Komárom County
Komárom County Comitatus Comaromiensis ( County of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century-1786, 1790-1923, 1938-1945) | |
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Capital | Komárom |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 47°45′N 18°8′E / 47.750°N 18.133°E |
• 1910 | 2,834 km2 (1,094 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1910 | 201,800 |
History | |
• Established | 11th century |
• Merged into Esztergom-Komárom County | 1786 |
• County recreated | 1790 |
• Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 |
• Merged into Komárom-Esztergom County | 1923 |
• County recreated (First Vienna Award) | 2 November 1938 |
• Remerged into Komárom-Esztergom County | 1945 |
Today part of | Hungary (1,442 km2) Slovakia (1,392 km2) |
Komárom/Komárno is the current name of the capital. |
Komárom county (in Latin: comitatus Comaromiensis, in Hungarian: Komárom (vár)megye, in Slovak: Komárňanský komitát / Komárňanská stolica / Komárňanská župa, in German: Komorner Gespanschaft / Komitat Komorn) was an administrative county (
Geography
Komárom County shared borders with the counties of
Capitals
The capital of the county was the Komárom Castle and later the town of Komárom (the town was divided into Komárom-Komárno).
History
The Komárom comitatus arose in the 11th century as one of the first comitatuses of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was situated within a radius of about 20 km around Komárom.
In 1920 the
In 1938, the Czechoslovak part became part of Hungary by the
The territory to the north of the Danube is part of Slovakia (
Demographics
In 1900, the county had a population of 180,024 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Hungarian: 155,850 (86.6%)
- German: 12,439 (6.9%)
- Slovak: 10,012 (5.6%)
- Croatian: 144 (0.0%)
- Romanian: 52 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 22 (0.0%)
- Ruthenian: 19 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 1,486 (0.8%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 118,513 (65.8%)
- Calvinist: 48,618 (27.0%)
- Jewish: 7,235 (4.0%)
- Lutheran: 5,376 (3.0%)
- Greek Catholic: 189 (0.1%)
- Greek Orthodox: 53 (0.0%)
- Unitarian: 9 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 31 (0.0%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Komárom county were:
Districts (járás) | |
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District | Capital |
Csallóköz | Nemesócsa (now Zemianska Olča) |
Gesztes | Nagyigmánd |
Tata | Tata
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Udvard | Ógyalla (now Hurbanovo) |
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város) | |
Komárom, (now divided between Komárom, Hungary and Komárno, Slovakia) |
Komárno, Zemianska Olča, Dvory nad Žitavou and Hurbanovo are now in Slovakia.
References
- ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.