Turóc County

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Geography

Map of Túróc county in the Kingdom of Hungary (1891)
Map of Túróc, 1891.

Turóc county shared borders with the counties of Nyitra, Trencsén, Árva, Liptó, Zólyom and Bars, situated between the Lesser Fatra (Kis-Fátra) and Greater Fatra (Nagy-Fátra) Mountains. The river Turóc flowed through the county. Its area was 1123 km2 around 1910.

Capitals

The capitals of the Turóc county were the Szklabinya Castle and Turócszentmárton (present-day Martin; Slovak name until 1950: Turčiansky Svätý Martin); from 1772 only Turócszentmárton was the capital.

History

Turóc county as a Hungarian comitatus arose in the 14th century. In the aftermath of World War I, the area of the now defunct Turóc county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon. The territory of the county is now part of Slovakia.

Demographics

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Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
Population by mother tongueTemplate:Efn
Census Total Slovak German Hungarian Other or unknown
1880[1] 45,933 33,951 (76.58%) 8,988 (20.27%) 1,066 (2.40%) 330 (0.74%)
1890[2] 49,979 37,954 (75.94%) 10,180 (20.37%) 1,358 (2.72%) 487 (0.97%)
1900[3] 51,956 38,233 (73.59%) 11,039 (21.25%) 2,185 (4.21%) 499 (0.96%)
1910[4] 55,703 38,432 (68.99%) 10,993 (19.74%) 5,560 (9.98%) 718 (1.29%)
Population by religionTemplate:Efn
Census Total Lutheran Roman Catholic Jewish Other or unknown
1880 45,933 25,279 (55.03%) 18,413 (40.09%) 2,188 (4.76%) 53 (0.12%)
1890 49,979 26,834 (53.69%) 20,853 (41.72%) 2,214 (4.43%) 78 (0.16%)
1900 51,956 27,075 (52.11%) 22,677 (43.65%) 2,022 (3.89%) 182 (0.35%)
1910 55,703 27,651 (49.64%) 25,607 (45.97%) 1,981 (3.56%) 464 (0.83%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  Stubnyafürdő Stubnyafürdő (now Turčianske Teplice)
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  Turócszentmárton Turócszentmárton (now Martin)

Governors

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  • Michael Reway de Rewa, comes (fl. 1569).[5]
  • Franciscus Revay (fl. 1638).[6]
  • Andrea Czeromanka de Tarno.[7]
  • Petrus de Reva, comes (fl. 1767).[8]

Notes

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