page_title: Austrian Partition
hierarchical_section_title: Austrian Partition
caption_attribution_description: Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Падзелы Рэчы Паспалітай (1772, 1793 і 1795). English: Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, 1793 and 1795. Deutsch: Die Teilungen Polen-Litauens 1772, 1793 und 1795.
context_page_description: The Austrian Partition comprise the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth acquired by the Habsburg Monarchy during the Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century. The three partitions were conducted jointly by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria, resulting in the complete elimination of the Polish Crown. Austria acquired Polish lands during the First Partition of 1772, and Third Partition of Poland in 1795. In the end, the Austrian sector encompassed the second-largest share of the Commonwealth's population after Russia; over 2.65 million people living on 128,900 km² of land constituting formerly south-central part of the Republic.
context_section_description: The Austrian Partition (Polish: zabór austriacki) comprise the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth acquired by the Habsburg Monarchy during the Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century. The three partitions were conducted jointly by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria, resulting in the complete elimination of the Polish Crown. Austria acquired Polish lands during the First Partition of 1772, and Third Partition of Poland in 1795. In the end, the Austrian sector encompassed the second-largest share of the Commonwealth's population after Russia; over 2.65 million people living on 128,900 km² (49,800 sq mi) of land constituting formerly south-central part of the Republic.
caption: The three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Russian Partition (red), the Austrian Partition (green), and the Prussian Partition (blue)
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