Austrian Silesia

Not to be confused with Duchies of Silesia or Duchy of Silesia.
Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia
Herzogtum Ober- und Niederschlesien (German)
Vévodství Horní a Dolní Slezsko (Czech)
Księstwo Górnego i Dolnego Śląska (Polish)
1742–1918
Austrian Silesia (shown in red) within Austria-Hungary until 1918
Austrian Silesia (shown in red) within Austria-Hungary until 1918
StatusCrown land of the Kingdom of Bohemia and:
CapitalTroppau (Opava)
Common languages
Religion
GovernmentPrincipality
History 
1742
• Part of Austrian Empire
1804
1867
1918
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Duchies of Silesia
Province of Silesia
Czech Silesia
Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
Today part of

Austrian Silesia,[a] officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia,[b] was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburg monarchy (from 1804 the Austrian Empire, and from 1867 the Cisleithanian portion of Austria-Hungary). It is largely coterminous with the present-day region of Czech Silesia (with a smaller part in Poland) and was, historically, part of the larger Silesia region.

Geography

Austrian Silesia (outlined in yellow), Richard Andree, 1880

Austrian Silesia consisted of two territories, separated by the Moravian land strip of Moravská Ostrava between the Ostravice and Oder rivers.

The area east of the Ostravice around Cieszyn reached from the heights of the Western Carpathians (Silesian Beskids) in the south, where it bordered with the Kingdom of Hungary, along the Olza and upper Vistula rivers to the border with Prussian Silesia in the north. In the east the Biała river at Bielsko separated it from the Lesser Polish lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, incorporated into the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772.

The territory west of the Oder river stretching from the town of Opava up to Bílá Voda was confined by the Jeseníky mountain range of the eastern Sudetes in the south, separating it from Moravia, and the Opava river in the north. In the west the Golden Mountains formed the border with the County of Kladsko.

History

The area originally formed the south-eastern part of the Medieval Duchy of Silesia. During the 14th century the Dukes of Silesia were vassals of the King of Bohemia. As part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Silesia was inherited by the Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand I of Austria in 1526, after King Louis II of Bohemia had died at the Battle of Mohács. With the female succession of the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa to the throne in 1740, the Prussian king Frederick the Great laid claim to the Silesian province and, without waiting for any reply, on 16 December started the First Silesian War, thereby opening the larger War of the Austrian Succession. His campaign was concluded in 1742 with the Prussian victory at the Battle of Chotusitz leading to the treaties of Breslau and Berlin, in which Silesia was divided.

Composition of Austrian Silesia

Under the terms of the treaty, the Kingdom of Prussia received most of the territory including the Bohemian County of Kladsko, while only a small part of southeastern Silesia remained with the Habsburg monarchy, consisting of:

forming the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, which remained a Bohemian crown land with its capital in the city of Opava. In 1766 the title of a Duke of Teschen was granted to Prince Albert of Saxony, son-in-law of Maria Theresa, while the title of a Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf remained with the House of Liechtenstein. The Nysa territory was held by the Bishops of Wrocław with their residence at Castle Jánský Vrch (Johannisberg).

When in 1804 the Habsburg emperor Francis II established the Austrian Empire, his title would include the "Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia". Austrian Silesia was connected by rail with the Austrian capital Vienna, when the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway line was extended to Bohumín station in 1847. In the course of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia became a crown land of Cisleithanian Austria.

In November 1918 the Dual Monarchy was abolished. The major part of Austrian Silesia was ceded to the newly created state of Czechoslovakia by the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, with the exception of Cieszyn Silesia (the former Duchy of Teschen), which after the Polish–Czechoslovak War was split in 1920 along the Olza river with its eastern part falling to the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Smaller parts of the duchy also became a part of Poland, while the adjacent Hlučín Region of Prussian Silesia fell to Czechoslovakia.

