Fogaras county

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Fogaras County
(Fogarasch)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Fogaras (Fogarasch)
Administrative headquarters : Fogaras
Area : 2,444 km²
Population : 95.174
Ethnic groups : 89% Romanians
7% Hungarians
3% Germans
1% others (Slovaks, Ruthenians )
Fogaras county

The Fogaras County (German County Fogarasch ; Hungarian Fogaras vármegye Latin comitatus Fogarasensis , Romanian Comitatul Făgăraş ) was a historic administrative unit (County / County ) in the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania .

location

Fogaras County in 1891

The county bordered on Old Romania and on the counties of Hermannstadt (Szeben) , Großkokelburg (Nagy-Küküllő) and Kronstadt (Brassó) . It was 2,444 km² (1910) in size, shaped by the Fagaras Mountains , very wooded and in the north the river Alt flowed through it. In 1901 it had 92,801 mostly Romanian inhabitants ( Greek Uniate and Non -Uniate ), (1881: 84,571 inhabitants). Only the community of Schirkanyen was mostly still inhabited by Transylvanian Saxons .

The seat of the county was the Fogarasch market on the Aluta, over which a 270 m long covered bridge led. There was a fortified castle built by Gábor Bethlen in 1613 , 5 churches and (1881) 5,307 inhabitants who did trade and tobacco production. Fogaras was the seat of a district court and had a Protestant grammar school. At Fogaras on July 12, 1849, Józef Bem was defeated by the Russians. In the southeast corner of the county lies the Törzburg pass .

Agriculture

It supplied rye, oats, corn, heather , tobacco and also wine.

history

The county came into being in 1876 after an administrative reform revoked the previously existing chairs, counties and districts / districts and divided them into new counties with new borders. Before that, the Fogaras District (Hungarian Fogaras vidék , Romanian Țara Făgărașului ), which had existed since the 15th century, was in the same area . After the end of the First World War, the county became part of Greater Romania and existed as Județul Făgăraș until 1950 . After several communist territorial reforms, it now largely belongs to the Brașov County , the western part to the Sibiu 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
Alsóárpás Alsóárpás, today Arpaşu de Jos
Fogaras Fogaras, today Făgăraș
Sárkány Sárkány, today Șercaia
Törcsvár, today Bran Zernest, today Zărneşti
City district (rendezett tanácsú város)
Fogaras, today Făgăraș

All places are in today's 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)