 The Sejm of the Estates ( Polish : sejm <unk> ) or Estates of Galicia ( Polish : <unk> <unk> ) were the parliament in the first half of the 19th century Galicia region in Austrian Empire . The body existed from 1775 to 1845 . In the history of the Polish parliament , it succeeded the general sejm and local sejmik on the territories of the Austrian partition . The Estates were disbanded following the Kraków Uprising of 1846 . In 1861 they were succeeded by the Sejm of the Land ( Polish : sejm krajowy ) . 
