Veszprém (former county)

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Veszprém County
common_name = Veszprém
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 11th century
event_end =
year_end = 1946
date_end =

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capital = Veszprém
stat_area1 = 3953
stat_pop1 = 229800
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Hungary

Veszprém was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Veszprém county, in western Hungary. The capital of the county was Veszprém.

Geography

Veszprém county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Sopron, Győr, Komárom, Fejér, Tolna, Somogy and Zala. It covered the Bakony hills, the eastern tip of Lake Balaton and the region south-east of the lake. The river Marcal formed its western border. Its area was 3953 km² around 1910.

History

Veszprém county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.

The city Siófok, which used to be in Somogy county before the 1850s, went back from Veszprém county to Somogy county before World War II. After World War II, the territory of Veszprém county was again modified: a small region west of Pápa, which used to be part of Vas county, and the northern shore of Lake Balaton, which used to be part of Zala county, were added. The region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying) went to Fejér county.

ubdivisions

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