Tolna County (historical)

Tolna County (Tolnau) (1910)
Administrative headquarters :	Szekszárd
Area :	3,537 km²
Population :	267.259
Ethnic groups :	71% Hungarians 28% Germans 11% others ( Serbs , Slovaks )

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

Map of Tolna County around 1890

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)
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

• List of historical counties of Hungary

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

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)