Bohemia
Bohemia, sometimes Chequy ([ˈt͡ʃɛki]; Bohemian: Čechij) and officially the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Země Koruny české), is a country situated in central Europe. Landlocked, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Saxony to the north, Poland in the northeast, and Slovakia in the southeast. In modern-day Europe, it is recognized as one of the only extant ODN-aligned Slavic states alongside Illyria. As the contemporary Bohemian state is a renovated continuation of its medieval form, Bohemia is formally comprised of two equal and federal Crown entities — the Kingdom of Bohemia and the smaller Margraviate of Moravia.
Kingdom of Bohemia České království | |
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Location of Bohemia in Europe. | |
Capital and largest city | Prague |
Official languages | Bohemian |
Ethnic groups (1980) |
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Religion | Neo-Hussitism, Catholicism, Judaism, and others |
Government | Constitutional monarchy |
Establishment | |
• Establishment | 1348 |
• Habsburg acquisition of Bohemia | 1526 |
• Sternberg rule under Augustine dominion | 1803–1814 |
• Independence & restoration of Sternberg monarchy | 1939 |