The author summarised the issue of the formation of the Krnov land identity between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. A comparative analysis focused on the way in which the estates of Krnov and Opava faced (or did not face) the threat of territorial disintegration of their lands at the turn of the 16th century showed the persistent lack of anchoring of the Krnov land identity, the creation of which must be connected to the activities of local elites above all with the arrival of the dukes from the Hohenzollern family and their dynastic programme.