Place:Moravia, Austria

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Name	Moravia
Alt names	Mähren	source: German
	Mahren
	Morava	source: Czech
Type	Former province, Historical region
Coordinates	49.5°N 17°E
Located in	Austria (1867 - 1918)
Also located in	Austria-Hungary, Europe (1867 - 1918)
	Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1992)
	Czech Republic (1992 - )

Contained Places

Bezirk: Boskowitz; Frankstadt; Mährisch Ostrau; Olmütz
Dorf: Lešná
Gemeinde: Svatobořice-Mistřín
Gerichtsbezirk: Blansko; Fulnek; Trebitsch
Inhabited place: Spielberg; Voitelsbrunn ( - 1918 )
Unknown: Auspitz; Austerlitz; Bilan; Bodenstadt; Botenwald; Braunseifen; Briesen; Bruck bei Znaim; Brünn; Busau; Chuchelná; Datschitz; Deutsch Jaßnik; Dřewohostitz; Eibenschitz; Gewitsch; Giebau; Großbittesch; Großlhotta; Großraigern; Großseelowitz; Großwisternitz; Göding; Hanna; Holleschau; Hotzendorf; Iglau (Iglau); Iglau; Jamnitz; Janowitz; Jaromeritz; Joslowitz; Kanitz; Kloster Hradisch; Kralitz; Kremsier; Königsfeld; Laschkau; Leipertitz; Leipnik; Lettovic; Lissitz; Littau; Lomnitz; Lundenburg; Meziříčí Velké; Mährisch Neustadt; Mährisch Rothmühl; Mährisch Schönberg; Mährisch Weißkirchen; Nakel; Neuraußnitz; Neustadtl; Nikolsburg; Ober Wisternitz; Obrowitz; Pohorsch; Pohrlitz; Prerau; Proßnitz; Přestawlk; Raitz; Raußnitz; Reichenau; Rimitz; Roketnitz; Rostein; Roßitz; Rožnau; Römerstadt; Saar; Schwabenitz; Schöllschitz; Skalitz; Sokolnitz; Straßnitz; Teltsch; Tischnowitz; Tovačov; Tracht; Ungarisch Brod; Ungarisch Hradisch; Ungarisch Ostra; Vsetin; Waldau; Wallachisch Meseritsch; Welehrad; Wesseličko; Wessely; Wischau; Wratzow; Zdounek; Znaim; Zwittau; Čejkovice; Žerotein

This page refers to this place as it existed in 1900 when Moravia was one of 17 crown lands in Austria-Hungary, which existed from 1867 to 1918.

From 1918 to 1992 this area was located in Czechoslavakia.

From 1992 to present this area is located in the Czech Republic.

1 Historical background
2 Timeline for this geographic area
3 Research Tips
4 Sources

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Historical background

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Moravia (also , ;^[1] ; ; ; ; ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.

The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from 1348 to 1918, an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1004 to 1806, a crown land of the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867, and a part of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918. Moravia was one of the five lands of Czechoslovakia founded in 1918. In 1928 it was merged with Czech Silesia, and then dissolved in 1949 during the abolition of the land system following the communist coup d'état.

Its area of 22,623.41 km² is home to more than 3 million people.^[2]^[3]^[4] The people are historically named Moravians, a subgroup of Czechs, the other group being called Bohemians. Moravia also had been home of a large German-speaking population until their expulsion in 1945. The land takes its name from the Morava river, which runs from its north to south, being its principal watercourse. Moravia's largest city and historical capital is Brno. Before being sacked by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War, Olomouc served as the Moravian capital, and it is still the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc.^[5]

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Moravia. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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Timeline for this geographic area

pre 1782 - Moravia is known as the Margaviate of Moravia.
From 1782 to 1850 - becomes "Moravia-Silesia", following a merge with Austrian Silesia
From 1804 to 1867 - located in Austrian Empire
From 1867 to 1918 - located in Austria-Hungary and is one of the crown lands
1918 - located in Czechoslovakia and known as a "Land".
1928 - becomes "Moravian-Silesian" Land (again), following a merge with Czech Silesia
1938 - the southwestern and northern peripheries are annexed by Nazi Germany.
From 1939 to 1945 - the remnant of Moravia was an administrative unit within the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia
1945 - ...

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