Zemplén County
Zemplén County
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| Zemplén County Comitatus Zemplinensis (Latin) Zemplén vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Semplin (German) Zemplínska župa (Slovak) Комітат Земплін (Rusyn) | |||||
County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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Capital | Sátoraljaújhely 48°23′N 21°39′E / 48.383°N 21.650°E / 48.383; 21.650Coordinates: 48°23′N 21°39′E / 48.383°N 21.650°E / 48.383; 21.650 | ||||
History | |||||
| • | Established | 12th century | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | June 4, 1920 | |||
Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 6,282 km2(2,425 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 343,194 | |||
Density | 54.6 /km2 (141.5 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of | Slovakia, Hungary | ||||
Zemplén (Hungarian: Zemplén, Slovak: Zemplín, German: Semplin, Latin: Zemplinum) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The northern part of its territory is now situated in eastern Slovakia (Zemplín region) while the southern portions of the county belong to Hungary, as parts of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Contents
1 Geography
2 Capitals
3 History
4 Demographics
4.1 1900
4.2 1910
5 Subdivisions
6 References
Geography[edit]
Zemplén county
Zemplén county shared borders with Poland (during some periods the Austrian crownland Galicia) and the Hungarian counties Sáros, Abaúj-Torna, Borsod, Szabolcs and Ung. It was situated in the easternmost strip of what is now Slovakia (except for the region between Vihorlatské vrchy and the Latorica river), plus a strip along the Bodrog and Tisza rivers in present-day Hungary. The rivers Laborc and Bodrog flowed through the county. Its area was 6,269 km² around 1910.
Capitals[edit]
Initially, the capital of the county was the Zemplín Castle (Hungarian: Zempléni vár, Slovak: Zemplínsky hrad), in the 13th century also Sárospatak (in Slovak: Potok, hence the alternative name of the county comitatus de Potok). Since the Late Middle Ages the capital was the town of Zemplén, and since 1748 was Sátoraljaújhely (which is now divided between Slovakia and Hungary by the Ronyva/Roňava stream; the Hungarian part is known in Slovak as Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom and the Slovak part is now a separate village called Slovenské Nové Mesto).
History[edit]
Zemplén was one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the aftermath of World War I, in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon the northern part of Zemplén county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia. The southern half (including the bigger part of the divided Sátoraljaújhely) stayed in Hungary as the county Zemplén. Following the provisions of the First Vienna Award, an additional part became part of Hungary again in November 1938. The Trianon borders were restored after World War II.
Demographics[edit]
1900[edit]
In 1900, the county had a population of 327,993 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
Hungarian: 174,107 (53.1%)
Slovak: 106,114 (32.4%)
Ruthenian: 34,831 (10.6%)
German: 8,072 (2.5%)
Romanian: 144 (0.0%)
Croatian: 44 (0.0%)
Serbian: 1 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 4,680 (1.4%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
Roman Catholic: 123,967 (37.8%)
Greek Catholic: 101,053 (30.8%)
Calvinist: 64,457 (19.7%)
Jewish: 31,533 (9.6%)
Lutheran: 6,807 (2.1%)
Greek Orthodox: 127 (0.0%)
Unitarian: 20 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 29 (0.0%)
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 343,194 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
Hungarian: 193,794 (56.47%)
Slovak: 92,943 (27.08%)
Ruthenian: 39,033 (11.37%)
German: 9,749 (2.84%)
Romanian: 209 (0.06%)
Croatian: 49 (0.01%)
Serbian: 7 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 7,410 (2.16%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
Roman Catholic: 132,395 (38.58%)
Greek Catholic: 103,118 (30.05%)
Calvinist: 67,557 (19.68%)
Jewish: 33,041 (9.63%)
Lutheran: 6,822 (1.99%)
Greek Orthodox: 189 (0.06%)
Unitarian: 30 (0.0%)- Other or unknown: 42 (0.01%)
Subdivisions[edit]
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Zemplén county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Bodrogköz | Királyhelmec, SK Kráľovský Chlmec |
| Gálszécs | Gálszécs, SK Sečovce |
| Homonna | Homonna, SK Humenné |
| Mezőlaborc | Mezőlaborc, SK Medzilaborce |
| Nagymihály | Nagymihály, SK Michalovce |
| Sárospatak | Sárospatak |
| Sátoraljaújhely | Sátoraljaújhely |
| Szerencs | Szerencs |
| Szinna | Szinna, SK Snina |
| Sztropkó | Sztropkó, SK Stropkov |
| Tokaj | Tokaj |
| Varannó | Varannó, SK Vranov nad Topľou |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
Sátoraljaújhely | |
The towns of Sátoraljaújhely, Sárospatak, Tokaj and Szerencs are now in Hungary, except for a small part (about a quarter by area) of Sátoraljaújhely to the north-east of the Ronyva (Roňava) stream in Slovakia, now a village of its own named Slovenské Nové Mesto.
References[edit]
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