Ung

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Ung County
(1910)
Coat of arms of Ung
Administrative headquarters : Ungvár
Area : 3,230 km²
Population : 162,089
Ethnic groups : 38% Ruthenians
33% Magyars
22% Slovaks
5% Germans
Ung

The Ung County (Hungarian vármegye Ung , Slovak Užská župa / stolica or county Užský , Latin comitatus Unghvariensis ) is a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary and then briefly in Czechoslovakia . Today 1/3 of the area is in eastern Slovakia and 2/3 in western Ukraine (in today 's Transcarpathian Oblast ).

location

Map of Ung County around 1890

The county bordered in the north on the Austrian crown land Galicia (or before 1772 on Poland ), in the east and southeast on the county Bereg , on a small piece in the south on the county Szabolcs and in the west on the county Semplin (Zemplén) .

It lay between the Carpathian Mountains in the north, the Tisza and Latorica rivers in the south and the Laborec river in the west.

The area was traversed by the rivers Latorica and Usch (Hungarian Ung , hence the name of the county) and in 1910 had 162,089 inhabitants on an area of ​​3230 km².

Administrative offices

The administrative seat of the county was originally on the Ungburg , later the city of Ungvár (now Uzhhorod (Ужгород) in Ukraine ).

history

Ung County is one of the older in the Kingdom of Hungary ; it originated in the 11th century. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the area was temporarily part of Transylvania several times (especially 1547–1551, around 1600, 1622–1629 (see Gabriel Bethlen ) and shortly after 1645).

In 1918 almost all of the newly formed Czechoslovakia came into being , only the city of Záhony and its surroundings remained with Hungary in the newly formed Szabolcs-Ung County .

As a result of the First Vienna Arbitration Award , the area was occupied by Hungary in 1938, except for a small part in the west. Ung County was re-established, but some parts of the Semplin County, which existed until 1918, were added.

After the end of the Second World War, most of the area became part of the Soviet Union ( Ukrainian SSR , Transcarpathian Oblast ), while the westernmost part became part of Czechoslovakia again . After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Zakarpattia Oblast became part of Ukraine . After Czechoslovakia had also dissolved in 1993 and the Czechoslovak part of the area now came to Slovakia , it became part of the Košický kraj in 1996 .

The area of ​​the county was incorporated into Czechoslovakia and Slovakia chronologically as follows:

  • 1918–1922: Zemplínska župa (Semplin County; in Slovakia) + Užská župa (Ung County; in Carpathian Russia ), CS
  • 1923–1928: Košická župa (Kosice County; in Slovakia) + Užská župa (Ung County; in Carpathian Russia ), CS
  • 1928–1939: Slovenská krajina / zem (Slovak country) + Podkarpatoruská zem (Subcarpathian country), CS
  • 1940–1945: Šarišsko-zemplínska župa (Sharosh-Semplin County), SK
  • 1945–1948: Slovenská krajina (Slovak Country), CS
  • 1949–1960: Prešovský kraj (Prešov Regional Association) + Košický kraj (Kosice Regional Association) - not to be confused with today's, CS
  • 1960–1990: Východoslovenský kraj (East Slovak Regional Association), CS
  • since 1996: Košický kraj (Kaschauer Landschaftsverband), SK

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
Ungvár Ungvár, today Ужгород / Uzhhorod
Nagykapos Nagykapos, today Veľké Kapušany
Szobránc Szobránc, today Sobrance
Nagyberezna Nagyberezna, today Великий Березний / Velykyj Beresnyj
Perecseny Perecseny, today Перечин / Peretschyn
Szerednye Szerednye, today Середнє / Serednje
City district (rendezett tanácsú város)
Ungvár, today Ужгород / Uzhhorod

The cities of Veľké Kapušany and Sobrance are in what is now eastern Slovakia , all others in Ukraine .

See also

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  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)