schönau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Tetschen (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Tetschen}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Trautenau (Königreich Böhmen)|de|lt=Trautenau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Turnau|de|lt=Turnau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Wittingau|de|lt=Wittingau}} (Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Brandeis an der Elbe|de|lt=Brandeis an der Elbe}} (after 1908; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Dux|de|lt=Dux}} (after 1896; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Elbogen|de|lt=Elbogen}} (before 1913 part of the Falkenau district;Kundmachung vom 24. Oktober 1913, RGBl. 226/1913: WEB,weblink Kundmachung des Ministeriums des Innern vom 24. Oktober 1913, betreffend die Errichtung neuer Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Böhmen mit dem Amtssitze in Kralup und Elbogen, de, 1913-10-24, 2023-11-04, Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Ãsterreich, ÃNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online, Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Humpoletz|de|lt=Humpoletz}} (from 1910; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kamenitz an der Linde|de|lt=Kamenitz an der Linde}} (from 1905; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kladno|de|lt=Kladno}} (from 1893)
- {{ill|Bezirk Königliche Weinberge|de|lt=Königliche Weinberge}} (from 1884; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Kralup an der Moldau|de|lt=Kralup an der Moldau}} (before 1913 part of the Schlan district; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Neupaka|de|lt=Neupaka}} (from 1903; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Marienbad|de|lt=Marienbad}} (from 1902; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Nachod|de|lt=Nachod}} (before 1899 part of the Neustadt an der Mettau district; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Neudek|de|lt=Neudek}} (from 1910; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk PreÃnitz|de|lt=PreÃnitz}} (from 1902; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Rokitzan|de|lt=Rokitzan}} (from 1896; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Warnsdorf|de|lt=Warnsdorf}} (from 1908; Czech: )
- {{ill|Bezirk Žižkov|de|lt=Žižkov}} (from 1898)
Demographics
{{History of the Czech Republic}}1910 census{| class"wikitable"
|+Population by religion
|-
!Religion
!Number
!%
|-
|Latin Catholics
| align=right |6,475,835
| align=right |95.66
|-
|Lutherans
| align=right |98,379
| align=right |1.45
|-
|Jewish
| align=right |85,826
| align=right |1.26
|-
|Calvinists
| align=right |78,562
| align=right |1.16
|-
|Old Catholics
| align="right" |14,631
| align="right" |0.21
|-
|Greek Catholics
| align=right |1,691
| align=right |0.02
|-
|Moravian Church
| align=right |891
| align=right |0.01
|-
|Greek Orthodox
| align=right |824
| align=right |0.01
|-
|Anglicans
| align=right |173
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Unitarians
| align=right |20
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Muslims
| align=right |14
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Armenian Catholics
| align=right |10
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Lipovans
| align=right |9
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Armenian Orthodox
| align=right |8
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Mennonites
| align=right |4
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Others
| align=right |1,467
| align=right |0.02
|-
|Nonbelievers
| align=right |11,204
| align=right |0.16
|-
|Total
| align=right |6,769,548
| align=right |100.00
|}{| class="wikitable"
|+Population by language
|-
!Language
!Number
!%
|-
|Czech (together with Slovak)
| align=right |4,241,918
| align=right |62.66
|-
|German
| align=right |2,467,724
| align=right |36.45
|-
|Polish
| align=right |1,541
| align=right |0.02
|-
|Ruthenian
| align="right" |1,062
| align="right" |0.01
|-
|Slovenian
| align=right |292
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Croatian (together with Serbian)
| align=right |190
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Italian (together with Ladin)
| align=right |136
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Hungarian
| align=right |48
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Romanian
| align=right |33
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Others (mostly Romani)
| align=right |56,604
| align=right |0.83
|-
|Total
| align=right |6,769,548
| align=right |100.00
|}
|-
!Religion
!Number
!%
|-
|Latin Catholics
| align=right |6,475,835
| align=right |95.66
|-
|Lutherans
| align=right |98,379
| align=right |1.45
|-
|Jewish
| align=right |85,826
| align=right |1.26
|-
|Calvinists
| align=right |78,562
| align=right |1.16
|-
|Old Catholics
| align="right" |14,631
| align="right" |0.21
|-
|Greek Catholics
| align=right |1,691
| align=right |0.02
|-
|Moravian Church
| align=right |891
| align=right |0.01
|-
|Greek Orthodox
| align=right |824
| align=right |0.01
|-
|Anglicans
| align=right |173
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Unitarians
| align=right |20
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Muslims
| align=right |14
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Armenian Catholics
| align=right |10
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Lipovans
| align=right |9
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Armenian Orthodox
| align=right |8
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Mennonites
| align=right |4
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Others
| align=right |1,467
| align=right |0.02
|-
|Nonbelievers
| align=right |11,204
| align=right |0.16
|-
|Total
| align=right |6,769,548
| align=right |100.00
|}{| class="wikitable"
|+Population by language
|-
!Language
!Number
!%
|-
|Czech (together with Slovak)
| align=right |4,241,918
| align=right |62.66
|-
|German
| align=right |2,467,724
| align=right |36.45
|-
|Polish
| align=right |1,541
| align=right |0.02
|-
|Ruthenian
| align="right" |1,062
| align="right" |0.01
|-
|Slovenian
| align=right |292
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Croatian (together with Serbian)
| align=right |190
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Italian (together with Ladin)
| align=right |136
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Hungarian
| align=right |48
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Romanian
| align=right |33
| align=right |0.00
|-
|Others (mostly Romani)
| align=right |56,604
| align=right |0.83
|-
|Total
| align=right |6,769,548
| align=right |100.00
|}
Language distribution by district (1910)
(File:Linguistic distribution in Bohemia, 1910.png|thumb|upright=0.9|Linguistic distribution in Bohemia in 1910){| class="wikitable sortable"!District (Bezirk)!Czech name!Area (km²)!Population!German!%!Czech!%!Other!%See also
- List of Bohemian monarchs
- Crown of Saint Wenceslas
- History of the Czech lands
- (Kingdom Come: Deliverance)
Notes
{{notelist}}References
{{Reflist}}Bibliography
- BOOK, A History of the Czech lands, Pánek, Jaroslav, Tůma OldÅich, 2009, Karolinum Press, Prague, 978-80-246-1645-2, etal,
- BOOK, 7. 4. 1348 â Ustavenà Koruny královstvà Äeského: Äeský stát Karla IV., Founding of the Crown of Bohemian Kingdom: Czech State of Charles IV, Bobková, Lenka, 2006, Havran, Praha, 80-86515-61-3, cs,
- BOOK, The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Agnew, Hugh LeCaine, 2004, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, 0-8179-4492-3,weblink registration,
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