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Bohemia ( / boʊˈhiːmiə / boh-HEE-mee-ə; [1] Czech: Čechy [ˈtʃɛxɪ] ⓘ; [2] German: Böhmen [ˈbøːmən] ⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Čěska [ˈtʃɪska]; Silesian: Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ...
- 52,065 km² (20,102 sq mi)
- Prague
- 6,800,000
- Czech Republic
Mar 1, 2024 · Bohemia, historical country of central Europe that was a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire and subsequently a province in the Habsburgs’ Austrian Empire. From 1918 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1992, it was part of Czechoslovakia, and since 1993 it has formed much of the Czech Republic.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 30, 2017 · Bohemia refers to an area located in Czechia (formerly called the Czech Republic). It was the largest and westernmost point of the historical portion of the Czech lands, which occupied an area of 20,102 square miles. From 1918 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1992, Bohemia was part of Czechoslovakia, and from 1993 onwards, it has been part of the Czech ...
- Joyce Chepkemoi
The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, [14] it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [15]
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When Czechoslovakia was dissolved amicably in 1993 in the Velvet Divorce, the territory of Bohemia became part of the newly emerged Czech Republic. The Czech constitution from 1992 refers to the "citizens of the Czech Republic in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia" and proclaims continuity with the statehood of the Bohemian Crown.
Bohemia, Former kingdom, central Europe. Settled in the 5th century ad by the Czechs, it became tributary to Charlemagne’s empire. It was part of the kingdom of Moravia in 870; on the dissolution of Moravia, it became a duchy with an important center at Prague. In the 10th century it expanded to include parts of Silesia, Slovakia, and Kraków.
Poland. The Kingdom of Bohemia ( Czech: České království ), [a] sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, [8] [9] [a] was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe. It was the predecessor of the modern Czech Republic . The Kingdom of Bohemia was an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire.
