Borsod county

Borsod (Borsod) (1910)
Administrative headquarters :	Miskolc
Area :	3,629 km²
Population :	289.914
Ethnic groups :	97% Magyars 1.5% Slovaks 1.5 others ( Germans , Gypsies )

The Borsod (German rarely County Borsod ; Hungarian vármegye Borsod , Latin comitatus Borsodiensis ) was a historic administrative unit ( county or county ) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

Geography and general

Map of Borsod County around 1890

The county to the right of the Tisza is crossed by the Bükk Mountains in the northern part , while the southern part is very flat and level. In addition to the rivers Tisza, Eger and Hernád that border them , it is also irrigated by the Sajó and the Bodva . The mostly Hungarian inhabitants were very busy in viticulture, especially wine from the area around Miskolcz was very popular in Hungary, there was also extensive cultivation of wheat, fruit, hemp and tobacco. Almost half of the area was covered with forest and there was a large wild population. Mining was also well developed, with copper, iron and hard coal being mined.

The county bordered the counties of Gemer and Kleinhont , Abaúj-Torna , Semplin , Szabolcs , Hajdú and Heves .

history

The county is one of the oldest in Hungary and was established in the 11th century. It was named after the seat of the tribal chief who oversaw the area. Its name Bors gave the name to Borsod Castle, which was located in the village of the same name, which was incorporated into the small town of Edelény at the beginning of the 20th century . As in many Hungarian counties, the name of the castle was transferred to the name of the county, later the Diósgyőr castle was the seat of the team, but after a decision in 1724 the county seat was moved to the town of Miskolc .

The borders of the county have remained relatively stable since the early 14th century, when Torna county was separated from the area, but the area was occupied by the Turks after the battle of Mohács in the 16th century, who did not leave the county area again until 1687 . In the 19th century there were minor border corrections, between 1807 and 1812 the villages of Szőlőske , Cegléd , Tihamér , Almagyar , Felnémet and Bekölce (today mostly suburbs of Eger ) became part of the neighboring county of Heves and, in return, the villages of Egerfarmos , Ivánka , Szőkepuszta and the mill from Kistálya to Borsoder county. In 1850 some places were again added to the surrounding counties, the parishes of Andornak , Kistálya and Felsőtárkány became part of the Heves county, the parishes Domaháza and Sikátor part of the Gemer and Kleinhont counties , Onga (from Abaujwar county ) and Külsőböcs (from Semplin county) however, became part of Borsod County. In 1907 Miskolc was raised to the rank of town with a municipality and thus de jure no longer belonged to the administrative area of ​​the county.

In 1918 it became a now smaller Hungary and in 1924 it was combined with the remnants of the counties Gemer and Kleinhont ( Gömör és Kis-Hont ) and Abaúj-Torna to form Borsod-Gömör-Kishont county , but this union was repealed after the first Vienna arbitration , but after the end of the war in 1945 it was restored as Borsod-Gömör County . After the major county reform on March 16, 1950, the remnants of Semplin and Abáuj-Torna counties were merged with the county under the name of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county .

District subdivision

In the early 20th century the following chair districts existed (mostly named after the name of the administrative seat):

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district	Administrative headquarters
Edelény	Edelény
Mezőcsát	Mezőcsát
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd
Miskolc	Miskolc
Ózd	Ózd
Sajószentpéter	Sajószentpéter
City district (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Miskolc

See also

• List of historical counties of Hungary

literature

• Borsod . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 3, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 241.

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)