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The study focuses on the development of business education in the area of Cisleithania and Austrian Silesia from approximately mid-18th century until the First World War. It introduces the main developmental trends in this educational sector, key legislation and organisational changes, and outlines the broadening distribution of various sectors of business education. While the first part of this text is devoted to a general context in Cisleithania, the second focuses on Austrian Silesia, where the various tendencies are documented by providing examples of particular educational institutions.