!!!Großmährisches Reich

Great Moravian Empire, west-Slavic empire, established around 830 
A.D., with centre near the confluence of the River Thaya and the River 
March/Morava; also included large areas of the Weinviertel and 
Waldviertel regions. It engaged in hostilities with the Frankish 
Empire and had its heyday under the rule of duke Swatopluk 
(d. 894). Christianised by Cyril and Methodius, destroyed by the 
Hungarians in 905.

!Literature
Grossmaehren und die christliche Mission bei den Slawen, 
catalogue, Vienna 1966; Der Heilige Method, Salzburg und die 
Slawenmission, 1987.


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