Des herzogthums Schlesien Fürstenthümer Jauer, Liegnitz und Wohlau oder die zur Glogauischen Kammer gehörigen Kreises Jauer, Bunzlau, Löwenberg, .

Reilly Franz Johann Joseph ( 1766 - 1820 ) Vienna

Published by Artist: Reilly Franz Johann Joseph ( - 1820 ) Vienna; issued in: Vienna; Reilly Franz Johann Joseph ( 1766 - 1820 ) Vienna; Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766 - 1820) Vienna He was an Austrian and produced over 830 maps for his great atlas project -Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt- between the years 1789 and 1806 Of these 830 maps published over this time span of seventeen years he 'showcased' but one part of the world Europe Maps of the other four continents remained unpublished The maps of the Schauplatz were drawn to a uniform criteria Reilly's Grosser deutscher Atlas was also notable as the first completely 'Austrian' atlas This large world atlas containing relatively few maps was issued between 1794 and the end of 1796 Reilly may, 1766

Technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; condition: Perfect condition; size (in cm): 22,5 x 28,5; Map depicts lower Silesia with the cities of awor (Jauer), Legnica (Liegnitz), Wolow (Wohlau), Jelenia Gora (Hirschberg), Boleslawiec (Bunzlau), Lwowek Slaski (Löwenberg), Zlotoryja (Goldberg), Chojnow (Haynau), Lubin (Lüben) and Steinau-Raudten. History: Silesia is a region in Central Europe on both sides of the upper and middle reaches of the Oder and extends in the south along the Sudetes and Beskids. Most of Silesia lies in what is now Poland. A small part in the west of Lower Silesia belongs to East Germany, a southern part of Upper Silesia to the Czech Republic. Between 1289 and 1292, Bohemian king Wenceslaus II became suzerain of some of the Upper Silesian duchies. Polish kings had not renounced their hereditary rights to Silesia until 1335. The province became part of the Bohemian Crown under the Holy Roman Empire, and passed with that crown to the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in 1526. In the 15th century, several changes were made to Silesia's borders. Parts of the territories which had been transferred to the Silesian Piasts in 1178 were bought by the Polish kings in the second half of the 15th century. From 1526 to 1742 the Habsburgs, as kings of Bohemia, were also dukes of Silesia. Almost all of Silesia became Protestant in the 16th century. Well-known Silesian reformers were among others Johann Heß and Caspar von Schwenckfeld, whose theology was invoked by the Schwenkfeldians, who were represented in Silesia until the 17th century. After the First Silesian War it was agreed in the preliminary peace of Breslau (1742) that Austria had to cede Lower and Upper Silesia to the Oppa as well as the Bohemian County of Glatz to Prussia. Frederick the Great was able to defend this acquisition in the Second Silesian War and also in the Third Silesian War (1756 to 1763). A smaller part of Upper Silesia around Troppau, Jägerndorf, Teschen and Bielitz as well as the southern part of the Principality of Neisse, which belongs to Lower Silesia (= the political district of Freiwaldau until 1938) remained as Austrian Silesia (officially: "Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia") until 1918 of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. First (until 1782) as part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, then (until 1849 and 1860?1861) Moravia. According to a decree of March 4, 1849, all peoples of the Austrian Empire, including Silesians, were given equal rights. Seller Inventory # EUP3388_500

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Title: Des herzogthums Schlesien Fürstenthümer ...
Publisher: Artist: Reilly Franz Johann Joseph ( - 1820 ) Vienna; issued in: Vienna; Reilly Franz Johann Joseph ( 1766 - 1820 ) Vienna; Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766 - 1820) Vienna He was an Austrian and produced over 830 maps for his great atlas project -Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt- between the years 1789 and 1806 Of these 830 maps published over this time span of seventeen years he 'showcased' but one part of the world Europe Maps of the other four continents remained unpublished The maps of the Schauplatz were drawn to a uniform criteria Reilly's Grosser deutscher Atlas was also notable as the first completely 'Austrian' atlas This large world atlas containing relatively few maps was issued between 1794 and the end of 1796 Reilly may
Publication Date: 1766