Sáros County

County Sáros ( German county also damage Rosh; Sáros Vármegye Hungarian, Slovak Šarišská župa / stolica, Latin comitatus Sarossiensis ) is the name of a historic administrative unit ( county / county) of the Kingdom of Hungary.

The county was in what is now northeastern Slovakia and the Slovak Saris name is now used as an unofficial name given to this area and as the official designation of a tourist region.

Location

The county bordered on the north by Poland ( 1772 to 1918 or to the Austrian crown land of Galicia), on the west by the county Zips ( Szepes ), to the south by the county Abaúj (or 1785-90, 1848-59, 1882-1918 County Abaúj- Torna and on the east by the county Semplin ( Zemplén ).

It was ( Levočské Hills, located in the zips ) of the Levočské mountains and the cities of Kosice and Svidník limited. The river flowed through Torysa the county. 1910, the area had 174 620 inhabitants in an area of 3652 km ².

Management seats

County seat was originally the castle damage Rosch, after that it was up to 1647 different seats (including Velky Saris ) and from then on Prešov.

History

County Sáros originated in the 13th century from the county Novi Castri (named after Novum Castrum, today Abaújvár ), from which emerged the later counties Abaujwar and Heves.

1918, the region became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia, this was confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. There she was until 1922 on ( Šarišská župa ). 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, after Czechoslovakia was dissolved, Saris was a part of the independent Slovakia. After the war Czechoslovakia was re-established and disbanded in 1993.

The area of the county was administratively incorporated chronologically as follows:

Although historically the region was rather a rich area, it is rather impoverished since the 19th century.

County subdivision

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