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Free City of Krakow
1815–1846
The "Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Kraków with its Territory" (Wolne Miasto Kraków) was created by the Congress of Vienna (Article VII of the treaty of 3 May 1815) from part of the former Duchy of Warsaw, jointly protected by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Capital: Kraków; area ~1,189 km²; population ~85% Catholic, ~14% Jewish; first president Stanisław Wodzicki (1815–1831).
- Existed
- 1815–1846
- Shown on the map
- 1815–1845
- Peak area
- 2k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The "Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Kraków with its Territory" (Wolne Miasto Kraków) was created by the Congress of Vienna (Article VII of the treaty of 3 May 1815) from part of the former Duchy of Warsaw, jointly protected by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Capital: Kraków; area ~1,189 km²; population ~85% Catholic, ~14% Jewish; first president Stanisław Wodzicki (1815–1831). It received a constitution in 1815, revised and expanded in 1818, establishing significant autonomy, and its Jagiellonian University could admit students from all the partitions, making it a hub of Polish patriotic and intellectual life. During the November Uprising (1830–31) it served as an arms-smuggling base; afterward its autonomy was curtailed, the police placed under Austrian control, and it was occupied by the Austrian army (1836–1841). After the failed Kraków Uprising, Austria unilaterally annexed it on 16 November 1846 as the Grand Duchy of Kraków (within Galicia).
Common questions
- What was Free City of Krakow?
- The "Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Kraków with its Territory" (Wolne Miasto Kraków) was created by the Congress of Vienna (Article VII of the treaty of 3 May 1815) from part of the former Duchy of Warsaw, jointly protected by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Capital: Kraków; area ~1,189 km²; population ~85% Catholic, ~14% Jewish; first president Stanisław Wodzicki (1815–1831).
- When did Free City of Krakow exist?
- Free City of Krakow existed 1815–1846. On this map it is drawn 1815–1845.
- How large was Free City of Krakow?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Free City of Krakow covered about 2,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, napoleon.org (Fondation Napoléon), the Deutsches Historisches Museum, and academic studies (H-France Review, the *Napoleonica* journal) on the Revolution's and Napoleon's contested death tolls and legacy. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Free City of Cracow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_City_of_Cracow
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