Wieselburg county

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Wieselburg County
(Moson)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Wieselburg (Moson)
Administrative headquarters : Magyaróvár
Area : 1,937 km²
Population : 94,479
Ethnic groups : 55% Germans
35% Magyars
9% Croats
1% other (Slovaks)
Wieselburg county

The Moson County (German also Wieselburger County ; Hungarian Moson vármegye , Slovak Mošonská župa / stolica or Mošonský County , Latin comitatus Mosoniensis ) was a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

location

Map of Moson County around 1890

With a few exceptions, it was located south of the Danube around and west of the present-day city of Mosonmagyaróvár (German Wieselburg-Hungarian Altenburg ). In the west, about 1/3 was in today's Burgenland in Austria , while the eastern 2/3 of the county is spread across today's western Hungary and the northern part of it in Slovakia .

The county bordered in the north on the county Pressburg (Pozsony) , in the east on the county Raab (Győr) , in the south and southwest on the county Ödenburg (Sopron) and in the west on the Austrian crown land of Lower Austria .

In 1910 it had 94,479 inhabitants who lived in an area of ​​1,937 km².

Administrative headquarters

Originally the seat of the administration was in Moson (German Wieselburg ), in the Middle Ages it was relocated to the immediately neighboring Magyaróvár (German Hungarian Altenburg ). In 1939 both cities were finally united to Mosonmagyaróvár .

history

Wieselburg County emerged as such at the end of the 10th century as one of the first in the Kingdom of Hungary .

Small parts of the county north of the Danube (smaller areas in the Danube floodplains, for example northeast of Lipót ) became part of Czechoslovakia in 1918/1919 , and Petržalka was added to Czechoslovakia in August 1919 ( confirmed under international law by the Treaty of Trianon 1920). The western part (over half of the area of ​​the county) came to the Burgenland in Austria, which was officially created in 1921, while the remaining eastern part remained with Hungary . In 1947, as a result of the Paris Peace Conference , the borders were again adjusted in favor of the reborn Czechoslovakia, which was awarded the places Jarovce , Čunovo and Rusovce .

The Hungarian part of the county was formed after World War II from 1923 together with the Győr County and a small part of the former county Pressburg the Győr-Moson-Pozsony . After the Second World War, Győr-Moson-Pozsony County was merged with Sopron County to form Győr-Sopron County in the course of the major county reform in 1950 . Finally in 1990 the Hungarian county was renamed Győr-Moson-Sopron .

The Czechoslovak or Slovak part was added to the Komorn County (Slovak Komárňanská župa ) in 1918 , but Petržalka in 1919 to the Bratislava County (Slovak Bratislavská župa ). In 1923 all areas of the former Moson County were added to the Bratislava County, which was dissolved in 1928. Today, after the incorporation of Petržalka (1946) and the places Jarovce , Čunovo and Rusovce (1972), the region in and around Petržalka belongs to the city of Bratislava and thus to the Bratislava Regional Association ( Bratislavský kraj ). The small parts in the Danube floodplains belong to the Tyrnau Regional Association ( Trnavský kraj ).

Population development

Population in Wieselburg County by ethnic group (1880–1910)
year German Hungarian Croatian Slovak Jewish total
1880 54,957 (70.8%) 12,991 (16.7%) 8,464 (10.9%) - - 81,370
1890 54,729 (64.3%) 20,787 (24.4%) 8,424 (9.9%) - - 85,050
1900 54,508 (60.8%) 25,991 (29.0%) 8,017 (8.9%) 589 (0.7%) 584 (0.7%) 89.714
1910 51,997 (55.0%) 33,006 (34.9%) 8,123 (8.6%) 735 (0.8%) 604 (0.6%) 94,479

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
Magyaróvár Magyaróvár, since 1939 Mosonmagyaróvár
Rajka Rajka
Nezsider Nezsider, today Neusiedl am See

The place Neusiedl am See is located in Austria today .

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)