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English: The region of Silesia (in modern-day Poland) during the 18th century. Reconstruction of Homann Heirs company, Atlas Silesiae (1750) when projected upon the Sohr-Berghaus Handatlas (1888).

 
Duchy of Silesia – possessions of House Habsburg around 1700
 
Duchy of Silesia – possessions of House Brandenburg around 1700
 Division between Maria Theresia of Habsburg and Frederick II of Prussia (Treaty of Breslau, 1742)
 New demarcations across existing feudal entities
 
Kosztowy, Imielin and Chełm-Śląski were annexed during the First Partition of Poland (1772)

In the area of Lower Silesia, Homann Heirs distinguish 16 feudal entities:

  • 11 principalities: Brzeg/Brieg; Głogów/Glogau; Jawor/Jauer; Nysa/Neisse; Legnica/Liegnitz; Oleśnica/Oels; Świdnica/Schweidnitz; Wołów/Wohlau; Wrocław/Breslau; Żagań/Sagan; Ziębice/Münsterberg (Z)
  • 4 seignories: Siedlisko-Bytom/Carolath-Beuthen (SB); Milicz/Militsch; Żmigród/Trachenberg (Pt); Syców/Wartenberg (S)
  • The prince-bishopric of Wrocław/Breslau (*)

In the area of Upper Silesia, Homann Heirs distinguish 7 feudal entities:

  • 5 principalities: Cieszyn/Teschen; Krnov/Jägerndorf (K); Opava/Troppau (Op); Opole/Oppeln; Racibórz/Ratibor
  • 2 seignories: Bytom/Beuthen and Pszczyna/Pless (Ps)
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