Fogaras county
Fogaras County (Fogarasch) (1910) |
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Administrative headquarters : | Fogaras |
Area : | 2,444 km² |
Population : | 95.174 |
Ethnic groups : | 89% Romanians 7% Hungarians 3% Germans 1% others (Slovaks, Ruthenians ) |
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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
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) | |
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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
- Fogaras . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 6, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 415.
Web links
- Entry in the Pallas Lexicon (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 12 ff.
- ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 22 ff. (1910 census)