!!!Mähren

Moravia, one of the Habsburg lands (margraviate) and integral part of 
the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy until 1918; area 22,220 km%%sup 2/%; of 
an overall population of 2,620,914 inhabitants in 1910 70.33 % 
were Slavs (mainly Czechs and Slovaks in the eastern part of the 
region) 29.38 % of German and 1,82 % of Jewish origin. The 
Landtag of Brno (then Bruenn) had 100 members and 43 deputies were 
sent to Vienna.

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Economy: agriculture (grain, potatoes, sugar beet and considerable 
livestock breeding), mining (hard coal), industry (textiles, metal 
industry, mining, machinery, timber industry, sugar and food 
industry).

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Moravia had 6 statutory towns, 34 district commissions, the 
archdiocese of Olomouc (then Olmuetz), the diocese of Brno (then 
Bruenn), one German and one Czech University of Technology, 30 
Gymnasium-type schools (14 of them German), 28 secondary schools (16 
of them German) and 11 vocational training schools for teachers (5 of 
them German). - During the 6%%sup th/%  century Slavic tribes settled 
in Moravia and founded the Great Moravian Empire (derived from the 
River Morava) in the 9%%sup th/%  century. The town of Hodonin 
(formerly Goeding) formed the centre of this empire which extended as 
far as the Weinviertel (region of Lower Austria) and had contacts with 
the Byzantine Empire (due to the missionary activities of the Greek 
apostles Cyril and Methodius). In 905 the Moravian Empire was brought 
to a fall by invading Hungarians. Around 1029 M. was annexed to 
Bohemia; it was made a margraviate by Emperor Friedrich I in 1182 but 
remained part of Bohemia in terms of feudal law. In 1526 the Habsburgs 
obtained possession of the region. In the 19%%sup th/%  century 
national rivalries between Czechs and Germans reached a critical 
stage. However, tensions eased when in 1905 self-governing bodies for 
the two groups and the use of both languages at authorities and in 
schools were introduced. M. was integrated into Czechoslovakia on 
October 28, 1918, after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian 
Monarchy.


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