This is a list of major historical regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this article, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of the Baltic Sea, the Elbe Riber, the Alps, the Danube River, the Black Sea and the Dnepr River. Note that these regions come from different time periods - from medieval to modern era - and may often overlap. National borders have been drawn across those regions multiple times over centuries so usually they cannot be assigned to any specific nation. The list below indicates which present-day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions.

Key:
A - Austria, B - Belarus, Cz - Czech Republic, G - Germany, H - Hungary, L - Lithuania, M - Moldova, P - Poland, RF - Russian Federation, Ro - Romania, Sk - Slovakia, Sl - Slovenia, Sr - Serbia, U - Ukraine

• Austria
  • Lower Austria (A)
  • Upper Austria (A)
• Banat (Ro, H, Sr)
• Bavaria (G)
• Bessarabia (M, U)
• Bohemia (Cz)
• Brandenburg (G)
• Bukovina (Ro, H, U, M)
• Galicia (P, U)
• Lithuania (Regions of Lithuania)
  • Aukštaitija or Upper Lithuania (L)
  • Samogitia or Lower Lithuania (L)
  • Lithuania Minor or Prussian Lithuania (L)
• Lusatia (G, P)
• Masovia (P)
• Masuria (P)
• Moldavia (M, Ro)
• Moravia (Cz)
• Podlachia (B, P)
• Podolia (U)
• Poland
  • Greater Poland (P)
  • Lesser Poland (P)
• Polesie (B, P, U)
• Pomerania (P, G)
• Ruthenia
  • White Ruthenia or Belarus (B)
  • Black Ruthenia (B)
  • Red Ruthenia (U, P)
  • Carpathian Ruthenia (U)
• Sambia (RF)
• Silesia
  • Lower Silesia (P, Cz)
  • Upper Silesia (P, Cz)
    • Cieszyn Silesia (P, Cz)
• Saxony (G)
• Styria (A, Sl)
• Transylvania (Ro)
• Volhynia (U)

Current subdivisions

For more historial and present-day regions in Central European countries see:

• States of Austria
• Austria-Hungary
• Subdivisions of Belarus
• Regions of the Czech Republic
• States of Germany
• List of historic counties of Hungary
• Counties of Lithuania
• Regions of Lithuania (the historical and traditional ones)
• Moldova
• Voivodships of Poland
• Counties of Romania
• List of traditional regions of Slovakia
• Regions of Ukraine