Map of the nationalities and languages of Moravia and Silesia, from from Prof. Anton Leo Hickmanns geographisch-statistischer Taschen-Atlas von Österreich-Ungarn (Vienna, 1900)

The Czechs were numerically the third strongest ethnic group in the Habsburg Monarchy. The Bohemian lands – Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia – were their main historical settlement areas. In many spheres they were caught up in bitter rivalry with their German-speaking compatriots.