Coat of arms of the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, as drawn by Hugo Gerard Ströhl (1851–1919)

Demographics

According to an Austrian census, Austrian Silesia in 1910 was home to 756,949 people, speaking the following languages:

Major towns

Towns with more than 5,000 people in 1880:

Cities German name Population
Opava Troppau 20,563
Bielsko Bielitz 13,060
Cieszyn/Těšín Teschen 13,004
Krnov Jägerndorf 11,792
Bruntál Freudenthal 7,595
Frýdek Friedek 7,374 (1890)

Linguistic distribution (1851–1910)

Year Total German % Polish % Czech % Other %
1851 438,569 209,512 47.8% 138,243 31.5% 88,068 20.1% 2,746 0.6%
1880 565,475 269,338 47.6% 154,887 27.4% 126,385 22.4% 14,865 2.6%
1890 605,649 281,555 46.5% 178,114 29.4% 129,814 21.4% 16,166 2.7%
1900 680,422 296,571 43.6% 220,472 32.4% 146,265 21.5% 17,114 2.5%
1910 756,949 325,530 43.0% 235,224 31.1% 180,341 23.8% 15,854 2.1%

Linguistic distribution by district (1910)

District (Bezirk) Polish name Czech name Area

(km2)

Population German % Polish % Czech % Other %
Bielitz (Land) Bielsko Bílsko 758.13 82,835 17,631 21.3% 63,580 76.8% 663 0.8% 961 1.2%
Bielitz (Stadt) Bielsko Bílsko 4.97 18,568 15,144 81.6% 2,568 13.8% 136 0.7% 720 3.9%
Freistadt Frysztat Fryštát 316.89 122,030 15,159 12.4% 75,462 61.8% 28,103 23.0% 3,306 2.7%
Freiwaldau Frywałdów Frývaldov 736.38 68,823 66,855 97.1% 66 0.1% 62 0.1% 1,840 2.7%
Freudenthal Bruntal Bruntál 591.65 49,306 48,852 99.1% 41 0.1% 49 0.1% 364 0.7%
Friedek (Land) Frydek Frýdek 461.71 98,957 6,821 6.9% 14,519 14.7% 76,458 77.3% 1,159 1.2%
Friedek (Stadt) Frydek Frýdek 10.23 9,879 5,123 51.9% 574 5.8% 4,033 40.8% 149 1.5%
Jägerndorf Karniów Krnov 532.20 60,785 58,133 95.6% 22 0.0% 275 0.5% 2,355 3.9%
Teschen Cieszyn Těšín 730.38 102,552 17,045 16.6% 77,147 75.2% 6,204 6.0% 2,156 2.1%
Troppau (Land) Opawa Opava 642.10 66,990 33,200 49.6% 560 0.8% 32,006 47.8% 1,224 1.8%
Troppau (Stadt) Opawa Opava 10.93 30,762 27,240 88.6% 274 0.9% 2,039 6.6% 1,209 3.9%
Wagstadt Biełowiec Bílovec 351.44 45,462 14,327 31.5% 411 0.9% 30,313 66.7% 411 0.9%
Total 5147.01 756,949 325,530 43.0% 235,224 31.1% 180,341 23.8% 15,854 2.1%

Administration

Teschner Kreis/Těšínský kraj c. 1844

The Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia was originally divided into the two districts/'circles' (Kreise, Czech: kraje) of Teschen (Kreis Teschen/Teschner Kreis [de], Těšínský kraj [cs; pl], pop. 213,040 in 1847) and Troppau (Kreis Troppau/Troppauer Kreis, Opavský kraj, pop. 260,199) with its seat at Krnov. In eastern Teschen, the autonomous Duchy of Bielsko was established in 1754. From 1784 it was administered with Moravia (Moravia-Silesia [cs]), with its Kreise subordinate to the Moravo-Silesian Gubernium [cs; pl] in Brünn. Following the Revolutions of 1848, Austrian Silesia was separated administratively from Moravia, its Kreise and the Duchy of Bielsko were disbanded and it was re-organised into political districts (Bezirke or Bezirkshauptmannschaften). The first division consisted of seven districts – Troppau, Freiwaldau, Jägerndorf, Freudenthal, Teschen, Friedek and Bielitz – which were each constituted from several judicial districts (Gerichtsbezirke).[1]

In Bach's reforms of 1854 it was reorganised into 22 districts or Amtsbezirke [de] (distinct from the political districts listed above, rather corresponding to the judicial districts (Gerichtsbezirke)) plus the statutory city of Troppau:[2]

