Zemplén County

Zemplén County
Zemplén County
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
12th century–1920

Coat of arms of Zemplén

Coat of arms

Location of Zemplén
Capital Sátoraljaújhely
History
 - Established 12th century
 - Treaty of Trianon June 4 1920
Area
 - 1910 6,282 km2 (2,425 sq mi)
Population
 - 1910 343,200 
     Density 54.6 /km2  (141.5 /sq mi)
Today part of Slovakia, Hungary

Zemplén (Hungarian: Zemplén, Slovak: Zemplín, German: Semplin, Latin: Zemplinum) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently situated in eastern Slovakia under the name of Zemplín. Most of the county's territory is today in Slovakia except the southern portions of the county, that are in Hungary, in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.

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Geography

Zemplén county

Zemplén county shared borders with Poland (during some periods the Austrian crownland Galicia) and the Hungarian counties Sáros (Šariš), Abaúj-Torna (Abov-Turňa), Borsod, Szabolcs and Ung (Uh). It was situated in the easternmost strip of what is now Slovakia (except for the region between Vihorlatské vrchy and the Latorica river), plus a strip along the Bodrog and Tisza rivers in present-day Hungary. The rivers Laborec and Bodrog flowed through the county. Its area was 6,269 km² around 1910.

Capitals

Initially, the capital of the county was the Zemplín Castle, in the 13th century also Sárospatak (in Slovak: Potok, hence the alternative name of the county comitatus de Potok). Since the Late Middle Ages the capital was the town of Zemplén, and since 1748 was Sátoraljaújhely (Slovak: Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom).

History

Zemplén was one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the aftermath of World War I, the northern part of Zemplén county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. The southern half (including the bigger part of the divided Sátoraljaújhely) stayed in Hungary as the county Zemplén. Following the provisions of the controversial First Vienna Award, an additional part came under Hungarian control in November 1938. The Trianon borders were restored after World War II.

Religions (1910 census):

  • Roman Catholic 38.6%
  • Greek Catholic 30.0%
  • Calvinist 19.7%
  • Jewish 9.6%
  • Lutheran 2.0%
  • Greek Orthodox 0.1%

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Zemplén/Zemplín county were:

Districts (járás)
District Capital
Bodrogköz, SK Medzibodrožie Királyhelmec, SK Královský Chlmec
Gálszécs Gálszécs, SK Sečovce
Homonna Homonna, SK Humenné
Mezőlaborc Mezőlaborc, SK Medzilaborce
Nagymihály Nagymihály, SK Michalovce
Sárospatak Sárospatak
Sátoraljaújhely Sátoraljaújhely
Szerencs Szerencs
Szinna Szinna, SK Snina
Sztropkó Sztropkó, SK Stropkov
Tokaj Tokaj
Varannó Varannó, SK Vranov nad Topľou
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Sátoraljaújhely

The towns of Sátoraljaújhely, Sárospatak, Tokaj and Szerencs are presently in Hungary.


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