- Abov
Abov (Hungarian: "Abaúj") is:
* historically the Slovak name of a county in theKingdom of Hungary (see theAbaúj article for that county)
* today an informal designation of the part of that county situated in Slovakia, as well as the official name of one of Slovakia's tourist regions (situated in that territory). The southern half of the former county is part of modernHungary .Geography
Abov is situated some 20 km to both sides along the
Hornád river (in Hungarian: "Hernád") aroundKošice .History
The (whole) county arose in the second half of the 13th century from the "comitatus Novi Castri" (named after "Novum Castrum", today
Abaújvár ), which also included the later countiesŠariš and Heves. In 1882, the county was merged with the smallTurňa county and has existed as the "Abov-Turňa" (in Hungarian: "Abaúj-Torna") county since. This Abov-Turňa county previously existed temporarily in 1785-1790 and 1848-1859.In 1918 (confirmed by the
Treaty of Trianon in 1920), the northern half of the county (includingKošice ) became part of newly formedCzechoslovakia and continued to exist as an administrative unit till 1922 ("Abovskoturnianska župa").During
World War II , whenCzechoslovakia was temporarily split, most of the Czechoslovak part of the county was occupied by Hungary under theFirst Vienna Award , and added to the county Abaúj-Torna, with capitalKošice . After World War II, the pre-war border was restored.See also:
List of traditional regions of Slovakia
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