The Teschen Question at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920 Page: 1
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THE HISTORIC ETHNOGRAPHIC AND
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE DUCHY
OF TESCHEN SILESIA
The province of Teschen in Silesia is an area that has
been ethnographically mixed for centuries.1 Located in the
southeastern corner of Austrian Silesia, adjoining the
Silesia of Troppau, it had been at one time a part of
ancient Silesia (now Prussian Silesia). This district had
been occupied by Slav tribes as early as the fifth century
of the Christian Era.2 During the early Middle Ages the
area had been sparsely populated by groups of Czechs and
Poles who acknowledged the suzerainty of Polish or Bohemian
kings.3 In the tenth century the Teschen district was in-
cluded in the kingdom of Bohemia and the Diocese of Prague.4
Toward the end of the same century, however, the Duchy came
under Polish rule and was included in the Diocese of Breslau,
in which it still remains.5 Later, Teschen was reconquered
1The Czech spelling is "T s n"; the Polish spelling is
"Cieszyn." However, the German spelling "Teschen" was used
at the Peace Conference.
2H. W. V. Temperley, A History ofThe Peace Conference,
6 vols. (London, 1921), IV, 35L-55.
31bid. 41bid., 356.
51bid.1
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Dixon, Thomazena. The Teschen Question at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920, thesis, December 1971; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663522/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .