Wikipedia:WikiProject Historical Hungarian counties

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This WikiProject is an attempt to formulate a common template for the Hungarian historical counties. It suggests a structure which would make them more structured and give them a common look and feel.

It started from a list:

and its talk page:


Contents

[edit] Title

WikiProject Historical Hungarian counties

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims to structure the articles for the historical counties of Hungary.

[edit] Parentage

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

None.

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[edit] Coordination

The effort should be coordinated with the Hungarian Wikipedia (see hu:Kategória:Magyar Királyság vármegyéi), the German Wikipedia (see de:Liste der historischen Komitate Ungarns) and the Slovak Wikipedia (see sk:Historické župy na Slovensku). See also Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary.

[edit] Article structure

The global structure is:

Article name
Brief description
Infobox
Geography
(Capitals)
History
Subdivisions

[edit] Article name

Ideally, this should be just the Hungarian name of the county (e.g. Hont). There are some reasons to deviate:

  • In Slovakia the Slovak versions of the names are still used very often, so the Slovak names are used for the titles.
  • In case something else with the same name exists (a town) the title becomes X (county). In case a modern Hungarian county exists with the same name, the old county's article will have "former county" in the title, e.g. Békés (former county). Special case: Arad (Hungarian county).

[edit] Brief description

The article should start with a good introduction, giving the name of the county, its location in Pre-Trianon Hungary, the country it is in now, its capital (if that's not a separate heading).

Example:
Kis-Küküllő is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (central Transylvania). Kis-Küküllő is the Hungarian name for the Târnava Mică River. The capital of the county was Târnăveni (Romanian, Dicsőszentmárton in Hungarian).

[edit] Infobox

Example:

Comitatus Comaromiensis
Komárom County
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century – 1920
Location of Komárom
Capital Komárom
History
 - Established 11th century
 - Treaty of Trianon June 41920
Area
 - 1910 2,834 km² (1,094 sq mi)
Population
 - 1910 est. 201,800 
     Density 71.2 /km²  (184.4 /sq mi)
Today part of Slovakia, Hungary
Komárno is the current name of the capital.

The infobox contains the fields:

  • name: name of the county in Hungarian
  • capital: the capital of the county in 1910, Hungarian name first, then (if applicable) the current official name, preceded by the country code.
  • area: the area (units km²) in 1910, including urban counties (technically not part of the county)
  • population: the population in 1910, including urban counties
  • map: see /Maps
  • present: in which countries is the county territory currently, in order of county area

A picture of the county's coat of arms may be added in the future, as it is now in Hungarian wikipedia (uncertain copyright, however). Here's a website of them: http://historicaltextarchive.com/hungary/counties.html ((It should be no more than xx pixels in width.))

[edit] Geography

Bordering counties (and other states), significant rivers, lakes and mountains. Area and population (around 1910). In- or excluding urban districts and counties? Name, capital, area and population can also be in the infobox alone.

[edit] Capitals

The Slovak counties have a chapter capitals, because they changed during the ages (the articles cover 11th century to present). Since it's usually just one line, it would also fit in the history section.

[edit] History

When was the county founded, what were its predecessors, merges, splits, where is it now.

[edit] Subdivisions

This section covers districts (járás), urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város) and urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város). Lay-out: table, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Historical Hungarian counties/Districts.

[edit] Model articles