Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain, and Sweden
(Vienna) June 9, 1815
In French. (Hertslet, i, No.27)
Article I. The Duchy of Warsaw, with the exception of the provinces and districts which are otherwise disposed of by the following Articles, is
united to the Russian Empire. It shall be irrevocably attached to it by its Constitution, and be possessed by His Majesty the Emperor of all the
Russias, his heirs and successors in perpetuity. His Imperial Majesty reserves to himself to give to this State, enjoying a distinct administration, the interior improvement which he shall judge proper. He shall assume with his other titles that of Czar, King of Poland, agreeably to the form established for the titles attached to his other possessions.
The Poles, who are respective subjects of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, shall obtain a Representation and National Institutions, regulated according
to the degree of political consideration, that each of the Governments to which they belong shall judge expedient and proper to grant them.
Article II. The part of the Duchy of Warsaw which His Majesty the King of Prussia shall possess in full sovereignty and property, for himself, his
heirs, and (p.55) successors, under the title of the Grand Duchy of Posen, shall be comprised within the following line :-
(Here follow the limits of Prussian territory)
Article VI. The Town of Cracow, with its Territory, is declared to be for ever a Free, Independent, and strictly Neutral City, under the protection of
Austria, Russia, and Prussia.
Article VII. The Territory of the Free Town of Cracow shall have for its frontier upon the left bank of the Vistula a line, which, beginning at the
spot near the village of Wollica, where a stream falls into the Vistula, shall ascend this stream by Clo and Koscielniki as far as Czulice, so that
these villages may be included in the district of the Free Town of Cracow; from thence passing along the frontiers of these villages the line shall
continue by Dzickanovice, Garlice, Tomaszow, Karniowice, which shall also remain in the territory of Cracow, to the point where the limit begins which separates the district of Krzeszovice from that of Olkusz; from thence it shall follow this limit between the two said provinces, till it reaches the frontiers of Silesian Prussia.
Article VIII. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, wishing particularly to facilitate as much as possible on his part, the commercial relations, and
good neighbourhood between Galicia and the Free Town of Cracow, grants for ever to the town of Podgorze, the privileges of a Free Commercial Town, such as are enjoyed by the town of Brody. This liberty of commerce shall extend to a distance of 500 toises from the barrier of the suburbs of the town of Podgorze.
In consequence of this perpetual concession, which nevertheless shall not affect the rights of sovereignty of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic
Majesty, the Austrian custom-houses shall be established only in places (p.56) situated beyond that limit. No military establishment shall be formed
that can menace the Neutrality of Cracow, or obstruct the liberty of commerce which His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty grants to the town
and district of Podgorze.
Article IX. The Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia engage to respect, and to cause to be always respected, the Neutrality of the Free Town of
Cracow and its Territory. No armed force shall be introduced upon any pretence whatever.
On the other hand it is understood and expressly stipulated that no asylum shall be afforded in the free town and territory of Cracow to fugitives,
deserters, and persons under prosecution, belonging to the country of either of the High Powers aforesaid; and in the event of the demand of their
surrender by the competent authorities, such individuals shall be arrested and given up without delay, and conveyed, under a proper escort, to the
guard appointed to receive them at the frontier.
Article X. The dispositions of the Constitution of the Free Town of Cracow, concerning the Academy, the Bishopric, and the Chapter of that town, such as they are specified in Articles VII, SV, XVI, and XVII of the additional Treaty relative to Cracow, shall have the same force and validity as if they were textually inserted in this Act.
Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain, and Sweden