Sudetenland

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Sudetenländer (also Sudetische countries ; Czech Sudetské země ) was the name of until 1918 to Austria-Hungary , then to Czechoslovakia associated countries Bohemia , Moravia and Moravian or Czech Silesia . The term was a contemporary word creation and was derived from the Sudeten mountain range , the main mountain range of the three countries mentioned.

In the wording of the Munich Agreement of 1938, only the Sudeten German area was mentioned. This only changed with the enactment of the German law on the structure of the Sudeten German territories of March 25, 1939, in which the formation of the Reichsgau Sudetenland was specified in § 1 , the exact administrative structure of which was specified by the law of April 15, 1939, which was published on Came into force on May 1, 1939. From this point the name was Sudetenländer favor of Sudetenland no longer officially used.

To research the history of the Sudetenland there was the Historical Commission of the Sudetenland, founded in 1954, now renamed Historical Commission for the Bohemian Countries eV

The Sudetenland are not identical to the Sudetenland . Sometimes the German population of the Sudeten areas, the German Bohemians and German Moravians , are given this name.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Albert Bleckmann : Basic Law and Völkerrecht , Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1975, p. 120.

literature

  • Manfred Alexander: Small history of the bohemian countries. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-15-010655-6 .
  • Fritz Machatschek: Regional studies of the Sudeten and Western Carpathian countries. Engelhorns, Stuttgart 1927.
  • Ernst Schwarz: Folk history of the Sudetenland. 2nd edition, Oldenbourg, Munich 1987:
  • Wilhelm Weizsäcker: Source book for the history of the Sudetenland. From prehistoric times to the renewed state regulations (1627/28). Collegium Carolinum, Munich 1960.

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