Nógrád (former county)

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Comitatus Neogradiensis
conventional_long_name = Nógrád County
common_name = Nógrád
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 12th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4




capital = Balassagyarmat
stat_area1 = 4128
stat_pop1 = 261500
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Slovakia, Hungary

Nógrád (-Hungarian, in Latin: "comitatus Neogradiensis", in German: "Neuburg" or "Neograd", in Slovak: "Novohrad") was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia and in northern present-day Hungary. The name "Novohrad" is still used in Slovakia as an informal designation of the corresponding territory. The name stems from the former Nógrád (Novohrad) castle in present-day Hungary.

Geography

In 1910, Nógrád county shared borders with the counties Hont, Zólyom (Zvolen), Gömör-Kishont (Gemer-Malohont), Heves and Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun. It was situated approximately along the line Poltár, Lučenec, Szécsény and Vác. The river Ipeľ flowed through the county. Its area was 4,133 km² around 1910.

Capitals

The capital of the county was Balassagyarmat, except for the 18th century, when the capital was Lučenec.

History

Nógrád was one of the first counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, founded in the 11th century.

In the aftermath of World War I, the part of Komárom county north of the river Ipeľ became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia (as Novohrad county), as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. The southern part stayed in Hungary. Following the provisions of the controversial First Vienna Award, the northern half of Novohrad came under Hungarian control in November 1938. After World War II, the Trianon borders were restored. In 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolved and Novohrad became part of independent Slovakia. Since 1996, it is part of the Slovak administrative unit Banska Bystrica region.

The Hungarian part of Nógrád merged with the Hungarian part of Hont county to form Nógrád-Hont county. Between 1939 and 1945 it was united with the occupied half of the Slovak part of Nógrád county. Since 1950 the Hungarian part of Nógrád, with a small part of former Hont county added, forms the present Hungarian county Nógrád.

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Nógrád/Novohrad county were:

The towns of Lučenec and Halič are presently in Slovakia.