County of Kladsko

County of Kladsko
Kladské hrabství (Czech)
Grafschaft Glatz (German)
Hrabstwo kłodzkie (Polish)
1459–1818
Coat of arms of Kladsko
Coat of arms
Grafschaft Glatz, 18th century
Grafschaft Glatz, 18th century
StatusFiefdom of the Kingdom of Bohemia (until 1742)
Part of the Kingdom of Prussia (1742–1818)
CapitalKłodzko (Kladsko)
Common languagesLatin (officially)
Czech
German
Polish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
GovernmentCounty
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 ofPoland

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.