Krassó-Szörény county

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Krassó-Szörény county
(1910)
Krassó-Szörény coat of arms
Administrative headquarters : Lugos
Area : 11,032 km²
Population : 466.147
Ethnic groups : 72% Romanians
12% Germans
7% Magyars
4% others ( Czechs and " Gypsies ")
3% Serbs
1% Slovaks
1% Ruthenians
Krassó-Szörény county

The county Krassó-Szörény [ ˈkrɒʃːoː ˈsøreːɲ ] ( Hungarian Krassó-Szörény vármegye , Latin comitatus Krassovinis et Severinensis , Romanian Comitatul Caraş-Severin ) was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary . The area in the Banat covered an area of ​​11,032 km². The main river of the county is the Temesch (Hungarian Temes , Serbian Tamiš , Romanian Timiș ).

location

Map of Krassó-Szörény county around 1890

The county bordered on the south with Serbia and the Hungarian counties Temes , Arad and Hunyad . The Danube formed the southern border of the county, the Maros (now Romanian Mureș ) the northern border. The Temesch river flowed through the area .

history

The county was created in 1881 through the merger of the counties Krassó ( Krassóvár ) and Szörény ( Szörényvár ).

After the end of the First World War in 1918, the area was divided in the Treaty of Trianon between the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the south and Romania in the north (most of it).

The census in 1910 showed a population of 466,147 people. Today the area is divided into the southwestern Romanian districts of Caraş-Severin and Timiş , a 10 kilometer wide strip along the Mureş river is in the Romanian district of Arad .

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
Béga, today Bega Bálinc, today Balinț
Boksanbánya Boksanbánya, today Bocşa
Bozovics Bozovics, today Bozovici
Facsád Facsád, today Făget
Jám Jám, today Iam
Karánsebes Karánsebes, today Caransebeş
Lugos Lugos, today Lugoj
Maros, today Mureș Marosberkes, today Birchiș
Oravicabánya Oravicabánya, today Oravița
Resicabánya Resicabánya, today Reșița
Temes, today Timiș Szákul, today Sacu
Teregova Teregova
Újmoldova Újmoldova, today Moldova Nouă
City districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Karánsebes, today Caransebeş
Lugos, today Lugoj

All of the places mentioned are in what is now 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)