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Bohemia

Bohemia ( ; ; ) 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 ruled by the Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the term refers to the historical cultural and political space of the Czech people. The smaller region is then referred to as Bohemia proper as a means of distinction.

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Bohemia is the westernmost and largest historical region of what is now the Czech Republic. The term can refer either to just this region itself or to a broader area that historically included Moravia and Czech Silesia under Bohemian rule, making it an important geographical and cultural marker for understanding Czech history and identity.

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Settlement.name: Bohemia
Settlement.type: Historical land
Settlement.image_shield: Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 70px
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Bohemia.svg
Settlement.image_map: CZ-cleneni-Cechy-wl.png
Settlement.map_caption: Bohemia (green) overlapped with the current regions of the Czech Republic
Settlement.image_map1: EU-Bohemia.png
Settlement.map_caption1: Location of Bohemia in the European Union
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Czech Republic
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Prague
Settlement.area_total_km2: 52065
Settlement.population_total: 6880000
Settlement.population_as_of: 2024
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_demonym: Bohemian

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: boeme
Area: 52065
Image: Hrad Karlštejn, pohled od jihu.JPG

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Commons category: Bohemia
P6482: Bohemia
native label: Böhmen

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18 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Ancient Bohemia
Přemysl dynasty
Luxembourg dynasty
Hussite Bohemia
Interbellum
German occupation and World War II
Recent history
Former parts
Žitava
Kladsko
Historical administrative divisions
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Bohemians principality became a part of Great Moravia, and then an independent Duchy of Bohemia, which became a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire. This subsequently became a part of the Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire. After World War I and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak state, the whole of Bohemia became a part of Czechoslovakia, defying claims of the German-speaking inhabitants that regions with German-speaking majority should be included in the Republic of German-Austria. Between 1938 and 1945, these border regions were annexed to Nazi Germany as the Sudetenland.