County of Kladsko

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County of Kladsko Kladské hrabství (Czech) Grafschaft Glatz (German) Hrabstwo kłodzkie (Polish)
1459–1818
Coat of arms
Grafschaft Glatz, 18th century
Status	Fiefdom of the Kingdom of Bohemia (until 1742) Part of the Kingdom of Prussia (1742–1818)
Capital	Kłodzko (Kladsko)
Common languages	Latin (officially) Czech German Polish
Religion	Roman Catholicism Protestantism
Government	County
History
• Duchy of Bohemia • Duchy of Poland • Definitely within Bohemia	870 1003 1137
• Raised to county by George of Podiebrad	1459
• Habsburg rule	1526
• Annexed by Prussia	1742
• Abolished de facto and incorporated into Prussian Silesia	1818
• Abolished de jure along with the Prussian monarchy	1918
• Fell to Poland	1945
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Bohemia Province of Silesia
Today part of	Poland

The County of Kladsko (Czech: Kladské hrabství, German: Grafschaft Glatz, Polish: Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit within Bohemia as a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kłodzko (Kladsko) on the Nysa river. The territory comprises the Kłodzko Land with the Kłodzko Valley in center within the Sudetes mountain range and roughly corresponds with the present-day Kłodzko County in the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship.