Tolna County (historical)
Tolna County (Tolnau) (1910) |
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Administrative headquarters : | Szekszárd |
Area : | 3,537 km² |
Population : | 267.259 |
Ethnic groups : | 71% Hungarians 28% Germans 11% others ( Serbs , Slovaks ) |
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The Tolna (German also Tolna county ; Hungarian vármegye Tolna , Latin comitatus Tolnensis ) was a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .
The area is located in today's central Hungary on the area of today's Tolna County .
location
The county bordered on Somogy , Wesprim ( Veszprém ), Weißenburg ( Fejér ), Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Baranya counties . The Danube formed its southern border .
history
The county was established in the 11th century and existed in this form until the major county reform in 1950. See further under Tolna 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 |
Dombóvár | Dombóvár |
Dunaföldvár | Paks |
Központ ("center") | Szekszárd |
Simontornya | Gyönk |
Tamási | Tamási |
Völgység ("lowlands") | Bonyhád |
City district (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
Szekszárd |
All the places mentioned are in present-day Hungary .
See also
literature
- Tolna . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 15, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 745.
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)