Kolozs County

The county of Cluj ( German county also Kolozs, Hungarian Kolozs Vármegye, Romanian Comitatul Cluj, Latin comitatus Kolosiensis ) was an administrative unit ( county, county ) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, the area in the northwestern Transylvania is located in Romania.

Location

It bordered on the counties Szilágy, Szolnok - Doboka, Bistrita - Naszod ( Beszterce - Naszód ), Maros - Torda, Torda - Aranyos and Bihar.

Geography

The entire county is due to its location in the Carpathians very mountainous, inside there is only wood -free heath land that is fertile but with the exception of the Northwest. Through the county of Somes ( Someş today Romanian) and the Fast Screaming flows (now Romanian Crisul Repede ).

History

The county Cluj began in the 11th century and was named after the Turkish occupation of Hungary part of the Principality of Transylvania.

After the end of the First World War in 1918 the area in 1920 came as a result of the Treaty of Trianon to the Greater Romania, and located after several territorial reforms, except for small parts in the northwest county ( Salaj ), Northeast ( circle Bistrita-Nasaud ) and southeast ( circle Mureş ) in Cluj county.

County subdivision

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

All locations are in today's Romania.