There are many historical regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this list, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of the Baltic Sea, the Elbe River, the Alps, the Danube River, the Black Sea and the Dnieper River. These historical regions were current in different time periods – from medieval to modern era – and may often overlap. National borders have been redrawn across those regions many times over the centuries, so usually a historical region cannot be assigned to any specific nation. The list below indicates which present-day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions.

Belarus

Croatia

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Czech Republic

Former historical regions of the Bohemian/Czech realm, excluding brief possessions:

Germany

The list does not include the states of Germany and former countries with frequently changing borders, such as Bavaria and Saxony.

Hungary

Former historical regions of Hungary, excluding brief possessions:

Lithuania

Main regions: Former historical regions of Lithuania, excluding temporary possessions:

Moldova

Poland

Main regions: Smaller regions: Former historical regions of Poland, excluding temporary possessions:

Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)

Slovenia

Western and central Ukraine

Former Austro-Hungarian Empire

The kingdoms and lands represented in the Austrian Imperial Council (Cisleithania)

• Archduchy of Austria 🇦🇹 • *Upper Austria 🇦🇹 • **Innviertel 🇦🇹 • **Hausruckviertel 🇦🇹 • **Mühlviertel 🇦🇹 • **Traunviertel 🇦🇹 • *Lower Austria 🇦🇹 • **Weinviertel 🇦🇹 • **Waldviertel 🇦🇹 • **Mostviertel 🇦🇹 • **Industrieviertel 🇦🇹 • Czech Lands 🇨🇿 • *Bohemia 🇨🇿 • **German Bohemia 🇨🇿 • **Bohemian Forest Region 🇨🇿 • *Moravia 🇨🇿 • **Moravian enclaves in Silesia 🇨🇿 • **German South Moravia 🇨🇿 • *Czech Silesia 🇨🇿 • **Cieszyn Silesia 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 • **Opavian Silesia 🇨🇿 • *Sudetenland 🇨🇿 • **Sudetenland Province 🇨🇿 • Silesia 🇵🇱 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇸🇰 • *Austrian Silesia 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 • **Czech Silesia 🇨🇿 • ***Cieszyn Silesia 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 • ***Opavian Silesia 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 • ***Trans-Olza 🇨🇿 • *Galician Silesia 🇵🇱 • **Duchy of Zator 🇵🇱 • **Duchy of Oświęcim 🇵🇱 • ** 🇵🇱 • Galicia 🇵🇱 🇺🇦 • *Eastern Galicia 🇺🇦 • *New Galicia 🇵🇱 • *Galician Silesia 🇵🇱 • **Duchy of Zator 🇵🇱 • **Duchy of Oświęcim 🇵🇱 • ** 🇵🇱 • *Kraków 🇵🇱 • *Lwów Land 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 • Bukovina 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 • Styria 🇦🇹 • *Upper Styria 🇦🇹 • *Central Styria 🇦🇹 • **Western Styria 🇦🇹 • **Eastern Styria 🇦🇹 • *Lower Styria • Carinthia 🇦🇹 🇮🇹 • *Austrian Carinthia 🇦🇹 • *Slovene Carinthia • *Carinthian Zones A & B 🇦🇹 • * 🇮🇹 • Salzburg 🇦🇹 • Tyrol 🇦🇹 🇮🇹 • *North Tyrol 🇦🇹 • *East Tyrol 🇦🇹 • *South Tyrol 🇮🇹 • *Trentino 🇮🇹 • *Ladinia 🇮🇹 • Vorarlberg 🇦🇹 • Carniola 🇸🇮 • *Inner Carniola 🇸🇮 • *Lower Carniola 🇸🇮 • **White Carniola 🇸🇮 • *Upper Carniola 🇸🇮 • *Windic March 🇸🇮 • *Gottschee

Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Kingdom of Hungary or Transleithania)

• Bačka 🇭🇺 • Banat • Banovina 🇭🇷 • Baranya 🇭🇺 🇭🇷 • Crişana • Dalmatia 🇭🇷 • Délvidék 🇭🇺 • Göcsej 🇭🇺 • Great Hungarian Plain 🇭🇺 • Hajdúság 🇭🇺 • Hortobágy 🇭🇺 • Istria 🇭🇷 • Jászság 🇭🇺 • Kiskunság 🇭🇺 • Konavle 🇭🇷 • Kordun 🇭🇷 • Kunság 🇭🇺 • Lika 🇭🇷 • Međimurje 🇭🇷 • Morlachia 🇭🇷 • Nagykunság 🇭🇺 • Pannonia • Partium • Požega Valley 🇭🇷 • Slavonia 🇭🇷 • Syrmia 🇭🇷 🇷🇸 • Transdanubia 🇭🇺 • Transylvania • Upper Hungary

Other regions

• Austria • *Lower Austria 🇦🇹 • *Upper Austria 🇦🇹 • Austrian Littoral (Primorska) 🇮🇹 🇸🇮 • Bačka 🇷🇸 🇭🇺 • Banat 🇷🇴 🇷🇸 🇭🇺 • Burgenland 🇦🇹 • Carinthia 🇦🇹 🇸🇮 • Crișana 🇷🇴 🇭🇺 • Dobruja 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 • *Northern Dobruja 🇷🇴 • *Southern Dobruja 🇧🇬 • East Elbia • Illyria • Istria 🇸🇮 • Northern Italy • *Carnia 🇮🇹 • *Friuli 🇮🇹 • *Gorizia and Gradisca 🇮🇹 🇸🇮 • *Lombardy 🇮🇹 • **Insubria • **Ticino • **Valtellina • Jazygia 🇭🇺 • Maramureș 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 • Moldavia 🇲🇩 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 • *Bessarabia 🇲🇩 🇺🇦 • **Budjak 🇺🇦 • *Bukovina 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 • *Hertsa 🇺🇦 • *Western Moldavia 🇷🇴 • Orava 🇸🇰 🇵🇱 • Partium 🇷🇴 🇭🇺 🇺🇦 🇸🇰 • Prussia 🇵🇱 🇷🇺 🇱🇹 • Romandy • Spiš 🇸🇰 🇵🇱 • Styria 🇦🇹 🇸🇮 • *Lower Styria 🇸🇮 • *Upper Styria 🇦🇹 • Transdanubia 🇭🇺 • *Swabian Turkey 🇭🇺 • Transylvania • *Burzenland 🇷🇴 • *Northern Transylvania 🇷🇴 • *Nösnerland 🇷🇴 • *Székelyföld 🇷🇴 • Tyrol 🇮🇹 🇦🇹 • *North Tyrol 🇦🇹 • *East Tyrol 🇦🇹 • *South Tyrol 🇮🇹 • *Trentino 🇮🇹 • Vojvodina 🇷🇸 • Wallachia 🇷🇴 • *Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) 🇷🇴 • *Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia) 🇷🇴 • White Croatia 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 🇸🇰

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