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Teschen Silesia

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Principality of Teschen

Duchess

-created in 13th century

-ruling family were Piasts, then Habsburgs

-divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland in 1920s

-main city of principality was Teschen

Map of divided Teschen

Part of Silesia and kingdom of Bohemia

Division: in 1919 after dissolution of Austria-Hungary, there was war between newly independent states of Poland and Czechoslovakia over the territory of Teschen, and after that, it was divided between those two countries.

Map of divided Teschen

Monuments to visit in both parts of Teschen.

Castle in Polish Teschen