Liptov county

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Liptov County
(Liptó)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Liptov (Liptó)
Administrative headquarters : Liptószentmiklós
Area : 2,246 km²
Population : 86.906
Ethnic groups : 90% Slovaks
5% Magyars
3% Germans
2% others (Poles and Gypsies)
Liptov county

The Liptó County (dt too. Liptauer County ; Hungarian vármegye Liptó , Latin comitatus Liptoviensis , Slovak Liptovská župa ) is a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

The landscape of the same name is located in central Slovakia . Its Slovak name Liptov is now used as an unofficial name for the area and an official name for a tourist region.

location

Map of Liptó county around 1890

The Liptov County bordered in the northeast on Poland (or 1772-1918 on the Austrian crown land Galicia ), in the east on the former Zips ( Szepes ) county , in the southeast on the Gemer and Kleinhont ( Gömör és Kis-Hont ) counties , in the southwest to the county of Sohl ( Zólyom ), in the west to the county of Turz ( Turóc ) and in the north-west to the county of Arwa ( Árva ).

The area is located in the Western Tatras and south of it and is largely identical to the area of ​​the Upper Waag (up to the confluence of the Waag with the Orava ), i.e. with the Liptov Basin ( Liptovská kotlina in Slovak ).

The watershed between the Waag (which flows through Liptov) and the Hernad ( Hornád in Slovak ) forms the border between the Liptov and Spiš landscapes . In the south it ends at the peaks of the Low Tatras , and in the west the Liptov ends where the Little Fatra ( Malá Fatra in Slovak ) and the Big Fatra (Veľká Fatra) meet.

In 1910 Liptov County had 86,906 inhabitants on an area of ​​2,246 km².

Administrative offices

The administrative seat of the county was the Liptov castle (near Liptovská Sielnica ) and after its destruction in the 15th century the places Liptovská Mara and Partizánska Ľupča , from 1677 it was Liptovský Mikuláš .

history

The region was created as one of the historical counties of the Kingdom of Hungary in the middle of the 13th century by splitting off from the county of Sohl .

In 1918 the region became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia , which was confirmed under international law by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.

In 1939, shortly before the start of World War II after Czechoslovakia was dissolved, Liptov became part of independent Slovakia . After the war, Czechoslovakia was restored and dissolved again in 1993.

The administrative area of ​​the county was incorporated chronologically as follows:

  • 1918–1922: Liptovská župa (Liptov County), CS
  • 1923–1928: Podtatranská župa (Tatra County), CS
  • 1928–1939: Slovenská krajina / zem (Slovak Land), CS
  • 1940–1945: Tatranská župa (Tatra County), SK
  • 1945–1948: Slovenská krajina (Slovak Country), CS
  • 1949–1960: Žilinský kraj (Sillein Regional Association - not to be confused with today's), CS
  • 1960–1990: Stredoslovenský kraj (Central Slovak Regional Association), CS
  • since 1996: Žilinský kraj (Sillein Regional Association), SK

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
Liptószentmiklós Liptószentmiklós, today Liptovský Mikuláš
Liptóújvár Liptóújvár, today Liptovský Hrádok
Németlipcse Németlipcse, today Partizánska Ľupča
Rózsahegy Rózsahegy, today Ružomberok
City district (rendezett tanácsú város)
Rózsahegy, today Ružomberok

Politically, the area is now part of the Sillein Regional Association ( Žilinský kraj ) . Larger towns are Ružomberok (Rosenberg) , Liptovský Mikuláš ( Liptovský Hrádok ) and Liptovský Hrádok .

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)