Abaúj-Torna

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Abaúj-Torna County
common_name = Abaúj-Torna
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1882
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4




capital = Kassa
stat_area1 = 3317
stat_pop1 = 202300
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Slovakia, Hungary
footnotes = Košice is the current name of the capital.

Abaúj-Torna (Slovak: "Abov-Turňa", German: "Abaujwar-Tornau", Latin: "comitatus Abaujvar-Tornensis") is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Košice (Hungarian: "Kassa"). Its territory is presently in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary.

Geography

Around 1910, Abaúj-Torna county shared borders with the counties Gömör-Kishont (Gemer-Malohont), Szepes (Spiš), Sáros (Šariš), Zemplén (Zemplín), and Borsod. The rivers Hornád and Bodva flowed through the county. Its area was 3317 km² around 1910.

History

The county Abaúj-Torna was a combination of the counties Abaúj (Abov) and Torna (Turňa). It existed in three periods in the 18th, 19th and 20th century: first from 1785 until 1790, again from 1848 until 1859, and finally from 1882 until the end of World War I.

In the aftermath of World War I, the northern part of Abaúj-Torna county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia (as "Abovskoturnianska župa"), as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. It continued to exist as an administrative unit until 1922. The southern half stayed in Hungary as the county Abaúj-Torna, with capital Szikszó.

Following the provisions of the controversial First Vienna Award, most of the Czechoslovak part came under Hungarian control in November 1938. It was added to the county Abaúj-Torna, with capital Košice. After World War II, the Trianon border was restored, and the Hungarian county Abaúj-Torna merged with the county Borsod and the Hungarian part of Zemplén to form the present Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, the northern part of Abaúj-Torna is part of Slovakia, Košice region.

Demographics

According to the census of 1910 the county had a population of 202,288 people. Among them 156,668 Hungarians, 36,067 Slovaks, 6520 Germans, 387 Ruthenians and 2444 other; 118,179 Roman Catholics, 42,728 Protestants, 20,089 Greek Catholics, 14,251 Israelites, 6832 Evangelicals.

In 1941: 203,438 Hungarians, 18,879 Slovaks, 2581 Bunjevacs, 904 Germans, 623 Roma, 256 Ruthenians, 72 Romanians, 3 Croatians, 105 other; 140,377 Roman Catholics, 45,384 Protestants, 22,476 Greek Catholics, 14,764 Israelites, 4773 Evangelicals, 339 Greek Orthodox, 116 Baptists and 55 Unitarians.

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Abaúj-Torna/Abov-Turňa county were: The towns Füzér, Szikszó, Gönc and Abaújszántó are presently in Hungary.

ee also

*Abaúj
*Abov
*Turňa