Atlas of the Czech Republic
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General maps
Map of the Czech Republic |
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
Regions of the Czech Republic |
Present regions of the CR superimposed on the map of historical Czech lands |
Bohemia |
Moravia |
Czech Silesia |
Czech Silesia – territories from which it is composed |
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Praha (Prague)
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Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad)
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Central Bohemian
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Hradec Králové
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Liberec
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Moravian-Silesian
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Olomouc
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Pardubice
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Plzeň (Pilsen)
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South Bohemian
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South Moravian
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Ústí nad Labem
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Vysočina
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Zlín
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South Bohemia districts
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South Moravia districts
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Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) districts
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Hradec Králové districts
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Liberec districts
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Moravia-Silesia districts
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Olomouc districts
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Pardubice districts
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Plzeň (Pilsen) districts
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Praha (Prague) administrative districts
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Praha (Prague) municipal districts
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Central Bohemia districts
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Ústí nad Labem districts
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Vysočina districts
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Zlín districts
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Czechia (Czech lands), illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Czechia (Czech lands).
Possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence 800–400 BC |
Celts in Europe |
Ancient Germania |
Slavic archaeological cultures, 5th–6th century |
Slavic migration, 5th-10th century |
Early Slavic settlements on territory of present Czechia in the 6th century |
Bulgarians and Slavs in Europe in the 6th–7th century |
Slavic kingdom of Samo, 7th century |
Slavic kingdom of Samo, 7th century |
Slavic peoples in Europe in the 7th–8th century |
Slavic peoples in Europe in 700 |
Slavic peoples in Europe in the 8th–9th century |
Slavic peoples in Europe in 850 |
Principality of Moravia until 833 AD |
Great Moravia in the 9th century |
Great Moravia in the 9th century |
Great Moravia in the 9th century |
Great Moravia in the era of duke Svatopluk I (870–894) |
Great Moravia in the 9th century |
Rise of the Frankish Empire |
Carolingian Empire around 800 |
The Frankish Empire |
Carolingian Empire (French description) – territory of present Czechia is included in the light green area |
Europe in the death of emperor Charles the Great (814) |
Final division of the Frankish Empire in the Treaty of Verdun (843) and Treaty of Meerssen (870) |
Division of the Frankish Empire after 870 |
West Slavs in the 9th-10th century |
West Slavs in the 10th century |
Central Europe in 919-1125 |
Bohemian state between 936 and 999 |
Czech lands in the first third of the 11th century – Moravia under Polish rule (till 1019/1029) |
[[|border|251x400px]] | The Holy Roman Empire in the 10th century |
Area ruled by king Ottokar II of Bohemia (1253-1271) |
Crown of Bohemia at the turn of the 14th century (personal union with Poland and Hungary) |
Crown of Bohemia in the 14th century under John of Bohemia (acquisition of Silesia) |
Crown of Bohemia in the 14th century under Charles IV |
Crown of Bohemia from the 14th century to 1742 |
Crown of Bohemia in the 14th century (German description) (part of the following map The Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century) |
The Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century |
Crown of Bohemia as part of the Habsburg Lands in the 16th century (together with Austrian Lands and the Hungarian Lands) |
The Holy Roman Empire and its circles in 1512 |
The (Habsburg) Empire of Charles I/V. Castile Aragon Burgundy
Habsburg |
The (Habsburg) Empire of Charles I/V |
The religious situation in central Europe around 1618 |
Area controlled by the Holy Roman Empire around 1630 |
Crown of Bohemia in 1648 |
Czech lands between 1742 and WWI |
German Confederation |
Borders of the German Confederation in 1820 |
Alliances of the member-states of the former German Confederation in the Austro-Prussian War, 1866 |
Aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War (1866) |
In 1867 the Austrian Empire was continued by Austria-Hungary, making both Austria and Hungary constituent monarchies |
Kingdoms and countries of Austria–Hungary: Cisleithania: 1. Bohemia, 2. Bukovina, 3. Carinthia, 4. Carniola, 5. Dalmatia, 6. Galicia, 7. Austrian Littoral, 8. Lower Austria, 9. Moravia, 10. Salzburg, 11. Silesia, 12. Styria, 13. Tyrol, 14. Upper Austria, 15. Vorarlberg; Transleithania: 16. Hungary, 17. Croatia and Slavonia; 18. Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Religions in Austria-Hungary, Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, 1st Edition, Leipzig (Germany) 1881 |
Ethnic map of Austria-Hungary, census 1880. German version |
Ethnic map of Austria-Hungary, census 1890. English version |
Slavic peoples in Europe in 1900 |
[[|border|251x400px]] | Slavic peoples in Europe in 1902 |
Historical map of Austria-Hungary from the Bibliothek allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens für Militäranwärter Band I, 1905 |
Historical Silesia |
Proposed United States of Greater Austria |
The end of Austria-Hungary (in German) |
Promotional map of the Czechoslovak lands published in exile magazine La Nation Tchèque. The magazine was published in France during the First World War |
Territorial claims of German-Austria (new republic declared after the First World War) against Czechoslovakia (red line shows current borders of Austria) |
The same map in English |
Polish territorial claims against Czechoslovakia according to the Dmowski Line (Těšín/Cieszyn Silesia, Orava/Orawa, Spiš/Spisz) |
Polish claims on territory disputed with Czechoslovakia in 1920 (Polish claim to Orava/Orawa and Spiš/Spisz not shown) |
Location of Czechoslovakia 1918-1992 |
Czechoslovakia until 1928 (before Moravia and Silesia were merged into Moravia-Silesia) |
Czechoslovakia 1928–1938 (after Moravia and Silesia were merged into Moravia-Silesia) |
Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939 (German, Polish and Hungarian territorial acquisitions shown) |
Sudetenland |
[[|border|251x400px]] | Historical Chebsko (Egerland) 1322–1806 and the Cheb (Eger) region (Regierungsbezirk Eger) of Sudetenland |
The borders of Germany on August 31, 1939 after German occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938 and further German annexation of the rest of the Czech part of Czechoslovakia in 1939 |
The Great Germany (Großdeutschland) with annexed Austria (March 1938), Sudetenland (November 1938) and the rest of the Czech part of Czechoslovakia (March 1939) |
Administrative districts in territories under the control of Nazi Germany in 1941. Großdeutschland im Jahre 1941 |
Eastern front of the Second World War circa 1941-1942. |
The Allied offensive on Southern Central Europe |
Czechoslovakia 1969 (after federalisation and the creation of the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic) |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
Historical map of Bohemia (Bohemia proper - pink, Moravia - yellow, Austrian/Bohemian Silesia - orange) by the German Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon, 1892 |
Satellite maps
Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
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