Nyitra County


Nyitra County was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory lay in what is now western Slovakia.

Geography

Nyitra County shared borders with the Austrian land Moravia and Trencsén County, Turóc County, Bars County, Komárom County and Pozsony County. In its final phase, it was a strip of land between the Morava river in the north and the town of Érsekújvár in the south, plus an outlier around the town of Privigye. The river Vág flowed through the county. Its area was 5519 km² around 1910.

Capitals

The capital of the county was the Nitra Castle and since the Late Middle Ages the town of Nyitra.

History

A predecessor to Nyitra county may have existed as early as in the 9th century at the time of Great Moravia. Around 1000, Nyitra county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary. The southern part, including the town Nyitra, was ruled as Uyvar Province between 1663–1685 by Ottoman Empire. The county shortly ceased to exist as a separate administrative unit between 1849 and 1860, when it was split into Upper Nyitra County and Lower Nyitra County.

After World War I, Nyitra county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia. Nitra county continued to exist within its original borders until 1923, when it was replaced by so-called "Nitra Great County", officially The County XIV.. In 1928, Nitra County was abolished like all other counties in Slovakia. During the First Slovak Republic the county was shortly restored, however without southern parts became part of Hungary in November 1938, as a result of the First Vienna Award.

Demographics

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 428,296 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:
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According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:
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In 1910, the county had a population of 457,455 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:
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According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:
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In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Nyitra county were: