Historical regions of Central Europe
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This is a list of major historical regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this article, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of the Baltic Sea, the Elbe River, the Alps, the Danube River, the Black Sea and the Dnepr River. Note that these regions come from different time periods - from medieval to modern era - and may often overlap. National borders have been drawn across those regions multiple times over centuries so usually they cannot be assigned to any specific nation. The list below indicates which present-day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions.
Key (mostly ISO 3166-1 alpha-2):
AT - Austria, BY - Belarus, CZ - Czech Republic, DE - Germany, HU - Hungary, LT - Lithuania, MD - Moldova, PL - Poland, RU - Russian Federation, RO - Romania, SK - Slovakia, SI - Slovenia, Sr - Serbia, UA - Ukraine
- Austria
- *Lower Austria (AT)
- *Upper Austria (AT)
- Austrian Littoral (Primorska) (IT, SI, HR)
- Bačka (Sr, HU)
- Banat (RO, Sr, HU)
- Baranya (HU, C)
- Bavaria (DE)
- Bessarabia (MD, UA)
- *Budjak (UA)
- *Gagauzia (MD, UA)
- Bohemia (CZ)
- *Sudetenland (CZ)
- Brandenburg (DE, PL)
- *Altmark (DE)
- *Mittelmark (DE)
- *Neumark (PL)
- *Prignitz (DE)
- *Uckermark (DE)
- Bukovina (RO, HU, UA, MD)
- *Hertza (UA)
- Carinthia (AT, SI)
- *Slovene Carinthia
- Carniola (SI)
- *Inner Carniola (SI)
- *Lower Carniola (SI)
- **White Carniola (SI)
- *Upper Carniola (SI)
- Dalmatia (HR)
- Dobruja (RO, BG)
- * Northern Dobruja (RO)
- * Southern Dobruja (BG)
- Galicia (PL, UA)
- Great Hungarian Plain (Great Alföld) (HU, RO, UK, SK)
- * Cumania (Kunság) (HU)
- **Greater Cumania (HU)
- **Little Cumania (HU)
- *Hajdúság (HU)
- *Jazygia (Jászság) (HU)
- Istria (HR, SI)
- Kuyavia (PL)
- Lithuania (Regions of Lithuania)
- *Aukštaitija or Upper Lithuania (LT)
- *Central Lithuania (LT, BY)
- *Samogitia or Lower Lithuania (LT)
- *Lithuania Minor or Prussian Lithuania (LT, RU)
- *Gorizia and Gradisca (IT, SI)
- Lubusz Land (DE, PL)
- Lusatia (DE, PL)
- *Lower Lusatia (DE, PL)
- *Upper Lusatia (DE, PL)
- Masovia (PL)
- Masuria (PL)
- Moldavia (MD, RO, UA)
- Moravia (CZ)
- Podlachia (BY, PL)
- Podolia (UA)
- Poland
- *Greater Poland (PL)
- *Lesser Poland (PL)
- **Podhale (PL)
- Polesia (BY, PL, UA)
- Pomerania (PL, DE)
- *Pomerelia (Eastern Pomerania) (PL)
- *Farther Pomerania (PL)
- *Hither Pomerania (DE, PL)
- Prekmurje (SI)
- Prussia (PL, DE, RU)
- *Ducal Prussia (RU, PL)
- *East Prussia (PL, RU)
- **Sambia (RU)
- *Netze District (PL)
- *New East Prussia (PL)
- *Royal Prussia (PL)
- **Culmland (PL)
- **Pomesania (PL)
- *South Prussia (PL)
- *West Prussia (PL)
- Ruthenia (PL,UA,BY)
- *White Ruthenia or Belarus (BY)
- *Black Ruthenia (BY)
- *Carpathian Ruthenia (UA)
- *Red Ruthenia (UA, PL)
- *Carpathian Ruthenia (UA)
- Saxony (DE)
- *Vogtland (DE)
- Silesia (PL)
- *Czech Silesia (Austrian Silesia) (CZ, PL)
- **Cieszyn Silesia (PL, CZ)
- ***Záolší (CZ)
- **Hlučínsko (CZ)
- *Lower Silesia (PL, CZ, DE)
- *Upper Silesia (PL, CZ)
- Slavonia (HR)
- Spiš (SK)
- Styria (AT, SI)
- *Lower Styria (SI)
- *Upper Styria (AT)
- Sudovia (LT, PL, BY)
- Syrmia (Sr, HR)
- Transdanubia (HU)
- *Swabian Turkey (HU)
- Transnistria (MD, UA)
- Transylvania (RO)
- *Burzenland (RO)
- *Crişana (RO)
- *Maramureş (RO)
- *Northern Transylvania (RO)
- *Nösnerland (RO)
- *Partium (RO)
- *Székelyföld (RO)
- Venetia Giulia (Julian March) (SI, IT)
- Vojvodina (Sr)
- Volhynia (UA)
- Wallachia (RO)
- *Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) (RO)
- *Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia) (RO)
- Warmia (RU, PL)
- Yedisan (UA)
Current subdivisions
For more historial and present-day regions in Central European countries see:- States of Austria
- Austria-Hungary
- Subdivisions of Belarus
- Regions of the Czech Republic
- States of Germany
- List of historic counties of Hungary
- Counties of Lithuania
- Regions of Lithuania (the historical and traditional ones)
- Moldova
- Voivodships of Poland
- Historical regions of Poland
- Counties of Romania
- List of traditional regions of Slovakia
- Regions of Ukraine
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