Bars county

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Bars Vármegye
conventional_long_name = Bars County
common_name = Bars
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 = Czechoslovakia
flag_s1 = Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg
year_start = 11th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4




capital = Aranyosmarót
stat_area1 = 2724
stat_pop1 = 178500
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Slovakia
footnotes = Zlaté Moravce is the current name of the capital.

Bars (Latin: "comitatus Barsiensis", Hungarian: "Bars", Slovak: "Tekov", German: "Barsch") is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central and southern Slovakia. Today in Slovakia, Tekov is the informal designation of the corresponding territory.

Geography

Bars county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Nyitra (Nitra), Turóc (Turiec), Zólyom (Zvolen), Hont, Esztergom and Komárom (Komárno). Situated along the Hron river between Hont in the east, (including) Kremnica and Hronská Dúbrava in the north, the Žitava river in the west, and Bešeňov and (excluding) Bíňa in the south. The rivers Hron and Žitava flowed through the county. Characterised by mining activities, especially in the past. Its area was 2,724 km² around 1910.

Capitals

The capital of the county was the Tekov Castle, then Levice Castle, then from the late 16th century Topoľčianky and since the late 18th century Zlaté Moravce.

History

The county arose in the 11th century. Southern part of this county was occupied by Ottoman Empire between 1663 and 1685 and managed as Uyvar eyalet by her. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.

Following the provisions of the controversial First Vienna Award, the southern part of the area came under Hungarian control in November 1938. This was merged with the southern part of former Hont county to form "Bars-Hont" county, with capital Levice (Hungarian: "Léva").

After World War II, the Trianon borders were restored and the area was completely in Czechoslovakia again. In 1993, Czechoslovakia was split and Tekov became part of Slovakia.

Demographics

Population by language (1910 census):
*Slovak = 97,824
*Hungarian = 62,022
*German = 17,366

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Bars/Tekov county were: