The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Czech: země Koruny české; German: Böhmische Kronländer; Latin: Corona regni Bohemiae), also called the Lands of the Crown of Saint Wenceslas (země Koruny svatováclavské) or simply the Bohemian Crown (Koruna česká) or Czech Crown lands (České korunní země), refers to the area connected by feudal relations under the joint rule of the Bohemian kings. Therefore the term does not refer to the physical crown worn by the Bohemian rulers - the Crown of Saint Wenceslas - but to the Bohemian state itself.
The Bohemian crown was neither a personal union nor a federation of equal members. Rather, the Kingdom of Bohemia had a higher status than the other incorporated constituent countries in the Holy Roman Empire. Beside the Bohemian crown, there were no common state institutions.
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