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Ung County

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Capital
  
Ungvár

1910
  
3,230 km (1,247 sq mi)

Established
  
11th century

1910
  
162,089

Ung County

Today part of
  
Ukraine  Hungary  Slovakia

Ung county (in Latin: comitatus Unghvariensis, in Hungarian: Ung (vár)megye in Slovak also: Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in eastern Slovakia (1/3) and western Ukraine (2/3).

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Geography

Ung county shared borders with the Austrian crownland Galicia (now in Poland and Ukraine) and the Hungarian counties Bereg, Szabolcs and Zemplén. It was situated between the Carpathian Mountains in the north, the rivers Tisza and Latorca (present-day Latorica) in the south, and the river Laborc (present-day Laborec) in the west. The rivers Latorca and Ung (present-day Uzh) flowed through the county. Its area was 3230 km² around 1910.

Capitals

Initially, the capital of the county was the Uzhhorod Castle (Hungarian: Ungvári vár), later the town of Ungvár (present-day Uzhhorod).

History

Ung is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the aftermath of World War I, most of Ung county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. The town of Záhony and the village of Győröcske remained in Hungary (county Szabolcs-Ung).

Following the provisions of the First Vienna Award, all but the westernmost part of the county became part of Hungary again in November 1938. After World War II, this westernmost part was returned to Czechoslovakia. The rest (except Záhony and Győröcske) became part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR, Zakarpattia Oblast.

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 153,266 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

  • Ruthenian: 55,742 (36.4%)
  • Hungarian: 46,306 (30.2%)
  • Slovak: 42,876 (28.0%)
  • German: 7,099 (4.6%)
  • Romanian: 199 (0.1%)
  • Croatian: 192 (0.1%)
  • Serbian: 3 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 849 (0.6%)

    • According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Greek Catholic: 83,936 (54.8%)
  • Roman Catholic: 32,904 (21.5%)
  • Calvinist: 19,003 (12.4%)
  • Jewish: 16,776 (10.9%)
  • Lutheran: 562 (0.4%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 56 (0.0%)
  • Unitarian: 12 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 17 (0.0%)

    • 1910

    In 1910, the county had a population of 162,089 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

    Total:

  • Ruthenian: 61,711 (38.07%)
  • Hungarian: 53,824 (33.21%)
  • Slovak: 36,364 (22.43%)
  • German: 8,383 (5.17%)
  • Romanian: 133 (0.08%)
  • Croatian: 82 (0.05%)
  • Serbian: 8 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 1,584 (0.98%)

    • According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Greek Catholic: 89,149 (55.0%)
  • Roman Catholic: 34,549 (21.31%)
  • Calvinist: 20,092 (12.4%)
  • Jewish: 17,587 (10.85%)
  • Lutheran: 582 (0.36%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 90 (0.06%)
  • Unitarian: 21 (0.01%)
  • Other or unknown: 19 (0.01%)

    • Subdivisions

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

    The towns of Veľké Kapušany and Sobrance are now in Slovakia; the other towns mentioned are in Ukraine.

    References

    Ung County Wikipedia
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