Torda County

History

Kingdom of Hungary

Counties (districts formed around royal fortresses) were the basic units of royal administration in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century. The fortress initially serving as the seat of Torda County was located at a distance of about 15 km from modern Torda (now Turda, Romania), above the village Várfalva (now Moldovenești, Romania), on the river Aranyos (now Arieș in Romania). A cemetery near the castle was used from the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries.

The earliest royal charter mentioning the castle is from 1075, but only its interpolated version has been preserved. The earliest authentic charter referring to the same castle is dated to 1177. Although the county itself was only first mentioned in 1227, a reference in the charter of 1075 to taxes levied on salt at the castle implies the existence of a system of administration. Reference to an unnamed ispán of Torda was preserved in a charter from 1221. The ispáns of Torda were appointed by the voivodes of Transylvania, the representative of the kings of Hungary in the province.

Eastern Hungarian Kingdom

Principality of Transylvania

Austria-Hungary

List of ''ispáns''

Fourteenth century

Fifteenth century

Sixteenth century

Seventeenth century

Eighteenth century

Nineteenth century

Footnotes

References

• Bóna, István (1994). The Hungarian–Slav Period (895–1172). In: Köpeczi, Béla; Barta, Gábor; Bóna, István; Makkai, László; Szász, Zoltán; Borus, Judit; History of Transylvania; Akadémiai Kiadó; .
• Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250. Cambridge University Press. .
• Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I. [=Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I"]. História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. .
• Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. .
• Fallenbüchl, Zoltán (1994). Magyarország főispánjai, 1526–1848 - Die Obergespane Ungarns, 1526–1848 Lord-lieutenants of counties in Hungary, 1526–1848
• Kristó, Gyula (1988). A vármegyék kialakulása Magyarországon [=Development of Counties in Hungary]. Magvető Kiadó. .
• Kristó, Gyula (2003). Early Transylvania (895-1324). Lucidus Kiadó. .
• Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. .

References

1. Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 153.
2. Engel 2001, pp. 40-41.
3. Kristó 1988, p. 92.
4. Bóna 1994, p. 163.
5. Curta 2006, p. 356.
6. Kristó 2003, p. 91.
7. Kristó 2003, pp. 91-92.
8. Kristó 2003, p. 92.
9. Curta 2006, pp. 251., 356.
10. Zsoldos 2011, p. 273.
11. Engel 1996, pp. 11., 246.
12. Engel 1996, pp. 11., 251.
13. Engel 1996, pp. 12., 251.