- Vas (former county)
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Vas County
common_name = Vas
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 12th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
capital = Szombathely
stat_area1 = 5474
stat_pop1 = 435800
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Slovenia ,Austria ,Hungary Vas was the name of a historic administrative county (
comitatus ) of theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in westernHungary , easternAustria and easternSlovenia (Prekmurje ). The capital of the county wasSzombathely .Geography
Vas county shared borders with the
Austria n landsLower Austria and Styria and the Hungarian counties Sopron, Veszprém andZala . It stretched between the riverMura in the south, the foothills of theAlps in the west and the riverMarcal in the east. The riverRába flowed through the county. Its area was 5472 km² around 1910.History
Vas county arose as one of the first comitatus of the
Kingdom of Hungary .In 1918 (confirmed by the
Treaty of Trianon 1920), the western part of the county became part of the newAustria n landBurgenland , and a small part in the southwest became part of the newly formedKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). The remainder stayed inHungary , as the present Hungarian county Vas. A small part of former Sopron county went to Vas county. Some villages north ofZalaegerszeg went toZala county, and a small region west ofPápa went to Veszprém county.Since 1991, when
Slovenia became independent fromYugoslavia , the Yugoslavian part of former Vas county (known in Slovenian asPrekmurje ) has been part of theRepublic of Slovenia . In 1919 was proclaim theRepublic of Prekmurje , but existed 6 days, alike theLajtabánság .ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Vas county were:
The towns of
Oberwart andGüssing are presently inAustria ;Murska Sobota is presently inSlovenia .
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