Detlef Brandes
Detlef Brandes (born 1941) is a German historian who is known for his writings on the history of the Czech lands. He teaches modern history at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and heads the Institute for the History and Culture of Germans in Eastern Europe there. References Further reading

* Dietmar Neutatz and Volker Zimmermann (eds.): ''Die Deutschen und das östliche Europa. Aspekte einer vielfältigen Beziehungsgeschichte. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Detlef Brandes.'' Klartext Verlag, Essen 2006, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandes, Detlef 20th-century German historians Historians of the Czech Republic Living people 1941 births 21st-century German male writers 20th-century German male writers 21st-century German historians Academic staff of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...
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Czech Lands
The Czech lands or the Bohemian lands ( cs, České země ) are the three historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia. Together the three have formed the Czech part of Czechoslovakia since 1918, the Czech Socialist Republic since 1 January 1969 and the Czech Republic since 1 January 1993. The Czech lands are also referred to as Czechia. In a historical context, Czech texts use the term to refer to any territory ruled by the Kings of Bohemia, i.e., the lands of the Bohemian Crown (') as established by Emperor Charles IV in the 14th century. This would include territories like the Lusatias (which in 1635 fell to Saxony) and the whole of Silesia, all ruled from Prague Castle at that time. After the conquest of Silesia by the Prussian king Frederick the Great in 1742, the remaining lands of the Bohemian Crown—Bohemia, Moravia and Austrian Silesia—have been more or less co-extensive with the territory of the modern-day Czech Republic. Alternative names The ...
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