Tolna County (former)
Tolna County (former)
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| Tolna County Comitatus Tolnensis (Latin) Tolna vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Tolnau (German) | |||||
County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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 Coat of arms | |||||
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Capital | Szekszárd 46°21′N 18°42′E / 46.350°N 18.700°E / 46.350; 18.700Coordinates: 46°21′N 18°42′E / 46.350°N 18.700°E / 46.350; 18.700 | ||||
History | |||||
| • | Established | 11th century | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1950 | |||
Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 3,537 km2(1,366 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 267,300 | |||
Density | 75.6 /km2 (195.7 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of | Hungary | ||||
Tolna (Latin: Comitatus Tolnensis) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.
Contents
1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
3.1 1900
3.2 1910
4 Subdivisions
5 See also
6 References
Geography[edit]
Tolna county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Veszprém, Fejér, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Baranya. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 3537 km² around 1910.
History[edit]
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Tolna county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.
Part of Hungary was in the 1500s taken and controlled by the Ottoman Empire during the ruling of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Demographics[edit]
1900[edit]
In 1900, the county had a population of 253,182 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
Hungarian: 172,967 (68.3%)
German: 77,293 (30.5%)
Serbian: 1,011 (0.4%)
Slovak: 735 (0.3%)
Croatian: 369 (0.2%)
Romanian: 1 (0.0%)
Ruthenian: 0 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 806 (0.3%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
Roman Catholic: 172,151 (68.0%)
Calvinist: 39,141 (15.5%)
Lutheran: 31,836 (12.6%)
Jewish: 8,427 (3.3%)
Eastern Orthodox: 1,108 (0.4%)
Greek Catholic: 123 (0.0%)
Unitarian: 19 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 377 (0.2%)
1910[edit]
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
In 1910, the county had a population of 267,267 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
Hungarian: 189,521 (70.9%)- German: 74,376 (27.9%)
Serbian: 1,102 (0.4%)
Slovak: 789 (0.3%)
Croatian: 343 (0.1%)
Romanian: 39 (0.0%)
Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 1,085 (0.4%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 185,863 (69.5%)
Calvinist: 39,500 (14.8%)
Lutheran: 31,976 (12.0%)
Jewish: 8,159 (3.1%)
Eastern Orthodox: 1,167 (0.4%)
Greek Catholic: 209 (0.1%)
Unitarian: 20 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 355 (0.1%)
Subdivisions[edit]
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Tolna county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
|---|---|
| District | Capital |
| Dombóvár | Dombóvár |
| Dunaföldvár | Paks |
| Központ | Szekszárd |
| Simontornya | Gyönk |
| Tamási | Tamási |
| Völgység | Bonyhád |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
Szekszárd | |
See also[edit]
- Székelys of Bukovina
References[edit]
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^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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Categories:
- States and territories established in the 11th century
- States and territories disestablished in 1950
- 1920 disestablishments in Hungary
- Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary
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