Csík county

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Csík County
(Tschick)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Csík (Tschick)
Administrative headquarters : Csíkszereda
Area : 5,064 km²
Population : 145.720
Ethnic groups : 86% Hungarians
12% Romanians
2% others ( Germans , Slovaks , Ruthenians )
Csík county

The county of Csík (German rarely also Tschick county ; Hungarian Csík vármegye , Romanian Comitatul Ciuc ) was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Szeklerland in Transylvania . Most of its territory is now in Harghita County in central Romania.

geography

The county of Csík bordered the counties of Háromszék , Udvarhely , Maros-Torda , on a short stretch in the northwest on Bistritz-Naszod (Beszterce-Naszód) and on Old Romania . It comprised 4493 km² of mountainous terrain with two valleys in the interior through which the Mureș (Mieresch) and the Olt (Alt) flowed.

Map of Csík County around 1890

The county was shaped by nature and was considered the climatically roughest Transylvanian county. In 1881 it had 110,940 inhabitants. Only potatoes , rye , oats and flax grew there . The vast forests with large game populations provided important trade goods, mainly oak, beech and softwood.

The seat of the county, which had 65 villages, was Csíkszereda (today Romanian Miercurea Ciuc , Latin Sicoloburgum , German Szeklerburg ) on the Alt and at the foot of the Harghita . There was an old castle in Csíkszereda. In 1881 the town, which was the seat of a court of law, had 1,597 inhabitants. At Csíkszentdomokos (now Romanian Sândominic , in 1881 there were 3,318 inhabitants) there was a copper mine.

history

The Csík County was formed in 1876 when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed from the three Szekler chairs Csíkszék , Gyergyószék and Kászonszék of the Szeklerland . In 1918 it became part of Romania as Județul Ciuc . Today the area lies in the districts of Harghita , Neamț (small part in the northeast) and Bacau (small part in the east).

District subdivision

In the early 20th century, the county consisted of the following chair districts (named after the name of the administrative center):

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district Administrative headquarters
Felcsík ("Obercsík") Csíkszereda, today Miercurea Ciuc
Gyergyószentmiklós Gyergyószentmiklós, today Gheorgheni
Gyergyótölgyes Gyergyótölgyes, today Tulgheș
Kászonalcsík (" Kászon -Untercsík") Csíkszentmárton, today Sânmartin
Szépvíz Szépvíz, today Frumoasa
City districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Csíkszereda, today Miercurea Ciuc
Gyergyószentmiklós, today Gheorgheni

All of the places mentioned are in what is now Romania .

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 12 ff.
  2. ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 22 ff. (1910 census)