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See also:TESCHEN (See also:Czech, Tesin; See also:Polish, Cieszyn) , a See also:town of See also:Austria, in See also:Silesia, 50 M . S.E. of See also:Troppau by See also:rail . Pop . (1900) 19,142, of which over See also:half is See also:German, 43 per cent . See also:Polish and the See also:remainder See also:Czech . It is situated on the Olsa, a tributary of the See also:Oder, and combines both Polish and German peculiarities in the See also:style of its buildings . The only relic of the See also:ancient See also:castle is a square See also:tower, dating from the 12th See also:century . There are several See also:furniture factories and large saw-See also:mills . See also:Teschen is an old town and was the See also:capital of the duchy of Teschen . It was at Teschen that Maria See also:Theresa and See also:Frederick II. signed, in May 1779, the See also:Peace, which put an end to the See also:war of Bavarian See also:succession . The duchy of Teschen belonged to the See also:dukes of Upper Silesia, and since 1298 it stood under the See also:suzerainty of Bohemia . It became a See also:direct apanage of the Bohemian See also:crown in 1625 at the extinction of the male See also:line of its dukes, and since 1766 it See also:bore the name of See also:Saxe-Teschen, owing to the fact that See also:Prince See also:Albert of See also:Saxony, who married a daughter of Maria Theresa, received it as See also:part of his wife's See also:dowry .
In 1822, it was bestowed on the See also:Archduke See also: |
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