Krassó-Szörény County

Krassó-Szörény County Comitatus Krassovinis et Severinensis  (Latin) Krassó-Szörény vármegye  (Hungarian) Komitat Karasch-Severin  (German) Comitatul Caraș-Severin  (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1881–1920
Coat of arms
Capital		Lugos 45°41′N 21°54′E / 45.683°N 21.900°E / 45.683; 21.900Coordinates: 45°41′N 21°54′E / 45.683°N 21.900°E / 45.683; 21.900
History
•	Established	1881
•	Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Area
•	1910	11,074 km2 (4,276 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	466,147
	Density	42.1 /km2  (109 /sq mi)
Today part of		Romania, Serbia
Lugoj is the current name of the capital.

Kraso County in the 14th century

Krassó-Szörény (Hungarian: Krassó-Szörény, Romanian: Caraş-Severin, Serbian: Karaš-Severin or Караш-Северин) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary.^[1] Its territory is now mostly located in south-western Romania, with one small part which is located in Serbia. The capital of the county was Lugos (present-day Lugoj).

Geography

Krassó-Szörény county was located in the Banat region. It shared borders with the Kingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian counties Temes, Arad and Hunyad. The river Danube formed its southern border, and the river Maros its northern border. The river Temes flowed through the county. Its area was 11,032 km² around 1910.

History

Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties Krassó and Szörény.

In 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon most of the county was assigned to Romania, with one small part which was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The north of the county (including Lugoj) is now part of the Romanian county Timiş, except a 10 km wide strip along the river Mureş, which is in the county Arad. The rest now forms the county Caraş-Severin, except the city Orşova, which is in Mehedinţi county.

Demographics

Krassó-Szörény County, c. 1910

In 1900, the county had a population of 443,001 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[2]

Total:

• Romanian: 328,371 (74.1%)
• German: 55,256 (12.5%)
• Hungarian: 21,439 (4.8%)
• Serbian: 13,138 (3.0%)
• Slovak: 3,831 (0.9%)
• Ruthenian: 803 (0.2%)
• Croatian: 279 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 19,884 (4.5%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[3]

Total:

• Eastern Orthodox: 325,613 (73.5%)
• Roman Catholic: 84,748 (19.1%)
• Greek Catholic: 18,262 (4.1%)
• Calvinist: 7,792 (1.8%)
• Jewish: 4,375 (1.0%)
• Lutheran: 2,043 (0.5%)
• Unitarian: 59 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 109 (0.0%)

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 466,147 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[4]

Total:

• Romanian: 336,082 (72.1%)
• German: 55,883 (12.0%)
• Hungarian: 33,787 (7.3%)
• Serbian: 14,674 (3.1%)
• Slovak: 2,908 (0.6%)
• Ruthenian: 2,351 (0.5%)
• Croatian: 319 (0.1%)
• Other or unknown: 20,143 (4.3%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[5]

Total:

• Eastern Orthodox: 337,153 (72.4%)
• Roman Catholic: 90,479 (19.4%)
• Greek Catholic: 20,006 (4.3%)
• Calvinist: 10,400 (2.2%)
• Lutheran: 2,875 (0.6%)
• Jewish: 4,795 (1.0%)
• Unitarian: 142 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 297 (0.1%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Krassó-Szörény county were:

References

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