Weissenburg County

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Weissenburg County
(Fejér)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Weißenburg (Fejér)
Administrative headquarters : Székesfehérvár
Area : 4,129 km²
Population : 250,670
Ethnic groups : 87% Hungarians
10% Germans
2% Slovaks
1% others (Serbs, Croats, Gypsies)
Weissenburg County

The Fejér County ( Hungarian vármegye Fejér , Latin comitatus Albensis ) was a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

The area lies in today's central Hungary on the area of ​​today's Fejér county , but was somewhat smaller than what is still in existence today.

location

Map of Fejér County around 1890

County bordering on the counties County Veszprém (Veszprém) , Komárom County (Komárom) , Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Tolna . It was southwest of Budapest , and its eastern border was the Danube .

history

The county was established in the 11th century and existed in this form until the major county reform in 1950. In the 17th century, only the Solt region became part of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county . In 1950, the southeastern region on Lake Balaton (around the town of Enying ) from Veszprém county was added to the area, the town of Érd and its surroundings went to Pest county . See further under Fejér 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
Adony Adony
Mór Mór
Sárbogárd Sárbogárd
Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár
Vál Vál
City district (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Székesfehérvár

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)