Cluj county

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Cluj County
(Kolozs)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Cluj-Napoca (Kolozs)
Administrative headquarters : Kolozsvár
Area : 5.006 km²
Population : 286.687
Ethnic groups : 56% Romanians
39% Hungarians
3% Germans
2% others
Cluj county

The Klausenburg county (German also Komitat Kolozs , Hungarian Kolozs vármegye , Romanian Comitatul Cluj , Latin comitatus Kolosiensis ) was an administrative unit ( county , county ) of the Kingdom of Hungary . Today the area is in northwestern Transylvania in Romania .

location

Map of Cluj County around 1890

It bordered the counties of Szilágy , Szolnok-Doboka , Bistritz-Naszod (Beszterce-Naszód) , Maros-Torda , Torda-Aranyos and Bihar .

geography

The entire county is very mountainous due to its location in the Carpathian Mountains , in the interior there is only woodless heathland, which is fertile with the exception of the northwest. The Somesch (now Romanian Someş ) and the Rapid Kreisch (now Romanian Crişul Repede ) flow through the county .

history

Cluj County was established in the 11th century and became part of the Principality of Transylvania after the Turkish occupation of Hungary .

After the end of the First World War in 1918, the area became part of Greater Romania as a result of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920 and, after several area reforms, is located in Cluj County except for small parts in the northwest ( Sălaj County ), northeast ( Bistrița-Năsăud County ) and southeast ( Mureş 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
Bánffyhunyad Bánffyhunyad, today Huedin
Gyalu Gyalu, today Gilău
Hídalmás Hídalmás, today Hida
Kolozsvár Kolozsvár, today Cluj-Napoca
Mezőörményes Mezőörményes, today Urmeniș
Mocs Mocs, today Mociu
Nádasmente Kolozsvár, today Cluj-Napoca
Nagysármás Nagysármás, today Sărmașu
Teke Teke, now Teaca
City district (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Kolozsvár, today Cluj-Napoca
City district (rendezett tanácsú város)
Kolozs, today Cojocna

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)