Krassó-Szörény County

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Krassó-Szörény (Hungarian: Krassó-Szörény, Romanian: Caraș-Severin, Serbian: Karaš-Severin or Караш-Северин) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary.[1] Its territory is now mostly located in south-western Romania, with one very small part which is located in Serbia. The capital of the county was Lugos (present-day Lugoj).

Krassó-Szörény County
Comitatus Krassovinis et Severinensis (Latin)
Krassó-Szörény vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Karasch-Severin (German)
Comitatul Caraș-Severin (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1881–1920
Coat of arms of Krassó-Szörény
Coat of arms

CapitalLugos
Area
 • Coordinates45°41′N 21°54′E / 45.683°N 21.900°E / 45.683; 21.900
 
• 1910
11,074 km2 (4,276 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
466,147
History 
• Established
1881
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofRomania
Serbia
Lugoj is the current name of the capital

Geography

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Map of Krassó-Szörény, 1891.

Krassó-Szörény County was located in the Banat region. It shared borders with the Kingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian counties of Temes, Arad and Hunyad. The river Danube formed its southern border, and the river Mureș its northern border. The rivers Bega, Timiș, Bârzava, Caraș, Nera and Cerna flowed through the county. Its area was 11,032 km2 (4,259 sq mi) around 1910.

History

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Krassó in the 14th century.

Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties of Krassó (its center was Lugos/Lugoj) and Szörény (its center was Karánsebes/Caransebeș). Previously, Krassó County had been re-established in 1779, with significantly different borders than in medieval times, while Szörény County had only been established in 1873 (it was the shortest-lived county in the modern Kingdom of Hungary), mostly on the territory of the former Vlach Regiment of the Banat Military Frontier.

In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, most of the county was assigned to Romania, with one small part (villages of Banatska Subotica and Dobričevo) which was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The north of the county (including Lugoj) is now part of the Romanian county of Timiș, except for a 10 km (6.2 mi) wide strip along the Mureș River, which is in Arad County. The rest now forms Caraș-Severin County, except for the city Orșova, which is in Mehedinți County.

Demographics

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Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
Population by mother tongue[a]
Census Total Romanian German Hungarian Serbian Slovak Croatian Other or unknown
1880[2] 381,304 289,849 (78.35%) 37,833 (10.23%) 7,201 (1.95%) 18,686 (5.05%)[b] 6,247 (1.69%) 10,117 (2.73%)
1890[3] 407,635 311,335 (76.38%) 48,058 (11.79%) 10,879 (2.67%) 11,862 (2.91%) 5,723 (1.40%) 5,018 (1.23%) 14,760 (3.62%)
1900[4] 443,001 328,371 (74.12%) 55,256 (12.47%) 21,439 (4.84%) 13,138 (2.97%) 3,831 (0.86%) 279 (0.06%) 20,687 (4.67%)
1910[5] 466,147 336,082 (72.10%) 55,883 (11.99%) 33,787 (7.25%) 14,674 (3.15%) 2,908 (0.62%) 319 (0.07%) 22,494 (4.83%)
Population by religion[c]
Census Total Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Greek Catholic Calvinist Jewish Other or unknown
1880 381,304 295,820 (77.58%) 62,080 (16.28%) 16,590 (4.35%) 1,619 (0.42%) 3,243 (0.85%) 1,952 (0.51%)
1890 407,635 306,023 (75.07%) 73,817 (18.11%) 18,949 (4.65%) 3,053 (0.75%) 3,713 (0.91%) 2,080 (0.51%)
1900 443,001 325,613 (73.50%) 84,748 (19.13%) 18,262 (4.12%) 7,792 (1.76%) 4,375 (0.99%) 2,211 (0.50%)
1910 466,147 337,153 (72.33%) 90,479 (19.41%) 20,006 (4.29%) 10,400 (2.23%) 4,795 (1.03%) 3,314 (0.71%)

Subdivisions

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In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Krassó-Szörény county were:

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Béga Bálinc (now Balinț)
  Boksanbánya Boksanbánya (now Bocșa Montană)
  Bozovics Bozovics (now Bozovici)
  Facsád Facsád (now Făget)
  Jám Jám (now Iam)
  Karánsebes Karánsebes (now Caransebeș)
  Lugos Lugos (now Lugoj)
  Maros Marosberkes (now Birchiș)
  Oravicabánya Oravicabánya (now Oravița)
  Orsova Orsova (now Orșova)
  Resicabánya Resicabánya (now Reșița)
  Temes Szákul (now Sacu)
  Teregova Teregova (now Teregova)
  Újmoldova Újmoldova (now Moldova Nouă)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Karánsebes (now Caransebeș)
Lugos (now Lugoj)

Notes

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  1. ^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ^ Serbian and Croatian.
  3. ^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

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  1. ^ Zoltán Gál, The banking functions of the Hungarian urban network in the early 20th century, Centre for Regional Studies, 2006, table 6 [1]
  2. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.