Nógrád (former county)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Comitatus Neogradiensis
Nógrád County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

12th century – 1920

Coat of arms

Capital

Balassagyarmat

History

- Established

12th century

- Treaty of Trianon

June 4, 1920

Area

- 1910

4,128 km² (1,594 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

261,500

Density

63.3 /km² (164.1 /sq mi)

Today part of

Slovakia, Hungary

Nógrád (-Hungarian, in Latin: comitatus Neogradiensis, in German: Neuburg or Neograd, in Slovak: Novohrad) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia and in northern present-day Hungary. The name Novohrad is still used in Slovakia as an informal designation of the corresponding territory. The name stems from the former Nógrád (Novohrad) castle in present-day Hungary.

1 Geography
2 Capitals
3 History
4 Subdivisions

[edit] Geography

Map of Nógrád county

In 1910, Nógrád county shared borders with the counties Hont, Zólyom (Zvolen), Gömör-Kishont (Gemer-Malohont), Heves and Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun. It was situated approximately along the line Poltár, Lučenec, Szécsény and Vác. The river Ipeľ flowed through the county. Its area was 4,133 km² around 1910.

[edit] Capitals

The capital of the county was Balassagyarmat, except for the 18th century, when the capital was Lučenec.

[edit] History

Nógrád was one of the first counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, founded in the 11th century.

In the aftermath of World War I, the part of Komárom county north of the river Ipeľ became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia (as Novohrad county), as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. The southern part stayed in Hungary. Following the provisions of the controversial First Vienna Award, the southern half of Novohrad came under Hungarian control in November 1938. After World War II, the Trianon borders were restored. In 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolved and Novohrad became part of independent Slovakia. Since 1996, it is part of the Slovak administrative unit Banska Bystrica region.

The Hungarian part of Nógrád merged with the Hungarian part of Hont county to form Nógrád-Hont county. Between 1939 and 1945 it was united with the occupied half of the Slovak part of Nógrád county. Since 1950 the Hungarian part of Nógrád, with a small part of former Hont county added, forms the present Hungarian county Nógrád.

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Nógrád/Novohrad county were:

Franciscan Convent Szécsény - Aerial Photo

Szirák - Palace from above

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Balassagyarmat	Balassagyarmat
Gács	Gács, SK Halič
Losonc	Losonc, SK Lučenec
Nógrád	Rétság
Salgótarján	Salgótarján
Szécsény	Szécsény
Szirák	Szirák
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Losonc, SK Lučenec