Bars County

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Bars County
Comitatus Barsiensis (Latin)
Bars vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Bars (German)
Tekovská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1920
Coa Hungary County Bars (history).svg
Coat of arms
Bars varmegye Magyarorszagon.svg
Capital Bars;
Léva (1321–1580);
Kis-Tapolcsan (1580–1735)
Aranyosmarót (1735–1920)
Area
  Coordinates 48°23′N18°24′E / 48.383°N 18.400°E / 48.383; 18.400
 
 1910
2,724 km2 (1,052 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
178,500
History 
 Established
11th century
4 June 1920
Today part of Slovakia
Starý Tekov; Levice; Topoľčianky; Zlaté Moravce are the current name of the capital.

Bars (Latin: comitatus Barsiensis, Hungarian: Bars, Slovak: Tekov, German: Barsch) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central and southern Slovakia. Today in Slovakia, Tekov is the informal designation of the corresponding territory.

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Geography

Map of Bars, 1891. Bars county map.jpg
Map of Bars, 1891.
Former county of Bars superimposed on map of contemporary Slovakia Slovakia Tekov.jpg
Former county of Bars superimposed on map of contemporary Slovakia

Bars County shared borders with the Hungarian counties of Nyitra, Turóc, Zólyom, Hont, Esztergom and Komárom. It was situated along the Garam river between Hont in the east, Körmöcbánya and Felsőbesenyő in the north (which were part of the county), the Zsitva river in the west, and Zsitvabesenyő and Bény in the south (which was not part of the county). The rivers Garam and Zsitva ran through the county. The county was characterised by mining. Around 1910, its area was 2,724 km2 (1,052 sq mi).

Capitals

The capital of the county was the Bars Castle, then the Léva Castle, then from the late 16th century Kistapolcsány and since the 18th century Aranyosmarót.

History

The county arose in the 11th century. The southern part of this county was occupied by Ottoman Empire between 1663 and 1685 and managed as Uyvar Eyalet by her. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon.

Following the provisions of the First Vienna Award, the southern part of the area was returned to Hungary in November 1938. This was merged with the southern part of the former Hont county to form Bars-Hont county, with the capital Léva.

After World War II, the Trianon borders were restored and the area lay again completely in Czechoslovakia. In 1993, Czechoslovakia was split and Tekov became part of Slovakia.

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description) Bars ethnic map.png
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue [lower-alpha 1]
CensusTotal Slovak Hungarian German Other or unknown
1880 [1] 142,69179,108 (57,05%)42,118 (30.37%)16,863 (12.16%)576 (0.42%)
1890 [2] 152,91087,016 (56.91%)47,611 (31.14%)17,561 (11.48%)722 (0.47%)
1900 [3] 165,12294,879 (57.46%)52,317 (31.68%)17,325 (10.49%)601 (0.36%)
1910 [4] 178,50097,824 (54.80%)62,022 (34.75%)17,366 (9.73%)1,288 (0.72%)
Population by religion [lower-alpha 2]
CensusTotal Roman Catholic Calvinist Jewish Lutheran Other or unknown
1880142,691118,284 (82.90%)16,491 (11.56%)4,927 (3.45%)2,738 (1.92%)251 (0.18%)
1890152,910127,761 (83.55%)16,920 (11.07%)5,157 (3.37%)3,030 (1.98%)42 (0.03%)
1900165,122139,729 (84.62%)17,018 (10.31%)5,191 (3.14%)3,115 (1.89%)69 (0.04%)
1910178,500153,286 (85.87%)16,795 (9.41%)4,969 (2.78%)3,253 (1.82%)197 (0.11%)

Subdivisions

Bars county administrative map.jpg

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

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
  AranyosmarótAranyosmarót (now Zlaté Moravce)
  GaramszentkeresztGaramszentkereszt (now Žiar nad Hronom)
  LévaLéva (now Levice)
  OszlányOszlány (now Oslany)
  VerebélyVerebély (now Vráble)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
  Körmöcbánya (now Kremnica)
  Léva (now Levice)
  Újbánya (now Nová Baňa)

Notes

  1. Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

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