Liptov County
| Liptov County Liptovská župa (Slovak) Liptó Vármegye (Hungarian) | |||||
| County of the Kingdom of Hungary and Czechoslovakia | |||||
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| Capital | Litovský Svätý Mikuláš 49°5′N 19°37′E / 49.083°N 19.617°ECoordinates: 49°5′N 19°37′E / 49.083°N 19.617°E | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 15th century | |||
| • | Abolished | 1 January 1923 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 2,246 km2 (867 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 86,900 | |||
| Density | 38.7 /km2 (100.2 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of |  Slovakia | ||||
| Liptovský Mikuláš is the current name of the capital. | |||||
Liptov (Hungarian: Liptó, German: Liptau, Polish: Liptów, Latin: Liptovium) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and later of Czechoslovakia. Its territory is now in northern Slovakia.
Geography
Liptov county shared borders with the Austrian land Galicia and the Hungarian counties Orava (Hu: Árva), Turiec (Hu: Turóc), Zvolen (Hu: Zólyom), Gemer-Malohont (Hu: Gömör-Kishont) and Spiš (Hu: Szepes). The county's territory was situated along the upper Váh river between the High Tatras and the Low Tatras. Its area was 2,247 km² around 1910.
Today, the territory of the former Liptov county largely corresponds to the Ružomberok District and Liptovský Mikuláš District in northern Slovakia. Three villages (Liptovská Teplička, Štrba and Štrbské Pleso) are now in the Poprad District.
Capitals
The capitals of the county were the Liptov Castle and the villages of Liptovská Mara and Nemecká Ľupča (Partizánska Ľupča), and since 1677 the capital was Liptovský Mikuláš.
History
Liptov county as a comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary arose before the 15th century. At various points throughout history the county was ruled by Voivodes or Counts from the Rosenberg, Csak and Benyovszky families. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.
Demographics
1900
In 1900, the county had a population of 82,159 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Slovak: 75,938 (92.5%)
- Hungarian: 2,708 (3.3%)
- German: 2,475 (3.0%)
- Croatian: 6 (0.0%)
- Romanian: 3 (0.0%)
- Ruthenian: 2 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 2 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 1,025 (1.2%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 43,979 (53.5%)
- Jewish: 3,092 (3.8%)
- Calvinist: 71 (0.1%)
- Lutheran: 34,953 (42.5%)
- Greek Catholic: 49 (0.1%)
- Unitarian: 4 (0.0%)
- Greek Orthodox: 3 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 8 (0.0%)
1910
In 1910, the county had a population of 86,906 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
- Slovak: 78,098 (89.9%)
- Hungarian: 4,365 (5.0%)
- German: 2,591 (3.0%)
- Romanian: 222 (0.3%)
- Ruthenian: 25 (0.0%)
- Croatian: 11 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 1 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 1,593 (1.8%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 47,772 (55.0%)
- Lutheran: 35,169 (40.5%)
- Jewish: 3,237 (3.7%)
- Calvinist: 289 (0.3%)
- Greek Catholic: 284 (0.3%)
- Greek Orthodox: 11 (0.0%)
- Unitarian: 3 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 141 (0.2%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Liptov county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Liptószentmiklós | Liptószentmiklós, SK Liptovský Mikuláš |
| Liptóújvár | Liptóújvár, SK Liptovský Hrádok |
| Németlipcse | Németlipcse, SK Nemecká Ľupča (currently Partizánska Ľupča) |
| Rózsahegy | Rózsahegy, SK Ružomberok |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Rózsahegy, SK Ružomberok | |
References
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
