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Tolna County (former)

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Capital
  
Szekszárd

1910
  
3,537 km (1,366 sq mi)

Today part of
  
Hungary

Established
  
11th century

1910
  
267,300

Tolna County (former)

Tolna (Latin: Comitatus Tolnensis) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.

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Geography

Tolna county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Veszprém, Fejér, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Baranya. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 3537 km² around 1910.

History

Tolna county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 253,182 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

  • Hungarian: 172,967 (68.3%)
  • German: 77,293 (30.5%)
  • Serbian: 1,011 (0.4%)
  • Slovak: 735 (0.3%)
  • Croatian: 369 (0.2%)
  • Romanian: 1 (0.0%)
  • Ruthenian: 0 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 806 (0.3%)
  • According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Roman Catholic: 172,151 (68.0%)
  • Calvinist: 39,141 (15.5%)
  • Lutheran: 31,836 (12.6%)
  • Jewish: 8,427 (3.3%)
  • Eastern Orthodox: 1,108 (0.4%)
  • Greek Catholic: 123 (0.0%)
  • Unitarian: 19 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 377 (0.2%)
  • 1910

    In 1910, the county had a population of 267,267 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

    Total:

  • Hungarian: 189,521 (70.9%)
  • German: 74,376 (27.9%)
  • Serbian: 1,102 (0.4%)
  • Slovak: 789 (0.3%)
  • Croatian: 343 (0.1%)
  • Romanian: 39 (0.0%)
  • Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 1,085 (0.4%)
  • According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Roman Catholic: 185,863 (69.5%)
  • Calvinist: 39,500 (14.8%)
  • Lutheran: 31,976 (12.0%)
  • Jewish: 8,159 (3.1%)
  • Eastern Orthodox: 1,167 (0.4%)
  • Greek Catholic: 209 (0.1%)
  • Unitarian: 20 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 355 (0.1%)
  • Subdivisions

    In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Tolna county were:

    References

    Tolna County (former) Wikipedia