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Veszprém County (former)

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

Field	Value
native_name
conventional_long_name	Veszprém County
common_name	Veszprém
subdivision	County
nation	the Kingdom of Hungary
year_start	11th century
event_end	Monarchy abolished
year_end	1946
image_coat	Coa_Hungary_County_Veszprém.svg
image_map	Veszprém vármegye Magyarországon.svg
capital	Veszprém
coordinates
stat_area1	3953
stat_pop1	229776
stat_year1	1910
today	Hungary

Veszprém was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Veszprém county, in western Hungary. The capital of the county was Veszprém.

Geography

Veszprém county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Sopron, Győr, Komárom, Fejér, Tolna, Somogy and Zala. It covered the Bakony hills, the eastern tip of Lake Balaton and the region southeast of the lake. The river Marcal formed its western border. Its area was 3953 km2 around 1910.

History

Veszprém county arose as one of the first comitatuses of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.

The city Siófok, which used to be in Somogy county before the 1850s, went back from Veszprém county to Somogy county before World War II. After World War II, the territory of Veszprém county was again modified: a small region west of Pápa, which used to be part of Vas county, and the northern shore of Lake Balaton, which used to be part of Zala county, were added. The region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying) went to Fejér county.

Demographics

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 222,024 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

Hungarian: 187,160 (84,3%)
German: 32,522 (14,6%)
Slovak: 1,758 (0,8%)
Romanian: 121 (0,1%)
Croatian: 35 (0,0%)
Serbian: 4 (0,0%)
Ruthenian: 2 (0,0%)
Other or unknown: 422 (0,2%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

Total:

Roman Catholic: 143,192 (64,5%)
Calvinist: 44,820 (20,2%)
Lutheran: 24,393 (11,0%)
Jewish: 9,343 (4,2%)
Greek Catholic: 78 (0,0%)
Greek Orthodox: 98 (0,1%)
Unitarian: 52 (0,0%)
Other or unknown: 48 (0,0%)

1910

In 1910, the county had a population of 229,776 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

Hungarian: 199,063 (86.63%)
German: 29,283 (12.74%)
Slovak: 917 (0.4%)
Croatian: 55 (0.02%)
Romanian: 41 (0.02%)
Serbian: 17 (0.01%)
Ruthenian: 5 (0.0%)
Other or unknown: 395 (0.17%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

Total:

Roman Catholic: 151,831 (66.08%)
Calvinist: 44,507 (19.37%)
Lutheran: 24,905 (10.84%)
Jewish: 8,282 (3.6%)
Greek Catholic: 106 (0.05%)
Greek Orthodox: 61 (0.03%)
Unitarian: 57 (0.02%)
Other or unknown: 27 (0.01%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Veszprém county were:

Districts (járás)	District	Capital	Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Devecser	Devecser
Enying	Enying
Pápa	Pápa
Veszprém	Veszprém
Zirc	Zirc
Pápa
Veszprém

References

"KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu.
"KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu.
"KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu.
"KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu.

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