Csongrád County (former)

Csongrád (Hungarian: Csongrád, Serbian: Čongrad or Чонград) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present-day Csongrád county, is now part of Hungary, except a very small area which belongs to Serbia. The capital of the county was Szentes.

Csongrád County
Comitatus Csongradiensis  (Latin)
Csongrád vármegye  (Hungarian)
Komitat Tschongrad  (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
12th century–1946
Coat of arms

CapitalCsongrád;
Szeged (1241-1773);
Szegvár (1773-1883);
Szentes (1883-1946)
Area
 • Coordinates46°39′N 20°16′E
 
• 1910
3,569 km2 (1,378 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
325568
History 
• Established
12th century
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
11 April 1941
• Monarchy abolished
1 February 1946
Today part of Hungary
(3,462 km2)
 Serbia
(107 km2)

Name

The name Csongrád/Čongrad is Slavic by origin. In Slavic languages, this name means "a black city" (čon/čorni = black, grad = city/town). Indeed, the county was named after a town of Csongrád.

Geography

Csongrád county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Békés, Csanád, Torontál and Bács-Bodrog. The river Tisza flowed through the county. Its area was 3,544 km² around 1910.

History

Csongrád county arose in the 11th century as one of the first counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was taken by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, and reconqered by the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary at the end of the 17th century.

In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon assigned a small part of the territory of the county - a small area around Horgos (now Horgoš, Vojvodina) in northern Délvidék - to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed to Yugoslavia in 1929). The rest remained in Hungary. During Word War II, Hungary annexed the territory lost, but after the end of the war the previous borders were restored.

In 1950, the southern part of Csanád County (which contained then the Hungarian part of the pre-1920 Torontál County and the south-western part of the pre-1920 Csanád County) was added to Csongrád county.

Demographics

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 296,111 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]

Total:

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

Total:

1910
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 325,568 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]

Total:

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

Total:

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Csongrád county were:

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
CsongrádCsongrád
TiszáninnenKiskundorozsma
TiszántúlMindszent
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Hódmezővásárhely
Szeged
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szentes
County Hall, Szentes

References
  1. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  2. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  3. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  4. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
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