Turóc County
| Turóc County Comitatus |
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| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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| Capital | Turócszentmárton (Turčiansky Svätý Martin) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 15th century | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | June 4, 1920 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 1,123 km2 (434 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 55,700 | |||
| Density | 49.6 /km2 (128.5 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Slovakia | ||||
| Martin is the current name of the capital | |||||
Turóc (Hungarian, historically also spelled Túrócz), Slovak: Turiec, Latin: Thurotzium/comitatus Thurociensis, German: Turz) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Slovakia, where the corresponding Slovakian name Turiec is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory.
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Geography
Turóc county shared borders with the counties of Nyitra (Nitra), Trencsén (Trenčín), Árva (Orava), Liptó (Liptov), Zólyom (Zvolen) and Bars (Tekov). Situated between the Malá Fatra and Veľká Fatra Mountains. The river Turiec flowed through the county. Its area was 1123 km² around 1910.
Capitals
The capitals of the Turóc county were the Sklabiňa Castle and Martin (name until 1950: Turčiansky Svätý Martin); from 1772 only Martin was the capital.
History
Turóc county as a Hungarian comitatus arose before the 15th 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 the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. The territory of the county is now part of Slovakia.
Demographics
1900
In 1900, the county had a population of 51,956 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Slovak: 38,233 (73.6%)
- German: 11,039 (21.3%)
- Hungarian: 2,185 (4.2%)
- Croatian: 3 (0.0%)
- Romanian: 1 (0.0%)
- Ruthenian: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 0 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 495 (0.9%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Lutheran: 27,075 (52.1%)
- Roman Catholic: 22,677 (43.6%)
- Jewish: 2,022 (3.9%)
- Calvinist: 148 (0.3%)
- Greek Catholic: 28 (0.1%)
- Unitarian: 3 (0.0%)
- Greek Orthodox: 0 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 3 (0.0%)
1910
In 1910, the county had a population of 55,703 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
- Slovak: 38,432 (69.0%)
- German: 10,993 (19.7%)
- Hungarian: 5,560 (10.0%)
- Ruthenian: 44 (0.1%)
- Romanian: 27 (0.0%)
- Croatian: 4 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 3 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 640 (1.2%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
- Lutheran: 27,651 (49.6%)
- Roman Catholic: 25,607 (46.0%)
- Jewish: 1,981 (3.6%)
- Calvinist: 305 (0.5%)
- Greek Catholic: 120 (0.2%)
- Greek Orthodox: 30 (0.1%)
- Unitarian: 8 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 1 (0.0%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Turiec county were:
- Lower Turóc – its center was Martin and the subregion corresponds to the present-day District of Martin
- Upper Turóc – its center was Turčianske Teplice and the subregion corresponds to the present-day District of Turčianske Teplice
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Stubnyafürdő | Stubnyafürdő, SK Turčianske Teplice |
| Turócszentmárton | Turócszentmárton, SK Martin |
