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Tolna County
Comitatus Tolnensis  (Latin)
Tolna vármegye  (Hungarian)
Komitat Tolnau  (German)


County of the Kingdom of Hungary







11th century–1950




Coat of arms of Tolna

Coat of arms

Location of Tolna


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]






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]





  1. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.


  3. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.


  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.












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