TESCHEN

tĕˈshən, Czech Tĕšín, Pol. Cieszyn, former principality (c.850 sq mi/2,200 sq km), now divided between the Czech Republic and Poland. Teschen was its chief town. A part of Silesia, the principality was under Bohemia from 1292 to 1625, when it came under Hapsburg rule. It remained part of Austria until 1918. Its important coal mines (the Karviná basin) and iron deposits and its strategic concentration of several major rail lines made it an object of dispute between Poland and Czechoslovakia, each of which claimed Teschen on ethnic grounds. After World War I the Conference of Ambassadors, a body formed to help implement the Versailles Treaty, divided (1920) Teschen, giving the western section, including the Karviná basin, to Czechoslovakia and the eastern agricultural section to Poland. The town of Teschen also was divided into a Polish section, Cieszyn, and a Czech section, Ceský Tĕšín. Poland, however, continued to claim the Czech section and seized it (Oct., 1938) after the Munich Pact. During World War II the entire region was annexed to Germany, but in 1945 the status quo as of 1920 was restored despite Polish claims.

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books on: Teschen  - 419 results

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Security against War - Vol. 1
Book by Frances Kellor, Antonia Hatvany; Macmillan Co., 1924
Subjects: Arbitration, International, League Of Nations, Permanent Court Of International Justice, Reconstruction (1914-1939), World War, 1914-1918--Territorial Questions
...industrial section, could explain the case of Teschen, where, under conditions even more difficult...it had been possible to cut the town of Teschen itself the frontier crossing the center...thus separated." 36 The analogy with Teschen fails in the following respects: 1 The...
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Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler: The Diplomacy of Edvard Benes in the 1930s
Book by Igor Lukes; Oxford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--Foreign Relations, Czechoslovakia--Foreign Relations--Germany, Czechoslovakia--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Germany--Foreign Relations--Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Czechoslovakia
...Hillerson File, 220/21 Rus . 64. Teschen Tesn in Czech, Cieszyn in Polish was...Of the regions four districts, three Teschen, Bielsko, and Frysztat were predominantly...Czech. Altogether, 69 percent of the Teschen population was Polish. The duchy of Teschen...
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The New Europe
Book by Bernard Newman; The Macmillan company, 1943
Subjects: Europe--History--1914-, Europe--Politics And Government--1914-, World War, 1939-1945--Peace
...resentment which forbade this happy union -- Teschen, that disputed country about which so...back as the ninth century the Duchy of Teschen in the south-eastern corner of Silesia...by electing members of Parliament from Teschen. The Czechs promptly marched in, and...
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Christianity under the Ancien Raegime, 1648-1789
Book by W. R. Ward; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Church History--17th Century, Church History--18th Century, Europe--Church History--17th Century, Europe--Church History--18th Century
...into the revival business. The Grace churches: Teschen Among the diplomats in the camp at Altranstadt...get the most important of the Grace churches for Teschen in Upper Silesia. Teschen was strategically crucial, the natural meetingground...
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Poland: Key to Europe
Book by Raymond Leslie Buell; A.A. Knopf, 1939
Subjects: Minorities--Poland, Poland--Economic Policy, Poland--Foreign Relations, Poland--Politics And Government--1918-
...Czech, as follows: 46 Frystat Bohumin Teschen Jablunkov Totals Total 91,054 51,011...Czech census was inaccurate. In securing Teschen, Poland improved its strategic position...new foreign markets. The annexation of Teschen was a factor leading to the new trade...
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Upper Silesia 1870-1920: Between Region, Religion, Nation and Ethnicity
Journal article by Tomasz Kamusella; East European Quarterly, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Politics--Analysis, Silesia--History
...as West and East Silesia centered on Troppau (Opava) and Teschen (Cieszyn/Cesky Tesin), respectively. (9.) I use the...Cf. Kevin Hannan, Borders of Language and Identity in Teschen Silesia (Ser.: Berkley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics...
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Reich, Nation, Volk: Early Modern Perspectives
Journal article by Joachim Whaley; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006
Subjects: German literature--Analysis, National identity--Analysis
...Sweden and the emperor, that had guaranteed the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; Russia became a guarantor after the Peace of Teschen in 1779). The Reich itself had no regular forces with which to repel the repeated French invasions of the 1790s (Gotthard...
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Josef Klemens Pilsudski: Robert Pearce Introduces the Man Who Has Been Called 'The George Washington of Poland'
Journal article by Robert Pearce; History Review, 2003
Subjects: Pilsudski, Josef Klemens--Appreciation, Poland--History, Statesmen
...corridor), with Lithuania (which had wanted Vilna as its capital), and with Czechoslovakia (which had claimed the Duchy of Teschen). There were problems here for the future, which may to some extent be held to Pilsudskis debit account. In his defence...
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Putting Eastern Europe Back into Western Civilization: Or, Why Is the Russian Stuff Always at the End?
Journal article by John K. Cox; Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, Vol. 27, 2002
Subjects: Civilization, Western--Study and teaching, Eastern Europe--Study and teaching, History--Study and teaching
...What religion do the Romany (Gypsies) adhere to? How do we find maps with regions such as Bukovina, Dobrudja, Epirus, Teschen, Moravia, Transdnistria, and Friulia? What was the relationship of the Kashubians to the Poles, and of the Ruthenians...
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A Short Account of My Early Life
Journal article by Wladyslaw Spiridion Kliszezewski; The Conradian : the Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.), Vol. 34, 2009
...boundary of Poland, I found still many of the people speaking Polish, and so had little difficulty in pressing on my way through Teschen and Weisskirche. The money I had been given on starting still held out and was sufficient for my frugal wants. I was now...
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Schubert's Pepi: His Love Affair with the Chambermaid Josepha Pöcklhofer and Her Surprising Fate
Magazine article by Rita Steblin; Musical Times, Vol. 149, Summer 2008
Subjects: Music, Musical performances, Musicians & conductors, Personality traits, Religion, Singers, Society
...Gattin des Cassiers im erzherzoglich Albrechtschen Brauhause in Teschen 28 Jahre alt. Pepi was also survived by the daughter of her...1887 and assigned a pension of 1200f. In 1888 he moved to Teschen (in Austrian Silesia) to live with his daughter Marie, who...
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A Fatal Guarantee: Poland, 1939
Magazine article by Nicholas Henderson; History Today, Vol. 47, October 1997
Subjects: France--History, Poland--History, United Kingdom--History, 1900-, World War, 1939-1945--Causes of
...Nazis as a relief from the entrenched anti-Polish rulers of Germany. He had played a leading part in Polands seizure of Teschen from Czechoslovakia at the time of the Munich crisis. The guarantee meant an undertaking to use force to defend a country...
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The Albertina Drawings
Magazine article by Arthur C. Danto; The Nation, Vol. 240, April 13, 1985
Subjects: Drawing--Criticism and interpretation, Durer, Albrecht--Exhibitions, Michelangelo Buonarroti--Exhibitions, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn--Exhibitions, Rubens, Peter Paul--Exhibitions, Watteau, Antoine--Exhibitions
...rise to the connoisseur. One of the great collectors and connoisseurs of the eighteenth century was Duke Albert von Saxe-Teschen, whose massive collection of works on paper constitute the basic holdings of the Albertina Museum of Vienna. Seventy-five...
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No More Munichs! What the Media Won't Tell
Magazine article by Gene H. Ben-Villada; Monthly Review, Vol. 39, April 1988
Subjects: Fascism--History, German history, Germany--History, Munich four-power agreement, 1938--History, World War, 1939-1945--History
...open to outside attack, and in March 1939 German troops marched into Bohemia and Moravia. The disputed areas of Ruthenia and Teschen were in turn gobbled up by Hungary and Poland (then under quasifascist regimes), and Slovakia declared "independence...


