County of Kladsko
The County of Kladsko (Czech: Kladské hrabství, German: Grafschaft Glatz, Polish: Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit within Bohemia as a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kłodzko (Kladsko) on the Nysa river. The territory comprises the Kłodzko Land with the Kłodzko Valley in center within the Sudetes mountain range and roughly corresponds with the present-day Kłodzko County in the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
County of Kladsko | |||||||||
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| 1459–1818 | |||||||||
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Grafschaft Glatz, 18th century | |||||||||
| Status | Fiefdom of the Kingdom of Bohemia (until 1742) Part of the Kingdom of Prussia (1742–1818) | ||||||||
| Capital | Kłodzko (Kladsko) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Latin (officially) Czech German Polish | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism Protestantism | ||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 870 1003 1137 | |||||||||
| 1459 | |||||||||
• Habsburg rule | 1526 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Prussia | 1742 | ||||||||
• Abolished de facto and incorporated into Prussian Silesia | 1818 | ||||||||
• Abolished de jure along with the Prussian monarchy | 1918 | ||||||||
• Fell to Poland | 1945 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
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