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Duchy of Nysa | |||||||||||
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1290–1850 | |||||||||||
![]() Map of Silesia by Martin Helwig, native of Nysa, published in 1645 in Atlas novus of Willem and Joan Blaeu. The Duchy of Nysa (here depicted as DVCATUS GROTKAVIENSIS) extends to Jeseník (Freiwaldau) in the south and Osoblaha (Hotzenplotz) in the east. | |||||||||||
Status | Silesian duchy | ||||||||||
Capital | Nysa | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages Early modern period | ||||||||||
1290 | |||||||||||
1342 | |||||||||||
• Acquired Grodków | 1344 | ||||||||||
1742 | |||||||||||
• Incorporated by Prussia | 1810 | ||||||||||
• Seized by Austria | 1850 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Poland Czechia |
The Duchy of Nysa (Polish: Księstwo Nyskie, Czech: Niské knížectví) or Duchy of Neisse (German: Herzogtum Neisse) was one of the duchies of Silesia with its capital at Nysa in Lower Silesia. Alongside the Duchy of Siewierz, it was the only ecclesiastical duchy in the Silesian region, as it was ruled by a bishop of the Catholic Church. Nowadays its territory is divided between Poland and the Czech Republic.