  1. Jauernig (Javorník)
  2. Weidenau (Vidnava)
  3. Freiwaldau (Frývaldov)
  4. Zuckmantel (Cukmantl)
  5. Hotzenplotz (Osoblaha)
  6. Olbersdorf (Město Albrechtice)
  7. Jägerndorf (Krnov)
  8. Freudenthal (Bruntál)
  9. Benisch (Horní Benešov)
  10. Troppau (Opava)
  11. Wigstadtl (Vítkov)
  12. Odrau (Odry)
  13. Wagstadt (Bílovec)
  14. Königsberg (Klimkovice)
  15. Oderberg (Bohumín)
  16. Friedeck (Frýdek)
  17. Freistadt (Fryštát)
  18. Teschen (Cieszyn/Těšín)
  19. Jablunkau (Jablunkov)
  20. Schwarzwasser (Černá Voda)
  21. Skotschau (Skoczów/Skočov)
  22. Bielitz (Bielsko).

These districts were grouped into five Bezirksämter ('district offices'):[2]

  • The Landesgericht in Troppau, covering the city and district of Troppau and the districts of Wigstadtl, Odrau, Wagstadt and Königsberg
  • Jauernig: Jauernig, Weidenau, Freiwaldau and Zuckmantel districts
  • Jägerndorf: Jägerndorf, Hotzeplotz, Olbersdorf, Benisch and Freudenthal districts
  • Teschen: Teschen, Oderberg, Friedek, Freistadt and Jablunkau districts
  • Bielitz: Bielitz, Schwarzwasser and Skotschau districts

Judicially the Landesgericht in Troppau and Kreisgericht in Teschen remained separate, each covering one of the two disconnected parts of the crown land.[2]

In 1860 administrative responsibility for Silesia returned to the Moravian Statthalterei in Brünn/Brno; however, it remained a formally separate crown land and its administrative divisions remained unchanged.[3]

Administrative divisions of Silesia as a crown land of Austria in 1900

Following the compromise of 1867 the political districts were re-established and continued in some form until Austria-Hungary's dissolution, with the following districts used at various times:

  • Bielitz (Bielsko)
  • Freistadt (Fryštát)
  • Freiwaldau (Frývaldov)
  • Freudenthal (Bruntál)
  • Friedek (Frýdek)
  • Jägerndorf (Krnov)
  • Teschen (Cieszyn/Těšín)
  • Troppau (Opava)
  • Wagstadt (Bílovec).

For example, in 1900, there were 8 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Silesia (in comparison to above list without Frydek).[4]

Notes

  1. ^ German: Österreichisch-Schlesien (historically also Oesterreichisch-Schlesien, Oesterreichisch Schlesien, österreichisch Schlesien); Czech: Rakouské Slezsko; Polish: Śląsk Austriacki
  2. ^ German: Herzogtum Ober- und Niederschlesien (historically Herzogthum Ober- und Niederschlesien); Czech: Vévodství Horní a Dolní Slezsko; Polish: Księstwo Górnego i Dolnego Śląska

References

  1. ^ Gesetz vom 9. August 1849, RGBl. 355/1849: "Erlaß der Ministeriums des Innern vom 9. August 1849, womit die in Folge Allerhöchster Entschliesung vom 4. August 1849 genehmigte Organisirung der politischen Verwaltungsbehörden für die Kronländer Mähren und Schlesien kundgemacht wird, und sie Maßregeln zu deren Durchführung festgesetzt werden". Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich (in German). 1849-08-09. Retrieved 2023-07-05 – via ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.
  2. ^ a b c Gesetz vom 21. April 1854, RGBl. 104/1854: "Verordnung der Minister des Innern, der Justiz und der Finanzen vom 21. April 1854, betreffend die politische und gerichtliche Organisirung des Herzogthumes Ober- und Nieder-Schlesien". Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich (in German). 1854-04-21. Retrieved 2023-07-05 – via ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.
  3. ^ Gesetz vom 5. Juni 1860, RGBl. 142/1860: "Verordnung des Ministers des Innern vom 5. Juni 1860, giltig für den ganzen Umfang des Reiches, betreffend die Auflösung der Kreisbehörden in Mähren, der Landesregierung und Landes-Baudirection in Schlesien und die administrative Unterordnung dieses Herzogthumes unter die Statthalterei zu Brünn". Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich (in German). 1860-06-05. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.
  4. ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
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