Sopron County
County Sopron (Hungarian Sopron Vármegye; Latin comitatus Soproniensis ) was a historic administrative unit ( county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary.
The area lies in present-day western Hungary and in the eastern parts of Austria ( on the territory of today's Burgenland ).
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Location
The county bordered on the Austrian crown land of Lower Austria and the Hungarian counties Wieselburg ( Moson ), Raab (Győr ), Wesprim ( Veszprém ) and Vas ( Vas ). In the central and northern part of the county was the Neusiedler See.
History
The county was created in the 11th century and was in this form until 1918. The western part came to the Burgenland until 1921 officially created in Austria, while the eastern part remained in Hungary. Originally Austria awarded city of Sopron ( Hung, Sopron ) came through a referendum but in Hungary. Due to the large Komitatsreform 1950 was added the greatly reduced to county Győr- Moson, a small part of it was added to the Vas county.
County subdivision
In the early 20th century following chair districts passed (after the name of the administrative headquarters named):
The cities Oberpullendorf, Eisenstadt, Mattersburg and Rust are in today's Austria, all other places in present-day Hungary.