Háromszék County

County Háromszék [ha ː romse ː k] ( Vármegye Háromszék Hungarian, Romanian Comitatul Trei - scaune ) was an administrative unit of the former Kingdom of Hungary in the Székely Land in Transylvania. The region today lies in Covasna county in Central Romania.

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Geography

The county bordered on Háromszék Old Romania and the Hungarian counties Csík, Udvarhely, wholesale Kokelburg ( Nagy- Küküllő ) and Brasov ( Brassó ). Through the county of Olt flows. The southern and eastern section bounded by the Carpathian Mountains.

Description

" South of the Csiker county, in the southern corner of the Transylvanian basin, lies the Háromszék county, with a surface area of 3556.29 Qudratkilometer. His southwestern part by moving from North to South of the southernmost Tell the Harghita, called Hermanyer or Baróter Mountains. This mountain range parallel, but shallower, the county penetrates the left Altufer following, höhrere and rougher Bodoker a mountain, with the Bodoker Alpe ( 1195 meters) the highest peak. East of this grab the last foothills of the Esiker border mountain ranges in the northern part of the county over. The highest in this group extend to the neighboring summit of Nagy- Sándor ( 1628 meters ) and the Nemere ( 1628 meters). This mountain range is separated by the Ojtozpaß of the eastern border accompanying Bereczker Mountains, which runs as a continuous massive mountains of north to south. In this limit chain Lakócza (1775 meters) is the highest peak, Esiyános ( 1605 meters) but forms the southern corner, where the whole of the eastern border mountains bends in sharp angles to west and the Baßkabach translating, drags to Bodzaer passport. The Bodzaner Alps send only its extreme north-eastern sectors after Háromszék by closing the ausgedehte central plain of the county from the south. "

History

Literally translated Háromszék " three chairs ." County Háromszék was in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed from the three Szeklerstühlen Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék ( often together referred to as Háromszék ), parts of the county Fehér ( Száraspatak exclave ) and other adjacent areas formed. 1918 was then under the name Trei scaune part of Romania, which is also " three chairs " means in Romanian.

County subdivision

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

All these places are in the present-day Romania.