There are many 'historical
regions of
Central Europe'. For the purpose of this list, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of the
Baltic Sea, the
Elbe River, the
Alps, the
Danube River, the
Black Sea and the
Dnepr River. Note that these regions come from different time periods - from medieval to modern era - and may often overlap. National borders have been drawn across those regions multiple times over centuries so usually they cannot be assigned to any specific nation. The list below indicates which present-day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions.
Key (mostly
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2):
'AT' -
Austria, 'BG' -
Bulgaria, 'BY' -
Belarus, 'CZ' -
Czech Republic, 'DE' -
Germany, 'HU' -
Hungary, 'LT' -
Lithuania, 'MD' -
Moldova, 'PL' -
Poland, 'RU' -
Russian Federation, 'RO' -
Romania, 'SK' -
Slovakia, 'SI' -
Slovenia, 'Sr' -
Serbia, 'UA' -
Ukraine
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Austria
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Lower Austria (AT)
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Upper Austria (AT)
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Austrian Littoral (
Primorska) (IT, SI, HR)
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BaÄka (Sr, HU)
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Banat (RO, Sr, HU)
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Baranya (HU, C)
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Bavaria (DE)
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Bessarabia (MD, UA)
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Budjak (UA)
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Gagauzia (MD, UA)
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Bohemia (CZ)
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Bohemian Forest Region (CZ)
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German Bohemia (CZ)
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Egerland (CZ)
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Sudetenland (CZ)
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Brandenburg (DE, PL)
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Altmark (DE)
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Mittelmark (DE)
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Neumark (PL)
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Prignitz (DE)
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Uckermark (DE)
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Bukovina (RO, HU, UA, MD)
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Hertza (UA)
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Carinthia (AT, SI)
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Slovene Carinthia
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Carniola (SI)
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Inner Carniola (SI)
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Lower Carniola (SI)
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White Carniola (SI)
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Upper Carniola (SI)
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Central Croatia (HR)
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Civil Croatia (HR)
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Croatian Littoral (HR)
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Croatian Highlands (HR)
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Međimurje (HR)
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Morlachia (HR)
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Dalmatia (HR)
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Dobruja (RO, BG)
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Northern Dobruja (RO)
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Southern Dobruja (BG)
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Friuli (IT)
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Gorizia and Gradisca (IT, SI)
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Carnia (IT)
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Galicia (PL, UA)
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Great Hungarian Plain (Nagy Alföld) (HU, RO, UK, SK)
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Kunság (Cumania) (HU)
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Nagykunság (HU)
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Kiskunság (HU)
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Hajdúság (HU)
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Jászság (HU)
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Istria (HR, SI, IT)
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Kuyavia (PL)
★ Lithuania (
Regions of Lithuania)
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Aukštaitija or Upper Lithuania (LT)
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Central Lithuania (LT, BY)
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Samogitia or
Lower Lithuania (LT)
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Lithuania Minor or Prussian Lithuania (LT, RU)
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Lubusz Land (DE, PL)
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Lusatia (DE, PL)
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Lower Lusatia (DE, PL)
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Upper Lusatia (DE, PL)
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Masovia (PL)
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Masuria (PL)
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Moldavia (MD, RO, UA)
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Moravia (CZ)
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German South Moravia (CZ)
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Moravian Slovakia (CZ)
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Moravian Wallachia (CZ)
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Podlachia (BY, PL)
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Podolia (UA)
★ Poland
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Greater Poland (PL)
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Lesser Poland (PL)
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Podhale (PL)
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Polesie (BY, PL, UA)
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Pomerania (PL, DE)
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Pomerelia (Eastern Pomerania) (PL)
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Farther Pomerania (PL)
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Hither Pomerania (DE, PL)
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Prekmurje (SI)
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Prussia (PL, DE, RU)
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Duchy of Prussia (RU, PL)
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East Prussia (PL, RU)
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Sambia (RU)
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Netze District (PL)
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New East Prussia (PL)
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Royal Prussia (PL)
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Culmland (PL)
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Pomesania (PL)
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South Prussia (PL)
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West Prussia (PL)
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Ruthenia (PL,UA,BY)
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★ White Ruthenia or
Belarus (BY)
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Black Ruthenia (BY)
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Carpathian Ruthenia (UA)
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Red Ruthenia (UA, PL)
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Carpathian Ruthenia (UA)
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Saxony (DE)
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Osterland (DE)
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Pleissnerland (DE)
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Vogtland (DE)
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Silesia (PL)
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Czech Silesia (Austrian Silesia) (CZ, PL)
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Cieszyn Silesia (PL, CZ)
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Záolšà (CZ)
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HluÄÃnsko (CZ)
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Lower Silesia (PL, CZ, DE)
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Upper Silesia (PL, CZ)
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Slavonia (HR)
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Spiš (SK)
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Styria (AT, SI)
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Lower Styria (SI)
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Upper Styria (AT)
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Sudovia (LT, PL, BY)
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Syrmia (Sr, HR)
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Transdanubia (HU)
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Swabian Turkey (HU)
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Transnistria (MD, UA)
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Transylvania (RO)
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Burzenland (RO)
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CriÅŸana (RO)
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MaramureÅŸ (RO)
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Northern Transylvania (RO)
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Nösnerland (RO)
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Partium (RO)
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Székelyföld (RO)
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Vojvodina (Sr)
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Volhynia (UA)
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Wallachia (RO)
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Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) (RO)
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Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia) (RO)
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Warmia (RU, PL)
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White Croatia (CZ, PL, SK)
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White Serbia
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Yedisan (UA)
See also
For more historical and present-day regions in Central European countries see:
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States of Austria
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Austria-Hungary
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Subdivisions of Belarus
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Regions of the Czech Republic
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States of Germany
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List of historic counties of Hungary
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Counties of Lithuania
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Regions of Lithuania (the historical and traditional ones)
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Moldova
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Voivodships of Poland
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Counties of Romania
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List of traditional regions of Slovakia
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Historical regions of Ukraine
Related pages:
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Historical regions of the Balkan Peninsula