Unterweißburg county

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Unterweißburg county
(Alsó-Fehér)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Unterweißburg (Alsó-Fehér)
Administrative headquarters : Nagyenyed
Area : 3,646 km²
Population : 221,618
Ethnic groups : 77% Romanians
18% Magyars
3% Germans
2% others (mainly Serbs )
Unterweißburg county

The County Unterweißburg (Hungarian Alsó-Fehér vármegye , Romanian Comitatul Alba de Jos , Latin comitatus Albensis inferior ) was an administrative unit in the Grand Duchy of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Hungary . The area, which was irregular in shape, covered an area of ​​around 3,600 km². The main river of the county was the Mieresch . On its left side stretched the hill country of the Königsboden , on its right the mountains of the Transylvanian Ore Mountains (Hungarian Erdélyi Érchegység ) rose.

location

Map of Alsó-Fehér county around 1890

The county bordered on the counties of Hunyad , Torda-Aranyos , Klein-Kokelburg (Kis-Küküllő) , Groß-Kokelburg (Nagy-Küküllő) and Hermannstadt (Szeben) . The rivers Maros (German Mieresch , today Romanian Mureș ) and Küküllő (German Kokel , today Romanian Târnava ) flowed through the county .

history

The old Weißenburg county in the 18th century.

The county was established in 1765 when the old Weißenburg ( Fehér ) county was divided into the lower and upper counties. When the administrative structures in Transylvania were reorganized in 1876, the boundaries of the county were slightly changed, and it was in these until 1918. By the Treaty of Trianon , it was added to Romania in 1920 and continued as the Alba district until 1960. It is now in the Romanian districts of Alba , Sibiu (in the southeast) and Mureș (a small part in the northeast).

population

The census in 1910 showed a population of 221,618 people, of whom 39,107 Hungary 7,269 German and 171,483 Romanians. As for denominations, 11,194 of the population were Roman Catholic, 85,276 Greek Catholic, 23,009 Calvinist, 7,283 Lutheran, and 89,724 Greek Orthodox. The Hungarians lived mainly in the Marosújvár (Ocna Mureș) and Nagyenyed (Aiud) districts and in the cities of Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia) , Vízakna (Ocna Sibiului) , Abrudbánya (Abrud) and Nagyenyed (Aiud) .

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
Alvinc Alvinc, today Vințu de Jos
Balázsfalva Balázsfalva, today Blaj
Kisenyed Vízakna, today Ocna Sibiului
Magyars Magyars, now Ighiu
Marosújvár Marosújvár, today Ocna Mureș
Nagyenyed Nagyenyed, today Aiud
Tövis Tövis, today Teiuș
Verespatak Verespatak, today Roșia Montană
City districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Abrudbánya, today Abrud
Gyulafehérvár, today Alba Iulia
Nagyenyed, today Aiud
Vízakna, today Ocna Sibiului

All places are in today's Romania .

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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)