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Film: Sheer Magic; THE BIG PICTURE
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 2, 2007
Subjects: The Illusionist (Motion picture)
...entourage in tow, including his beautiful fiancee, Sophie von Teschen (Biel), and wily police Chief Inspector Uhl (Giamatti...Edward Norton as Eisenheim, and Jessica Biel, as Sophie von Teschen, in a scene from The Illusionist
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THE KING THANKS THE NATION CALM RESOLVE DURING THE CRITICAL PERIOD HOPE FOR NEW ERA IN CONDITIONS GERMAN AND POLISH OCCUPATION OF CEDED AREAS October 3
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 14, 1998
...Saturday, and Polish troops, following the Czechoslovak Governments decision on Saturday to cede the Teschen-Silesia area, entered Teschen on the northern border of Slovakia. The four zones ar e being occupied by German troops as follows...
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AT THE MOVIES: TRICK'S A TREAT; A Good Old Howdunnit FILM OF THE WEEK THE ILLUSIONIST (PG)
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), February 25, 2007
Subjects: Biel, Jessica, Motion pictures, Movies, The Illusionist (Motion picture)
...charismatic magician visiting Vienna in the early-1900s, who during one performance calls up on stage the beautiful Sophie von Teschen (Biel), who is set to be engaged - against her will - to the Crown Prince (Sewell). But Eisenheim realises he knows her...
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Love Gets Tricky in 'Illusionist'
Newspaper article by Jeff Tuckman; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 12, 2007
Subjects: Video recordings--Video recording reviews
...last century. One night, he brings a young lady on stage to assist him with a trick. She turns out to be Duchess Sophie Von Teschen (Jessica Biel), who met Eisenheim years earlier. They fell in love as teenagers, but could not get together because of...
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Norton Magic: Sparse Illusion; His Eisenheim Too Distant to Connect with Film Audience
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 18, 2006
...has enough reason to distrust Leopold, but his animus boils over when he learns the prince is to marry Duchess Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel of "7th Heaven" fame, cast against type). Years earlier, Eisenheim shared a brief romance with the young...
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encyclopedia articles on: Teschen  - 9 results

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Teschen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TESCHEN te sh n, Czech Tesin, Pol. Cieszyn...between the Czech Republic and Poland. Teschen was its chief town. A part of Silesia...Czechoslovakia, each of which claimed Teschen on ethnic grounds. After World War I the...
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Silesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the former Austrian principality of Teschen . A second, much smaller part of Silesia...Maria Theresa ceded all of Silesia except Teschen and present Czech Silesia to Prussia...Poland. The contested city and district of Teschen were partitioned in 1920 between Poland...
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Bavarian Succession, War of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Saxony, declared war on Austria and invaded Bohemia. No serious engagement took place, and the war ended with the Congress of Teschen (1779). Austria renounced its claims but retained the Inn quarter, a small but fertile and densely populated triangle of...
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Poland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Poland secured parts of its claims. Poland also became involved in protracted disputes over Vilnius with Lithuania and over Teschen with Czechoslovakia. About one third of newly created Poland was made up of ethnic Germans, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews...
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Jemappes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...include iron and steel. At Jemappes in 1792 the French under Dumouriez defeated the Austrians under Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen in one of the first important battles of the French Revolutionary Wars. The victory opened the way to Brussels for the French...
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