Treaty of Prague (1973)

Territorial evolution of Germany in the 20th century
Pre-World War II Treaty of Versailles (1919) Silesian Uprisings (1918–1919) Polish Corridor Return of the Saar Basin (1935) Remilitarization of the Rhineland (1936) Anschluss with Austria (1938) Munich Agreement (1938) Seizure of Czechoslovakia (1939) Treaty of the Cession of the Memel Territory to Germany (1939)
World War II Großdeutschland Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany Tehran Conference (1943) Yalta Conference (1945)
Post-World War II Potsdam Conference (1945) Dutch annexations (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Treaty of Zgorzelec (1950) Return of Heligoland (1952) Saar Treaty (1956) "Little Reunification" with Saarland (1957) Return of Selfkant (1963) Treaty of Warsaw (1970) Two Plus Four Treaty (1990) German-Polish Border Treaty (1990)
Areas Former eastern territories of Germany
Adjacent countries Territorial evolution of Poland Territorial changes of the Baltic states

The Treaty of Prague was a treaty signed on 11 December 1973, in Prague, by the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and Czechoslovakia, in which the two States recognized each other diplomatically and declared the 1938 Munich Agreements to be null and void - by acknowledging the inviolability of their common borders and abandoning all territorial claims.^[1]

The Treaty of Prague was a strong element of the Ostpolitik put forward by the German Chancellor Willy Brandt and supported by his ruling party in the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany. Also, since Germany (the FRG) and Czechoslovakia had never signed any treaty since the Second World War, this treaty functioned as a peace treaty between the two countries and it continues to do so. The western part of Czechoslovakia that borders with Germany has now split off and become the Czech Republic, which has also ratified this treaty.

References

↑ United States-Department of State. Documents on Germany 1944-1985. Washington: Department of State, [s.d.], pp. 1256-1258.

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