Maros-Torda county

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Maros-Torda County
(1910)
Coat of arms of Maros-Torda
Administrative headquarters : Marosvásárhely
Area : 4,203 km²
Population : 219,589
Ethnic groups : 61% Magyars
33% Romanians
4% Germans
2% others
Maros-Torda county

The Maros-Torda County [ ˈmɒroʃ ˈtordɒ ] (Hungarian Maros-Torda vármegye , Romanian Comitatul Mureș-Turda ) was a historical administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

geography

Map of Maros-Torda County around 1890

The county is particularly mountainous in the north and east ( Gurghiu and Giurgeu mountains with the Saca Mare (Hungarian Mezőhavas ) and Prisica) and is crossed by the river Mieresch (now Romanian Mureș ) and its tributaries.

It bordered on the counties of Bistritz-Naszod (Beszterce-Naszód) , Csík , Udvarhely , Klein-Kokelburg (Kis-Küküllő) , Torda-Aranyos and Klausenburg (Kolozs) .

history

The Maros-Torda county was created in 1876 through the merger of the Marosszék Szekler chair with parts of the Torda county .

After the end of the First World War in 1918, the area came under the Treaty of Trianon to Romania and is now in Mureș County .

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
Maros alsó ("Sub-Maros") Marosvásárhely, today Târgu Mureș
Maros Felső ("Upper Maros") Marosvásárhely, today Târgu Mureș
Nyáradszereda Nyáradszereda, today Miercurea Nirajului
Régen alsó ("under rain") Szászrégen today Reghin
Régen Felső ("Upper Rain") Magyarrégen, today Reghin-sat
City district (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Marosvásárhely, today Târgu Mureș
City district (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szászrégen today Reghin

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

See also

literature

Web links

  • Entry in the Pallas Lexicon (Hungarian)

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)