Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
10-1-1946
Document Type
Article
Keywords
cieszyn, silesia, evangelical church, mezrici, trzanowski, lutheran, moravia, polish, prague, slavonic, reformation, bohemian, poland, catholicism
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
Where the largest and mightiest Polish River, the Vistula, rises, lies a small country known as Cieszyn Silesia (Teschen Silesia). After the last World War two Slavonic sister nations, Poland and Czechoslovakia, shared this land between them. To a large extent the river Olza formed a natural boundary between these two nations, and the old capital, the city of Cieszyn, was divided between them. From 1290 until 1653 this country was an independent dukedom. The rulers were the Dukes of Sieszyn of the Royal House of the Piasts. After the death of the last duchess of Sieszyn, Elizabeth Lucretia, who left no successor, the land was incorporated into the Hapsburg Monarchy and remained under that rule until the year 1918.
Disciplines
History of Christianity
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Wantula, Andrew
(1946)
"The Slavonic Luther,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 17, Article 57.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol17/iss1/57
