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The former Moravian Diet building. It now houses the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. The margrave held ultimate authority in Moravia, throughout the history of the margraviate. This meant that as its margraves became more foreign, so too did governance of the margraviate. Moravia possessed a legislature, known as the Moravian Diet.
In 1949 the territorial division of Czechoslovakia was radically changed, as the Moravian-Silesian Land was abolished and Lands were replaced by "kraje" (regions), whose borders substantially differ from the historical Bohemian-Moravian border, so Moravia politically ceased to exist after more than 1100 years (833–1949) of its history.
The Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (Czech: Českomoravská vrchovina, colloquially Vysočina; German: Böhmisch-Mährische Höhe) is a geomorphological macroregion and highland in the Czech Republic. Its highest peaks are the Javořice at 836.5 metres (2,744 ft) and Devět skal in the north (836.3 metres (2,744 ft)).
After the breakup of the Moravian Realm, the Moravian tribe was divided between the new states of Bohemia and Hungary. Part of western Moravians were assimilated by the Czechs and presently identify as Czechs. The modern nation of the Slovaks was formed out of the eastern part of the Moravian tribe within the Kingdom of Hungary. [9]
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The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: Moravskoslezské Beskydy ⓘ, Slovak: Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part of the Western Beskids within the Outer Western Carpathians.
Moravian Church, Protestant denomination established in fifteenth century in historic region of Moravia; Moravian Cemetery, a cemetery on Staten Island, NYC; Moravian chicken pie; Moravian Spice Cookies; Moravian star, is an illuminated Advent or Christmas decoration popular in Germany and areas with Moravian Churches
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