Bars County

County bars ( German rarely county perch; Hungarian bars Vármegye, Slovak Tekovská župa / stolica, latin Comitatus Barsiensis ) is the name of a historic administrative unit ( county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary.

The area lies in today's middle and southern Slovakia, the Slovak Tekov name is now used as an unofficial name given to this area.

Location

The county bordered in the east north of the county Turz ( Turóc ), in the north- east by the county Sohl ( Zólyom ), to the east by the county of Hont, in the eastern south by the county of Gran ( Esztergom ), to the south by the county Komárom ( Komárom ) and in the west and north by the county Neutra ( Nyitra ).

It extends along the river Gran (now slovak Hron ) and on the east by the former county of Hont, on the north by the towns of Kremnitz (now slovak Kremnica ) and Hronská Dúbrava (both belonging to the area ), to the west by the river and Žitava to the south by the towns of Bešeňov ( the area belonging ) and Bíňa (not belonging to the region ) is limited. The rivers and Gran Žitava run through the area, and in 1910 there were 178,500 inhabitants in the county covers an area of ​​2724 km ².

Management seats

Initially, the administrative headquarters at the castle perch was at Stary Tekov, northwest of Levice (now slovak Levice ), then at the castle Levice Levice, from the late 16th century Topoľčiany and since the late 18th century in Zlaté Moravce.

History

The county was created in the 11th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, the area was expanded to the north at the expense of the county Sohl. 1918 the area was part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia, which was confirmed in international law by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.

1938 to 1945 the southern half of the former county was occupied result of the First Vienna Award of Hungary. The Hungarian part was united with the southern part of the former Hungarian also Hont county to county bars - Hont, whose capital that now Hungarian Léva / Levice was.

After the end of World War II, the area came back all the way to Czechoslovakia, and after its disintegration in the states Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, the landscape was a part of Slovakia.

County subdivision

The county was in the early 20th century from the following districts chair (after the name of the administrative headquarters named):