Háromszék County

Háromszék County Comitatus Trisediensis  (Latin) Háromszék vármegye  (Hungarian) Komitat Háromszék  (German) Comitatul Trei Scaune  (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms
Capital		Sepsiszentgyörgy 45°52′N 25°47′E / 45.867°N 25.783°E / 45.867; 25.783Coordinates: 45°52′N 25°47′E / 45.867°N 25.783°E / 45.867; 25.783
History
•	Established	1876
•	Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Area
•	1910	3,889 km2 (1,502 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	148,100
	Density	38.1 /km2  (98.6 /sq mi)
Today part of		Romania
Sfântu Gheorghe is the current name of the capital.

Háromszék (Three Seats; Romanian: Trei Scaune) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Situated in south-eastern Transylvania, its territory is now in central Romania (in the counties of Covasna, Brașov and Bacău). The capital of the county was Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe).

Geography

Háromszék county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Csík, Udvarhely, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt flowed through the county. The Carpathian Mountains form its southern and eastern border. Its area was 3889 km² around 1910.

History

Háromszék means "three seats". The Háromszék region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Székelys: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék. Háromszék county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of Romania, then after the Second Vienna Award became again part of Hungary until the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Covasna and Braşov (a small part in the south).

Demographics

In 1891, county had a population of 130,008 people. Population by language:

• Hungarian: 110,799 people (86%)
• Romanian: 17,360 people (13.4%)
• German: 511 people (0.4%)
• Slovak: 251 people (0.2%)

In 1900, the county had a population of 137,261 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 116,755 (85.1%)
• Romanian: 19,439 (14.2%)
• German: 363 (0.2%)
• Slovak: 210 (0.1%)
• Ruthenian: 98 (0.0%)
• Croatian: 12 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 1 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 383 (0.3%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[2]

Total:

• Calvinist: 57,861 (42.2%)
• Roman Catholic: 45,681 (33.3%)
• Eastern Orthodox: 24,761 (18.0%)
• Unitarian: 5,102 (3.7%)
• Greek Catholic: 2,465 (1.8%)
• Jewish: 901 (0.7%)
• Lutheran: 456 (0.3%)
• Other or unknown: 34 (0.0%)

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)

In 1910, county had a population of 148,080 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

Total:

• Hungarian: 123,518 (83.4%)
• Romanian: 22,963 (15.5%)
• German: 617 (0.4%)
• Slovak: 202 (0.1%)
• Ruthenian: 144 (0.1%)
• Croatian: 15 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 14 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 607 (0.4%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[4]

Total:

• Calvinist: 60,030 (40.5%)
• Roman Catholic: 49,654 (33.5%)
• Eastern Orthodox: 28,077 (19.0%)
• Unitarianist: 5,228 (3.5%)
• Greek Catholic: 3,052 (2.1%)
• Jewish: 1,222 (0.8%)
• Lutheran: 765 (0.5%)
• Other or unknown: 52 (0.0%)

References

External links

• Map of the county