Somogy County (historical)

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Somogy County
(Shomodei)
(1910)
Somogy Coat of Arms (Schomodei)
Administrative headquarters : Kaposvár
Area : 3,675 km²
Population : 365.961
Ethnic groups : 91% Hungarians
5% Germans
3% Croats
1% others
Somogy County (historical)

The Somogy County (German rarely County Schomodj or Somogy ; Hungarian Somogy vármegye , Latin comitatus Simigiensis ) was a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

The area is located in today's south-west Hungary on the area of ​​today's Somogy County , but was somewhat larger than this.

location

Map of Somogy County around 1890

The county bordered on the counties of Zala , Wesprim ( Veszprém ), Tolna , Baranya , Verőce and Belovár-Kőrös (the latter two belonged to the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia ). It was on the south bank of Lake Balaton and the Drau flowed through it.

history

Somogy is one of the few historical counties in Hungary that was not affected by the Trianon Peace Treaty . The county was established in the 11th century and existed in this form until the major county reform in 1950. Only the city of Siófok was spun off from the county in 1850 and assigned to the Wesprim county . In 1950, as part of the major county reform, the area around Szigetvár was assigned to Baranya County . See also under Somogy County .

District subdivision

In the early 20th century the following chair districts existed (named after the name of the administrative seat):

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district Administrative headquarters
Barcs Barcs
Csurgó Csurgó
Igal Igal
Kaposvár Kaposvár
Lengyeltóti Lengyeltóti
Marcali Marcali
Nagyatád Nagyatád
Szigetvár Szigetvár
tab tab
City district (rendezett tanácsú város)
Kaposvár

All the places mentioned are in present-day Hungary .

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)