For nearly half the period of the partitions, Three Emperors' Corner, known in German as Dreikaisereck marked the border of the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary and the German Empire. In 1846, after the liquidation of the Grand Duchy of Cracow, border stones were placed in the area along the Biała Pszemsza river (between Austria and Russia), the Pszemsza (between Austria and Russia), Przemsza (between Austria and Prussia) and the Czarna Pszemsza (Austro-Prussian border). To be exact, it should be added that, after 1867, Austria became the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia the area became part of united Germany in 1871.