Eisenburg county

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Eisenburg County
(Vas)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Eisenburg (Vas)
Administrative headquarters : Szombathely
Area : 5,474 km²
Population : 435.793
Ethnic groups : 57% Hungarians
27% Germans
12% Slovenes
4% Croats
Eisenburg county

The Vas County ( Hungarian vármegye Vas , Latin comitatus Castriferrei ) was a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

The area is located in today's western Hungary on the area of ​​today's Vas County as well as in the eastern parts of Austria (in the area of ​​today's Burgenland ) and northern Slovenia ( Prekmurje ).

location

Map of Eisenburg County around 1890

The county bordered the Austrian crown lands of Lower Austria and Styria and the Hungarian counties of Ödenburg (Sopron) , Wesprim (Veszprém) and Zala . It stretched between the Mur in the south, the Alps in the west and the Marcal river in the east, with the Raab flowing through it.

history

The county was established in the 11th century and existed in this form until 1918. The western part was part of Burgenland in Austria , which was officially established in 1921 , while the rest of the eastern part remained with Hungary. Only in the south was a small part, the so-called Übermur area , ceded to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes . As a result of the major county reform in 1950, part of Sopron county was added to the county area, in return, some communities north of Zalaegerszeg were added to Zala county and a small area west of Pápa to Veszprém county . See further under Vas county .

District subdivision

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

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district Administrative headquarters
Celldömölk Celldömölk
Felsőőr Felsőőr, today Oberwart
Forming Forming
Kőszeg Kőszeg
Muraszombat Muraszombat, today Murska Sobota
Németújvár Németújvár, today Güssing
Sárvár Sárvár
Szentgotthárd Szentgotthárd
Szombathely Szombathely
Vasvár Vasvár
City districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Kőszeg
Szombathely

The cities of Oberwart and Güssing are in present-day Austria , Murska Sobota in present-day Slovenia , and all other places in present-day Hungary .

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)