Austrian Partition

For other territories annexed, see Russian Partition and Prussian Partition.
The Austrian Partition
The Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772
Elimination
The three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Russian Partition (red), the Austrian Partition (green), and the Prussian Partition (blue)

The Austrian Partition (Polish: zabór austriacki) comprises the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth acquired by the Habsburg monarchy during the Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century. The three partitions were conducted jointly by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria, resulting in the complete elimination of the Polish Crown. Austria acquired Polish lands during the First Partition of 1772, and Third Partition of Poland in 1795.[1] In the end, the Austrian sector encompassed the second-largest share of the Commonwealth's population after Russia;[note 1] over 2.65 million people living on 128,900 km2 (49,800 sq mi) of land constituting the formerly south-central part of the Republic.[3]

  1. ^ Norman Davies (2005), "Galicia: The Austrian Partition", God's Playground A History of Poland, vol. II: 1795 to the Present, Oxford University Press, pp. 102–119, ISBN 0199253404, retrieved November 24, 2012
  2. ^ William Fiddian Reddaway, ed. (1941). "Galicia in the Period of Autonomy and Self-Government, 1849–1914". The Cambridge History of Poland. Vol. 2. CUP Archive. pp. 434–. ISBN 9287148821. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Norman Davies (2005). "Austrian Partition". God's Playground. A History of Poland. The Origins to 1795. Vol. I (revised ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 367, 393. ISBN 0199253390.


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