Hajdú County

Hajdú County
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1950
Coat of arms
Capital		Debrecen 47°32′N 21°38′E / 47.533°N 21.633°E / 47.533; 21.633Coordinates: 47°32′N 21°38′E / 47.533°N 21.633°E / 47.533; 21.633
History
-	Established	1876
-	Disestablished	1950
Area
-	1910	3,343 km2 (1,291 sq mi)
Population
-	1910	253,900
	Density	75.9 /km2  (196.7 /sq mi)
Today part of		Hungary

Hajdú, formerly known as Hajdúság, was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Debrecen. The territory of the county is now part of the Hungarian county Hajdú-Bihar.

Geography

Hajdú county shared borders with the counties Heves, Borsod, Szabolcs, Bihar, Békés and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. The river Tisza touched its western border. The Hortobágy National Park steppe lies in the county. Its area was 3343 km² around 1910.

History

The Hajdúság region had a special status in the Kingdom of Hungary, but was turned into the proper county Hajdú in the 19th century. After World War II, it was merged with Bihar county (the Hungarian part of pre-Trianon Bihar county) and some smaller parts of the former Szabolcs county to form Hajdú-Bihar county, with its capital at Debrecen.

Demographics

In 1900, the county had a population of 223,612 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 221,798 (99,2%)
• German: 972 (0,4%)
• Romanian: 288 (0,1%)
• Slovak: 164 (0,0%)
• Ruthenian: 26 (0,0%)
• Croatian: 24 (0,0%)
• Serbian: 16 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 324 (0,2%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[2]

Total:

• Calvinist: 166,063 (74,3%)
• Roman Catholic: 29,549 (13,2%)
• Greek Catholic: 13,509 (6,0%)
• Jewish: 12,806 (5,7%)
• Lutheran: 1,220 (0,6%)
• Greek Orthodox: 298 (0,1%)
• Unitarian: 43 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 124 (0,0%)

Subdivisions

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

Counties of the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen Kingdom of Hungary Abaúj-Torna Alsó-Fehér Arad Árva Bács-Bodrog Baranya Bars Békés Bereg Beszterce-Naszód Bihar Borsod Brassó Csanád Csík Csongrád Esztergom Fejér Fogaras Gömör-Kishont Győr Hajdú Háromszék Heves Hont Hunyad Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Kis-Küküllő Kolozs Komárom Krassó-Szörény Liptó Máramaros Maros-Torda Moson Nagy-Küküllő Nógrád Nyitra Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun Pozsony Sáros Somogy Sopron Szabolcs Szatmár Szeben Szepes Szilágy Szolnok-Doboka Temes Tolna Torda-Aranyos Torontál Trencsén Turóc Udvarhely Ugocsa Ung Vas Veszprém Zala Zemplén Zólyom Corpus separatum Fiume Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Bjelovar-Križevci Lika-Krbava Modruš-Rijeka Požega Srijem Varaždin Virovitica Zagreb

1. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06. 
2. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06.